Wednesday 17 December (ore 17), Conference Room of the Archaeological Museum of Baia
It will be presented Wednesday 17 December 2025 – at 17 – in the Conference Room of
of the Campi Flegrei and Castello di Baia, in Bacoli (Napoli), the volume “Verso Cuma” by Marcello Gigante e
Valeria Lanzara with photos by Pasquale Vassallo.
They will intervene: Fabio Pagano (director of the Campi Flegrei Archaeological Park), Stefano De Caro (former superintendent for the archaeological heritage of Naples and Caserta and general director for the archaeological heritage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage), Enrico Gallocchio (underwater archaeologist and university professor), Cristina Canoro
(co-founding member of Centro Sub Campi Flegrei) e Vittorio Palumbo (publisher and president of the Aliseo association). Meeting moderated by Ciro Biondi, journalist.
The protagonists of the publication are the poets and historians who have left their mark over the millennia
Phlegraean Fields. It is an anthology entirely dedicated to the literature of antiquity. We start from Virgilio-
whose sign is characterized by the underworld – to authors such as Catullus, Propertius, Ovid, Horace, Guide, Tacitus and many others. It volume, in format 32 per 32, It is printed on premium paper. They complete the photos that measure 16 per 16 in coated paper and glued onto the pages. The first edition of “Towards Cuma” was published in 1991 and contained photographs by Mimmo Jodice. On that occasion the trade wind “adopted” the marine archeology of the Campi Flegrei.
With this publication the Aliseo Association celebrates its first forty years of activity. This is a
way to talk about submerged archeology and the effort made to make the important known
heritage of the Campi Flegrei. For a few years Aliseo has had a new headquarters in Cilento.
Presentation of the volume “Verso Cuma” by Marcello Gigante and Valeria Lanzara
Photo by Pasquale Vassallo. Aliseo edition, 2025.
Baia Archaeological Museum
in the Conference Room of the Archaeological Museum
