Castel dell'Ovo
A seafront castle on the old island of Megaride, now joined to the shore, on the Gulf of Naples. Its name, the Egg Castle, comes from a medieval legend that the poet Virgil set a magic egg in its foundations, and that the city's luck rests on it staying whole.
- Where
- Naples, Campania, Italy
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 40.8283, 14.2477
Get the Castel dell'Ovo stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Castel dell'Ovo. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Campania volume with your photos and a note.
Near Castel dell'Ovo
Cappella Sansevero 2.4 km
A family chapel in the historic centre of Naples, properly the Chapel of Santa Maria della Pietà, filled with Rococo art by leading 18th-century artists. At its centre lies Giuseppe Sanmartino's Veiled Christ, a marble figure under a shroud so fine it looks like cloth.
Naples National Archaeological Museum 2.8 km
One of Italy's great archaeological museums, holding Greek, Roman and Renaissance works and above all finds from Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae. Mosaics, frescoes and statues from the buried towns fill its rooms, among them the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun.
Herculaneum 8.8 km
A Roman seaside town in modern Ercolano, buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD under deep volcanic deposits. Because of that, wooden beams, furniture and upper floors survived here that were lost at Pompeii, so the site is smaller but often better preserved.
Mount Vesuvius 15 km
A volcano on the Gulf of Naples, about 9 kilometres east of the city, its cone partly ringed by the rim of an older and much higher mountain. A path climbs to the edge of the crater, with the whole bay spread out below.
Procida 21 km
A small island between Cape Miseno and Ischia, joined by a bridge to its tiny neighbour Vivara. Its fishing harbour of Marina Corricella is lined with houses in pastel colours, and it was Italian Capital of Culture for 2022.
Villa of the Mysteries 21 km
A Roman villa on the edge of Pompeii, known for the frescoes of one room painted in the 1st century BC. The figures, on a deep red ground, are usually read as a bride's initiation into a mystery cult, and are among the finest Roman paintings to survive.
Pompeii 22 km
A Roman city buried under ash and pumice by Vesuvius in 79 AD and slowly uncovered since the 18th century. Its streets, houses, bakeries, baths and painted walls show ordinary Roman life more fully than almost anywhere else.
Royal Palace of Caserta 28 km
The main residence of the Bourbon kings of Naples, about 35 kilometres north of the city. Designed by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century, it is one of the largest palaces in the world, with a long park of fountains and pools running up to a cascade.
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Questions
Where is Castel dell'Ovo?
Castel dell'Ovo is in Naples, Campania, Italy. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Cappella Sansevero (2.4 km), Naples National Archaeological Museum (2.8 km), Herculaneum (8.8 km).
How do I get the Castel dell'Ovo stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Castel dell'Ovo and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Campania volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Castel dell'Ovo before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Campania volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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