Agnano (Naples)

Ippodromo di Agnano, Naples (venue of the Gran Premio Lotteria ) with the crater area in the background.

The Agnano is a volcanic crater in the Phlegraean Fields near Naples in Italy. It has been known for its hot springs since ancient times and is now located in a nature reserve . The crater was once filled with water, but the Agnano Lake ( Lago di Agnano ) was drained 1870th Among other things, the famous dog grotto is located here . Part of the Astroni (nature reserve) is the Agnano area.

The place was included in the famous city atlas Civitates orbis terrarum (Cities of the World) by Braun and Hogenberg .

The poet Johann Gottfried Seume (1763-1810) climbed on his walk to Syracuse in 1802 over the Agnano to the monastery Eremo di S. Salvatore dei Camaldoli .

A splendid copperplate engraving Vue du Lac d'Agnano et des étuves de San Germano près des Naples (c. 1782) can be found in Saint Non's famous Voyage pittoresque ou Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile .

Historical views

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  Lago d'Agnano (Napoli) (between 1855 and 1870)

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  Terme di Agnano

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  Complesso termale di Agnano

See also

• Riserva naturale Cratere degli Astroni (Italian)
• Complesso dell'Eremo dei Camaldoli (Italian)
• Collina dei Camaldoli (Italian)
• Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non (French)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Old antique plan of Lake Agnano (from: Civitates Orbis Terrarum )
2. ↑ Seumes walk to Syracuse (photos)
3. ↑ Photo (antiquarian bookshop link)

literature

• Johann Gottfried Seume: Walk to Syracuse in 1802: From Syracuse to Leipzig , Volume 2
• " The crater and the lakes of the Astroni " ( monthly supplement to the Allgemeine Zeitung , January 1845)

Web links

Commons : Agnano in art  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 50 ′ 41.5 ″  N , 14 ° 8 ′ 58.9 ″  E