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Castel dell'Ovo

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Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo
Phone:
+39 081 764 6352

Hours:
Sunday8am - 11pm
Monday8am - 11pm
Tuesday8am - 11pm
Wednesday8am - 11pm
ThursdayClosed
Friday8am - 11pm
Saturday8am - 11pm


Castel dell'Ovo is a seaside castle in Naples, located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who had a reputation in the Middle Ages as a great sorcerer and predictor of the future. In the legend, Virgil put a magical egg into the foundations to support the fortifications. Had this egg been broken, the castle would have been destroyed and a series of disastrous events for Naples would have followed. The castle is located between the districts of San Ferdinando and Chiaia, facing Mergellina across the sea.
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