Virgil’s Tomb in Kassel’s Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

 

Grab des Vergil im Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel IMG

Evidence of the popularity of the Virgil’s tomb can be found in Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe of Kassel, where there is a replica of the tomba di virgilio. It was erected by Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel in 1775. The Landgrave, who is not known to have taken a Grand Tour, had a tremendous artistic sensibility and founded Kassel’s Academy of Fine Arts the same year.


Virgil’s tomb in Kassel’s Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, colour photography, 2006, photographer: Armin Schönewolf, source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grab_des_Vergil.JPG?uselang=de, public domain.