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Miseno Miseno is one of the frazioni of the municipality of Bacoli in the Italian Province of Naples. Known in ancient Roman times as Misenum, it is the...

Cape Miseno (Italian: Capo Miseno, Latin: Misenum, Ancient Greek: Μισήνον) is the headland that marks the northwestern limit of the Gulf of Naples as well...

Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. The island is between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia. With its tiny satellite island of Vivara, it is...

Capo Miseno Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Miseno) is an active lighthouse located at the end of the promontory, with the same name, that marks the...

of Cilicia. She was abducted in Italy, during a visit to Misenum (modern Miseno), by the Cilician pirates with whom her father had so often clashed. Her...

volcanic origin, is part of the Phlegraean Fields. The volcano of Cape Miseno and the Miseno port date from c. 35,000-10,500 years ago. Bacoli was founded by...

Capo Vaticano Scilla Tindari Cefalù Palermo Castellammare del Golfo Capo Miseno Terracina Terme Vigliatore French: Mer Tyrrhénienne [mɛʁ tiʁenjɛn] Latin:...

as Saint Januarius. He was martyred with: Sossius or Sosius, deacon of Miseno (Italian: Sosso, Sossio) Festus, lector (Italian: Festo) Desiderius, lector...

Deprived of their island bases, these Saracens occupied the harbour of Miseno near Naples. From there they launched their attack on Rome the next year...

around 450 AD. In 700 it gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Miseno. In 1207 it was suppressed when forces from Naples, acting for the boy-King...

in response to the Vandal invasion of 455 AD, around which refugees from Miseno settled when their town was razed by the Saracens; here they also built...

131–138. doi:10.2166/ws.2007.015. ISSN 1606-9749. "Piscina Mirabilis - Miseno". www.cir.campania.beniculturali.it (in Italian). Archived from the original...

area, and Januarius maintained contact with Sossius, who was a deacon of Miseno, as well as the deacon Festus and the lector Desiderius. Legend says Januarius...

method in Europe for naming years. Emperor Majorian builds a Roman fleet at Miseno and Ravenna. He strengthens the army, by recruiting a large number of barbarian...

order, Pompeii, Nola, Acerra, Atella, Napoli, Puteoli, Cumae, Baiae, and Miseno. Attilius's predecessor, Exomnius, has mysteriously vanished as the springs...

title character from Corinne, an 1808 novel by Madame de Stael, at Cape Miseno, focusing on an Ancient Greek poet. The painting is held now in the Musée...

However, during the 850s, Muslim general Muhammad I Abu 'l-Abbas sacked Miseno, but only for Khums purposes (Islamic booty), without conquering the territories...

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Pliny the Younger and His Mother at Miseno (1785), oil on canvas, 103 x 127.5 cm., Princeton University Art Museum...

was one of the main areas for granary. In ancient times Misenum (modern 'Miseno'), at the extreme northern end of the bay of Naples, was the largest base...

di Mergozzo) Lake Mezzano (Lago di Mezzano) Lago di Mezzola Lake Miseno (Lago Miseno) Lake Misurina (Lago di Misurina) Lake Molveno (Lago di Molveno)...