According
to the legend, the poet’s tomb was profaned by an unknown English doctor; a
reaction by the working-class followed which then urged
the preservation of the remains of the “maestro” in the Castel
dell’Ovo. It is therefore uncertain as to the precise locality where the
remains are conserved. What does it matter though ? That row of niches in the
cemetery was the object, for centuries, of a veneration by scholars and the
devotion of an entire population.
Virgil’s
Tomb- The Inside- Durau X1X century