Virgil's tomb

[1] It is located at the entrance to the old Roman tunnel known as the Crypta Neapolitana or grotta vecchia in the Piedigrotta district of the city, between Mergellina and Fuorigrotta.

In the following centuries and particularly in the Middle Ages his name became associated with legends of miraculous powers and his tomb the object of pilgrimages and pagan veneration.

[2] At the time of Virgil's death, a large bay tree was near the entrance.

When Virgil died at Brindisi in 19 BCE, he asked that his ashes be taken back to his villa just outside Naples.

There are no human remains in the tomb, however, as Virgil's ashes were lost while being moved during the Middle Ages.