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Cuma, Italy!

Index	Quiz: Lake Avernus (below photo mosaic) was considered by the Romans to be what?
Shot Titles	Cuma, Italy.
Equipment Used	Pentex K1000
Date	2001
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Panoramic photo mosaic of Lake Avernus (or Lago d'Averno) is a volcanic crater lake.

Arco Felice built by the Romans in the 1st century A.D.

Stone plague at the entrance to the Sibyl (Greek prophetess) of Cumae cave. "Cumae is famous for the so-called Sybil’s Cave recorded by Virgil in his lines in the Eneide wich are inscribed in a tablet by the entrance commemorating the prophecy the Sybil would make here to Aeneas before he descended into Avernus to meet the shade of his father Anchises..." http://www.culturacampania.rai.it/site/en-gb/Cultural_Heritage/Archaelogical_areas_and_Nature_parks/Scheda/cuma_parco_archeologico.html?link=storia

Pathway to the cave of Sibyl of Cumae which was founded about 750 BC by Greeks.

I think it reads "Where are you going?".

The entrance to the cave of Sibyl of Cumae. Click on picture for Desktop Background Picture page formatted for 1280 x 800 pixel resolution.

The cave of Sibyl of Cumae was used as a bunker and gun emplacement by the Germans during World War II.

Sculptures inside the cave of Sibyl of Cumae.

Light portals for the cave of Sibyl of Cumae.

Remains of the Greek Acropolis walls of Cumae dating from the 5th Century BC.

Arco Felice from the Greek Acropolis walls.

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Answer to Quiz ==>	The Romans considered it to be the entrance to the underworld (Hell).