Cento Camerelle


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The “Cento Camerelle” or “Jails of Nero” (these are the names of the buildings as they have been handed on by tradition) are actually complex waterworks belonging to Ortensio Ortalo's villa, which dates back to the Republican age and was certainly one of the most sumptuous of Baia.

Today it is possible to visit the inferior floor of the Cento Camerelle; there are communicating cuniculi dug in the tuff and not completely explored yet with a flat and sloping covering, which today falls sheer to the sea.

Bacoli: Cento Camerelle

Picture by: Mimmo Jodice

Covered by a thick layer of cocciopesto, insulating and protective material, maybe they were used as a cistern. The upper level, about three metres lower than the present trampling floor, consists of a floor not in line with the one below and built in a different age.

 Datable to the I century A.D. the building, a cistern too as it shows the waterproofed covering, is internally divided by three lines of pillars. The roof with barrel vault has outside, on the top of it, a terrace of cocciopesto (mortar with potsherd).

Maria Rosaria PUGLIESE


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Open every day from 9.00 am to one hour before sunset.

Apply to the custodian. Free entrance.

Tel. 0815233797

Entrance allowed to domestic animals, provided that they are safe for the security of the personnel, of the other visitors and of the archaeological structures in general (use of muzzle and leash).

The guide service is available only on application. Click on GUIDE to book a guided visit or to ask for information about the conducted tour.

It is possible to take pictures or to effect shots except if they are for commercial purposes. 


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Road network

from Naples (highways)

Enter the Tangenziale of Naples direction Pozzuoli. Exit n. 14 Pozzuoli - Arco Felice. Follow indications for Napoli-Pozzuoli, Baia and Bacoli covering first via Licola-Patria, then via Miliscola (going along the shores of the lake Lucrino). Continue for via Montegrillo (Commune of Bacoli) as far as piazza De Gasperi (little square of Baia with bus terminus) from which go on for via Lucullo and then for via del Castello. Continue for Bacoli. Arrived at the lake turn left, left again and then take the first street right. It is recommended to park in proximity to the lake and to reach the site by foot through a flight of steps opposite the Villa Comunale (especially in summer) for the narrowness of the street and the impossibility of parking in loco. Private adjoining parking places for cars and buses.

from Naples (downtown - main station of piazza Garibaldi)

Direction Porto - Piazza Municipio. Continue for Mergellina and Fuorigrotta. Here it is possible to enter the Tangenziale direction Pozzuoli, or to go on for via Domiziana as far as passing the centre of Pozzuoli (direction Roma - via Domiziana). Follow indications for Baia and Bacoli covering first via Licola-Patria, then via Miliscola (going along the shores of the lake Lucrino). Continue for via Montegrillo (Commune of Bacoli) as far as piazza De Gasperi (little square of Baia with bus terminus) from which go on for via Lucullo and then for via del Castello. Continue for Bacoli. Arrived at the lake turn left, left again and then take the first street right. It is recommended to park in proximity to the lake and to reach the site by foot through a flight of steps opposite the Villa Comunale (especially in summer) for the narrowness of the street and the impossibility of parking in loco. Private adjoining parking places for cars and buses.

from Rome to Naples - via Domiziana

Continue for Baia Domizia, Mondragone, Castel Volturno. Then cover the freeway SS. n° 7 Quater which takes on the Tangenziale of Naples (Exit Pozzuoli - Arco Felice), or cover via Domiziana (SS. n° 7 Quater). Follow indications for Napoli, Pozzuoli, Baia and Bacoli covering first via Licola-Patria, then via Miliscola (going along the shores of the lake Lucrino). Continue for via Montegrillo (Commune of Bacoli) as far as piazza De Gasperi (little square of Baia with bus terminus) from which go on for via Lucullo and then for via del Castello. Continue for Bacoli. Arrived at the lake turn left, left again and then take the first street right. It is recommended to park in proximity to the lake and to reach the site by foot through a flight of steps opposite the Villa Comunale (especially in summer) for the narrowness of the street and the impossibility of parking in loco. Private adjoining parking places for cars and buses.


Railway:

from Naples (main station of piazza Garibaldi)

Underground direction Pozzuoli. Napoli-Montesanto stop. Reach (about 100 metres) the station of the Ferrovia Cumana. Napoli-Torregaveta Line. Baia stop. Bus terminus for Bacoli.

Estimated time: about 70'


 

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Bus:

from Naples (main station of piazza Garibaldi)

SEPSA Bus Lines. Napoli-Torregaveta route, Baia line. Bacoli stop.

Estimated time: about 60'