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The Aragonese Castle of Baia houses a museum with very interesting finds as well as offering visitors a breathtaking view of the entire area.

Aragonese Castle (Baia) - Very beautiful

Lake Patria, located between Giugliano and Castel Volturno, is part of the Foce del Volturno - Costa di Licola Nature Reserve. Here was the ancient city of Liternum, founded by the Romans in 194 BC. as a maritime colony.

Bridge over the lake Patria

Splendid view of the lake Patria.

The name Avernus derives from the Greek άορνος (without birds), in fact it is said that this absence was due to the fact that the waters of the lake exhaled particular gases that did not allow the birds to live. According to the Greek and then Roman religion, it was an access to the Underworld, kingdom of the god Pluto: for this reason, the Roman underworld (the Greek Hades) is also called Avernus and it is no coincidence that mythology recognizes it as the gateway to the afterlife. , as well as the earthly abode of the fallen angel Lucifer. Lake Averno lies within an extinct volcanic crater, born 4,000 years ago.

Beautiful climb with breathtaking views

The Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields is located inside the Aragonese Castle of Baia, between a room created in the south-western bastion of the 1st Battery S. Antonio and the spectacular and imposing North-West Tower dating back to the primitive Aragonese nucleus. https://www.campiflegreionline.it/Castello_di_Baia.html