Cape Miseno (Italian: Capo Miseno, Latin: Misenum, Ancient Greek: Μισήνον) is the headland that marks the northwestern limit of the Gulf of Naples as...

Roman times as Misenum, it is the site of a great Roman port. Nearby Cape Miseno marks the northwestern end of the Bay of Naples. According to mythology...

Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. The island is between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia. With its tiny satellite island of Vivara, it...

the title character from Corinne, an 1808 novel by Madame de Stael, at Cape Miseno, focusing on an Ancient Greek poet. The painting is held now in the Musée...

volcanic origin, is part of the Phlegraean Fields. The volcano of Cape Miseno and the Miseno port date from c. 35,000-10,500 years ago. Bacoli was founded...

(from which a short channel led to Lake Avernus) for the two harbours at Cape Miseno 4 miles (6.4 km) south. Baiae was already notorious for the hedonistic...

Procida, with Ischia in the background, seen from Cape Miseno....

were the Phlegraean Fields, Pozzuoli, the hill of Posillipo, Baiae, Cape Miseno and the island of Capri. In particular, in Baiae, which was characterized...

(and road traffic crossed over a wooden bridge). The outer harbour behind Cape Misenum may have served the active vessels of the Roman navy and provided...

Madame de Staël as Corinne at Cape Miseno, 1807–1809. Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva)....