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Villa of Lucullus

  • Visit: about 1 h 50 min
Villa of Lucullus
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The villa of the Roman general Lucullus between Pizzofalcone and the islet of Megaride.

In the 1st century BC the Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus had a huge villa built between the Pizzofalcone hill and the islet of Megaride, where Castel dell'Ovo stands today.The villa was famous for its gardens and fishponds. Traces of it survive, incorporated into later buildings.

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