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Cami Flegrei, or
"The Burning
Fields" is a volcanic area whose fascination attracted the Greeks
and that's where they founded the oldest colony of Magna Grecia:
Cuma.
The caldera, which
now is essentially
at ground level, is
accessible on foot.
It contains a large
number of
fumaroles,
from which steam can
be seen issuing, and
over 150 pools of
boiling mud at last
count. Several
subsidiary cones and
tuff craters lie
within the caldera.
One of these craters
is filled by Lake
Avernus. In 1538, an
eight-day eruption
in the area
deposited enough
material to create a
new hill, Monte
Nuovo. |
