Virgil's Tomb

Virgil's Tomb
Armando Mancini · CC BY-SA 2.0

(1st c. BC) Virgil's Tomb is a Roman burial vault in Naples, said to be the final resting place of the poet Virgil [1]. Located at the entrance to the ancient Roman tunnel known as the Crypta Neapolitana or grotta vecchia in the Piedigrotta district, between Mergellina and Fuorigrotta [1].

TypeNecropolis/tombs complex
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryItaly
Coordinates40.8298° N, 14.2176° E

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