Grotta di Seiano

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An entrance to the tunnel in the Discesa di Coroglio

The Grotta di Seiano is a tunnel in the city of Naples .

The tunnel built by the Romans is about 770 meters long, runs under the Posillipo hill and connects the Bagnoli district with parts of the city west of the Posillipo. It is still accessible today and takes its name from Lucius Aelius Seianus . The tunnel goes back to the architect Lucius Cocceius Auctus and connected the villa of Publius Vedius Pollio in Naples with Pozzuoli.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Müller: Architects in the world of antiquity . Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-7338-0096-6 , p. 150.

Coordinates: 40 ° 47 '53.5 "  N , 14 ° 10' 49.9"  E