The
tunnel was dug during a military reorganization in order to connect Naples and
Pozzuoli, Lucrino, Cuma, where the Roman fleet was harboured; in fact Cocceio planned
and directed the excavation of this tunnel, of the tunnel that connects Averno
and Cuma and the tunnel which connected the port to the interior of Cuma.
View of the east from the
Posillipo Tunnel – F.Morghen-XV111 century