Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo is a seafront castle in Naples, located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who had a reputation in the Middle Ages as a great sorcerer and predictor of the future.Photo: Gil mnogueira, CC BY 2.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—6:30 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM—2:00 PM - Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Naples, Italy
- Access is restricted, only with permission.
Notable Places in the Area
Isolotto di Megaride
Photo: MiguelHermoso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Isolotto di Megaride is an islet situated 100 metres east of Castel dell'Ovo.
Fontana del Gigante
Photo: PaestumPaestum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fontana del Gigante or Fountain of the Giant is a 17th-century fountain monument in Naples. Fontana del Gigante is situated 280 metres northeast of Castel dell'Ovo.
Teatro di San Carlo
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Real Teatro di San Carlo, as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro San Carlo, is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito. Teatro di San Carlo is situated 1 km north of Castel dell'Ovo.
Localities in the Area
Quartieri Spagnoli
Photo: Jeroen Bennink, CC BY 2.0.
Quartieri Spagnoli is a part of the city of Naples in Italy.
Chiaia
Photo: Robert Rive, Public domain.
Chiaia is an affluent neighbourhood on the seafront in Naples, Italy, bounded by Piazza Vittoria on the east and Mergellina on the west.
Castel dell'Ovo
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Municipalità 1, Naples, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.82775° or 40° 49' 40" northLongitude
14.24805° or 14° 14' 53" eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open Location Code
8FGPR6HX+46OpenStreetMap ID
way 338168783OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
3224088Wikidata ID
Q645041Castel dell'Ovo Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Կաստել դելլ’Օվո
- Basque: Castel dell'Ovo
- Belarusian: Кастэль-дэль-Ова
- Bulgarian: Кастел дел Ово
- Catalan: Castell de l'Ou
- Chinese: 蛋堡
- Croatian: Castel dell'Ovo
- Czech: Castel dell'Ovo
- Danish: Castel dell'Ovo
- Dutch: Castel dell'Ovo
- English: Castle dell'Ovo
- French: Castel dell'Ovo
- French: Castello dell’ovo
- German: Castel dell’Ovo
- Greek: Καστέλ ντελ'Όβο
- Hungarian: Castel dell’Ovo
- Italian: Castel dell'Ovo
- Italian: Castel dell'ovo
- Japanese: カステルデッローボ(卵城)
- Japanese: カステルム・ルクラヌム
- Japanese: カステル・デッローヴォ
- Korean: 델로보 성(카스텔 델로보)
- Neapolitan: Castel dell'Ovo
- Ossetian: Кастель-дель-Ово
- Polish: Castel dell'Ovo w Neapolu
- Polish: Castel dell’Ovo w Neapolu
- Portuguese: Castelo do Ovo
- Romanian: Castel dell'Ovo
- Russian: Кастель-дель-Ово
- Spanish: Castel dell'Ovo
- Spanish: castillo del huevo
- Swedish: Castel dell'Ovo
- Tagalog: Castel dell'Ovo
- Ukrainian: Кастель-делль'Ово
- Ukrainian: Кастель-дель-Ово
- Vietnamese: Lâu đài Trứng
- Castel dell' Ovo
Localities in the Area
- PizzofalconeNeighbourhood
- Rione CaritàNeighbourhood
- MontecalvarioSuburb
- PortoSuburb
- San GiuseppeSuburb
Places in the Area
- Club Alpino Italiano - Sezione Napoli
- Caffe MegarideBar
- O'ChiaieseRestaurant
- 'O TabaccaroRestaurant
- TransatlanticoBar
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Castel dell'Ovo. Photo: Gil mnogueira, CC BY 2.0.