The Legend of Castel dell' Ovo - a photo on Flickriver

            The legend of Castel dell’Ovo, of medieval origin, would seem to be one of the most imaginary of the Neapolitan tradition.

According to this legend, the castle takes its name from the famous Latin poet Virgil who would have hidden, inside a cage, an enchanted egg.

The egg would have been put by the ‘magician’ poet inside a glass pitcher full of water protected by an iron cage and hung on a heavy oak beam, then placed in a room in the basements of the castle.

Until now, nobody has never found the magic egg and the place where it would have been conserved was kept secret for long time because on ‘that egg all the facts and the fortune of Castel Marino depended’ (as the castle was called).

In fact, the legend tells that, until the egg had not broken, the city and the castle would have been protected against every sort of calamity. Nevertheless, if something had happened to the egg, there would have been troubles for Naples and the Neapolitans.

Taken in: Italy / Campania / Naples / Santa Lucia (show map)

Taken on: May 6, 2023

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Camera: Fujifilm X100F, f/5.6, 1/3000 sec, 23mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm X100F
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	1/3000 sec
Focal Length:	23mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-0.67 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Luminar 4
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