CASTEL DELL 'OVO
do not know if the strange name of this rock is derived from its oval shape or a magic egg that seems to be secure within its walls. Lucullus the Roman had his house here, after his death, became a monastero.Nel underwent several changes over the centuries: today presents itself as a stronghold in the midst of the sea, ' Megaride islet, linked to terraferma.Dal terrace you can admire the gulf of Naples and Vesuvius to spalle.Attorno it extends the Borgo Marinaro, home of famous restaurants and a marina.
HERE AND THE CURIOUS '
The legend tells that the magician Virgil hid within the walls of the fortress of Castel dell' Ovo, a magic egg, kept in a cage, which would protect the city 'by any disaster.
When, in 300, the news spread that this 'egg was broken, the Queen Giovanna, in calm everyone was forced to its reporting that the' egg had been replaced with a else, too ', it has magical powers, and therefore the Neapolitans had nothing to fear.
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