1. Buried beside the road to Pozzuoli

    · Virgil's Tomb, Piedigrotta, Naples, Campania, Italy

    Buried beside the road to Pozzuoli
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    After Virgil's death, his remains were carried to Naples and interred beside the Via Puteolana. The monument traditionally identified as his tomb stands at Piedigrotta. The burial tradition is ancient, but the surviving structure called Virgil's Tomb cannot be identified with complete archaeological certainty.

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