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40 50 18 n 14 04 30 e 40 83833 n 14 07500 e 40 83833 14 07500 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia crater lake in italy lake avernus lago d averno italian lake avernus location within campania show map of campania lake avernus location within italy show map of italy coordinates 40 50 18 n 14 04 30 e 40 83833 n 14 07500 e 40 83833 14 07500 type crater lake max depth 60 m 200 ft surface elevation 1 m 3 ft lake averno lake avernus italian lago d averno is a volcanic crater lake located in the avernus crater in the campania region of southern italy around 4 kilometres 2 1 2 miles west of pozzuoli it is near the volcanic field known as the phlegraean fields campi flegrei and comprises part of the wider campanian volcanic arc the lake is roughly circular measuring two kilometres 1 1 4 mi in circumference and 60 metres 200 ft deep roman era edit avernus was of major importance to the romans who considered it to be the entrance to hades roman writers often used the name as a synonym for the underworld in virgil s aeneid aeneas descends to the underworld through a cave near the lake in hyginus fabulae odysseus also goes to the lower world from this spot where he meets elpenor his comrade who went missing at circe s palace 1 despite the alleged dangers of the lake the romans were happy to settle its shores on which villas and vineyards were established the lake s personification the deus avernus was worshipped in lakeside temples a large bathhouse was built on the eastern shore of the lake in 37 bc the roman general marcus vipsanius agrippa converted the lake into a naval base named the portus julius after octavian it was linked by a canal to a nearby lake lucrinus lacus and from there to the sea the lake shore was also connected to the greek colony of cumae by an underground passage known as cocceio s cave grotta di cocceio which was one kilometre 0 6 mi long and wide enough to be used by chariots this was the world s first major road tunnel it remained usable until as recently as the 1940s italian era edit lake avernus and the island of capri by richard wilson 1760 the borboni the naples ruling members of the house of bourbon owned the lake until 1750 when they ceded it to another aristocratic family who in turn sold it in 1991 to the cardillo family in 2010 a 55 hectare 140 acre tract of land including the lake a lakefront restaurant b b and disco was seized by the police after the owner was accused of being a mafia frontman for the casalesi 2 in the pre modern era italian geographers also called lago averno the lago di tripergola 3 4 5 it was named after the nearby village of tripergola which was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1538 6 references edit citations edit hyginus fabulae 125 the guardian 11 july 2010 italian police seize land around lake avernus on suspicion of mafia links dictionnaire mythologique universel in french f didot frères 1846 p 62 le lac est encore connu aujourd hui sous le nom de lago d averno ou lago di tripergola the lake is still known today under the name of lago d averno or lago di tripergola brewster david 1830 the edinburgh encyclopædia vol 3 p 97 the lake avernus is situated near puzzuoli in the province of terra di lavoro and is called by the modern italians lago d averno and lago di tripergola ricciolio giovanni baptista 1661 geographiæ et hydrographiæ reformatæ libri duodecim in latin ex typographia haeredis victorii benatii p 608 lago di tripergola avernus lacus campaniæ the quarterly journal of science literature and art 1822 p 424 account of the rise of monte nuovo in the year 1538 the earth opened near tripergola with a terrible sound like thunder sources edit wikisource has the text of the encyclopædia britannica 9th ed article avernus this article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain chambers ephraim ed 1728 averni cyclopædia or an universal dictionary of arts and sciences 1st ed james and john knapton et al v t e archaeological sites in campania province of avellino aeclanum aequum tuticum compsa province of benevento benevento arch of trajan roman theatre caudium ligures baebiani saticula province of caserta allifae ausona calatia cales santa maria capua vetere arch of hadrian capua amphitheatre of capua casilinum sant angelo in formis sinuessa trebula balliensis vescia province of naples atella baiae cumae grotta di cocceio herculaneum villa of the papyri liternum miseno piscina mirabilis naples aqua augusta bourbon tunnel catacombs of san gaudioso catacombs of san gennaro crypta neapolitana virgil s tomb macellum of naples oplontis villa poppaea palazzo a mare pompeii pozzuoli flavian amphitheater pozzuoli lucrinus lacus lake avernus macellum of pozzuoli portus julius stabiae suessula castello barbarossa villa of augustus villa jovis villa boscoreale province of salerno monte pruno paestum heraion at the mouth of the sele temple of athena second temple of hera tomb of the diver pertosa caves velia villa romana of minori authority 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