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PMR516-02 Italy, Campania, Flegrean Fields (Campi Flegri): Lake Avernus, in a volcanic crater, was regarded by the ancients as the entrance to the underworld because it has no visible outlet. On the far shore stands the ruin of the "Temple of Apollo", built under the Emperor Hadrian. Keywords: landscape, myths, volcanic, picturesque

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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PMR516-02
Upload Date: 2013-04-30 12:28:23
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Italy, Campania, Flegrean Fields (Campi Flegri): Lake Avernus, in a

volcanic crater, was regarded by the ancients as the entrance to the underworld because it has no visible outlet. On the far shore stands the ruin of the "Temple of Apollo", built under the Emperor Hadrian.
Keywords: landscape, myths, volcanic, picturesque