Baia Archaeological Park - Phlegraean Fields - Naples According
to the legend, this beautiful creek took its name from "Bajos",
the companion of Ulysses, who died and was buried here. At the
beginning it was dependent upon the powerful Cuma. Baia owed its
fame, in ancient times, to its mild climate and the copious hot
spring, so that it was with good reason that Horace wrote:
"Nullus in orbe sinus Bais praelucet amoenis" (No other place in
the world is more radiant than the Gulf of Baia). Owing to
bradyseism, the Ancient city is now, to a great extent, under
the sea. In the Archaeological Park there are several delightful
structures and hydraulic plants: the "Temples", which in effect
were thermal spas, to Mercury, Venus, Diana, the "Cento
Camerelle" (Hundered Little Rooms, literally), the "Piscina
Mirabilis" (Admirable Pool), actually a huge water tank, the
"Tomb of Agrippina", the Military Port of Miseno, the "Theatre"
and a series of "Monumental tombs"... An unmatched
archaeological heritage. The spa compl