The Sybil's cavern and the Acropolis of Cuma

The acropolis of Cuma is all that remains of the ancient city settled by the ancient Greeks around 740 BC. The archaeological park presents years of history perfectly conserved and it’s a precious testify of how the city was organized. The history of Cuma is about a very powerful city, which knew how to connect maritime activities to the country work. Cuma succeeded in resisting other populations attacks more then Pozzuoli, because it was in a privileged position: it was higher then Pozzuoli and it was a fortified city. Into the Acropolis of Cuma there’s the Sybil’s cavern, a suggestive and mystic place where Aeneas went to meet the prophetess. The Sybil was a priestess of the god Apollo who wrote her prophecies on the leaves that the wind brought into the long stone corridor that arrived into the priestess room. The legend tells that the god Apollo gave her the possibility to fulfil a wish in exchange of her devotion as a priestess. The Sybil asked to live so many years as so many grains of sand her hand could contain, but she forgot to ask the eternal youth, so her body inexorably aged, up to be consumed completely. In the cavern remained only her voice. According to Virgil the Sybil predicted the future to Aeneas and drove him to the Averno lake to make him enter into the Hell to look for his father.

When: Every day from 9 am to one hour before the sunset.
Tickets: 4€, this ticket comprehends the Flavian Amphitheatre in Pozzuoli, the archaeological site of the Romans Spa and the Castle.