Those who say that Virgil was buried in Naples are wrong.
That is not what happened.
Many things have been said and imagined about Naples. But now, 2500 years on, it’s time to truly hear what the city has to say.
It’s true, Naples is an Italian icon, known around the world for its people, its ideas, and its history. But if that were all, Naples would be just a postcard. And yet, it’s so much more.
Naples is a millennia-old seat of learning overlooking the sea, around which the peoples of the Mediterranean and Europe will gather to discuss trade, strategy and the future
Naples is already today what you wouldn’t imagine it could become tomorrow:
a hub of research, a hotbed of entrepreneurship, a volcano of innovation.
Naples is more than culture. Naples is cultures.
Naples is a gulf, but also a reach, stretching out toward the entire planet to share its tangible and intangible heritage, and to discover countless others in return.
It’s time, then, to listen to Naples: the city that conquered its conquerors and was never truly conquered
No, Virgil was not buried in Naples. Virgil lives in Naples. The same way Giambattista Vico and Benedetto Croce live in Naples, and all those who continue to inspire.
A city that inspires the whole world. Napoli Musa
