Oasis Monte Nuovo in Pozzuoli

The Monte Nuovo is the youngest volcano of Europe, he rose during the eruption of 1538. Its birth is an incredible story: sources of that time tells that this mountain was born in only two days. The 28 September 1538 the sea receded by almost 400 meters, leaving on the sand a lot of fishes, the population thought about a divine benediction. But in 24 hours the same divinity unleashed the apocalypse. The ground ripped and swallowed up the medieval city of Tripergola, fishing out lava, stones and incandescent muds. The quantity material that was sweated out from the bowels of the earth was so much that the surroundings were enveloped in a sort of big cloud that took two days to dissolve. Nowadays the youngest volcano of Europe is inactive, and at its mountainside there’s a thick vegetation.

Where: 10 minutes from the cumana station, stop “Arco Felice”
When: every day from 9 am to one hour before the sunset. Saturday and Sunday there’s the possibility to make guided excursions in the Oasis.