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The lighthouse of Miseno http://prezi.com/p2torbkkzvcd/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share. Miseno was the trumpeter of Enea’s ship . He was killed by Neptuno . Miseno died in this bay which took name from him. The origin of the name : The legend.
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The lighthouseofMiseno http://prezi.com/p2torbkkzvcd/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
Misenowas the trumpeterof Enea’s ship. HewaskilledbyNeptuno. Misenodied in this bay whichtooknamefromhim. The originof the name: The legend
Miseno: a Roman harbourduring the empire Agrippa builtanharbourwhichbecame the base wherewassituated the “PraetoriaClassisMisenensis”, the Augusto’s imperialfleet. Emperor August
Piscina Mirabilis It was realized during the Augustan period and it is the biggest Roman cistern of fresh water ever built for giving water to the float. It represented the final thank of the Augustean aqueduct that from its springs in Serino brought water to Naples and the CampiFlegrei.
The structureof the ancientlighthouse The lighthouseofMisenowasbuiltsimilarto the ancientone Alessandria • Round lanterncoveredby a conicalroof • OrthogonalTower • Squaretower-based
Usesduring the time At the first itwasusedtocommunicate with smokesignals or trough the reflectionoflights and mirrors. Itwascalled“Specula”, whichmeansobservatory. Nowadays, instead, we use itlike a lighthouse.
Around the lighthouse This is a territory of different natural scenarios, going from lake scenarios, the sea, and the luxuriant green and volcanic phenomena
Parco degliAstroniThe park, which covers a surface of around 250 hectares and has an almost round form, was founded on 1987, and it is a protection oasis for permanent migratory fauna. The oasis is a shelter for many animals: reptiles, green frogs, small mammals as the fox.
Campi Flegrei among the fumarole steam sulphur clouds are raising, in an air imbued of sulphur, expanding on the outskirtses.
Fusaro little lake communicating with the sea through two channels and at its center. On a tiny islet of volcanic origin, there is the royal country house, built by the will of FerdinandoVth on 1782, by the architect Carlo Vanvitelli (1739-1821), in a place where it was possible to fish