VIVI NAPOLI
La rubrica per scoprire Napoli
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
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MUSEUMS
MUSEO APERTO NAPOLI : Via Pietro Colletta, 89/95 tel 081 5636062
The first center of tourist acceptance of the city. The fulcrum of the activity is the audio-guides in 6 linguages that, supported from panels illustrated near every monument,guide to the discovery of the historical center along four distances.
Services: gastronomy tasting, book-shop, space dedicated to the local handicraft, info point, left luggage office.
In the heart of the historical centre, near by the Central
ANATOMIA : Via Armanni, 5 - Tel 081-5666010
Closed on Saturday and Sunday. Mon. - Fri. with appointment (tel. 081 297659).
Free entrance.
In the heart of the historical centre.
NATIONAL ARCHEALOGICAL MUSEUM : Piazza Museo, 19 - Tel. 081-4422149
Closed on Tuesday. Wed.- Mon. open from 9 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Ticket euro 6,50; the young 8 - 25 years old euro 3,25; under 18 and over 65 free.
Services: disable people welcome, bookshop, library.
15 min. by walking from the hotel.
Underground Line 1 stop Museo. Underground Line 2 stop Cavour
SANSEVERO'S CHAPEL : Via Francesco De Sanctis, 19 - Tel 081-5518470
Closed on Tuesday. Mon. - Sat. open from 10 a.m. to 5.40 p.m. - Sunday and holidays from 10 a.m. to 1.10 p.m.
Ticket euro 5,00; for young 18 - 25 yars old euro 2,50; for pupils euro 2,00; discount 20% with Artecard and Touring Club; till 9 years old free.
Services: disable people welcome.
Historical centre. Near by Piazza San Domenico Maggiore.
CAPPELLA DEL MONTE DI PIETÁ : Via San Biagio dei Librai, 114
Open on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free entrance.
In the famous street of crib. Near by Piazza San Domenico Maggiore.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CAPODIMONTE : Via Miano, 2 - Tel. 081-7499111
Closed on Wednesday. Thu. - Tue. open from 8.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Ticket euro 7,50; from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. euro 3,75; the young 18 - 25 years old euro 3,75; under 18 and over 65 free.
Services: disable people welcome.
Accessible with the bus R4
CIVIC MUSEUM OF CASTEL NUOVO: Maschio Angioino Piazza del Municipio - Tel 081-4201241
Closed on Sunday. Mon. - Sat. open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Ticket euro 5,00; under 18 and over 65 and students of Artistical Faculty free.
Services: disable people welcome.
5 minutes by walking from the hotel.
CITTÁ DELLA SCIENZA : Via Coroglio, 104 - Tel 081-3723728
Closed on Monday. Tue. - Sat. open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Ticket euro 7,00; children euro 6,00.
Services: disable people welcome.
Get the Cumana from Montesanto's Station. Agnano stop. Go on with the bus toward Coroglio.
DIEGO ARAGONA PIGNATELLI CORTES : Riviera di Chiaia, 200 - Tel. 081-7612356
Closed on Tuesday. Wed.- Mon. open from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
Ticket euro 2,00; for residents UE 19 - 24 years old euro 1,00; under 18 and over 65 free.
DUCA DI MARTINA - VILLA FLORIDIANA : Via Cimarosa, 77 - Tel. 081-5788418
Closed on Tuesday. Wed.- Mon. open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Ticket euro 2,50; for residents UE 19 - 24 years old euro 1,25; under 18 and over 65 free; discount of 20% with Artecard.
Services: disable people welcome.
Central Funicolar (stop is at 200 metres from the hotel), last stop (Piazza Fuga). At about 400 metres from the funicolar station.
RAILWAY NATIONAL MUSEUM: Via Pietrarsa - Tel 081-472003
Closed on Sunday. Mon. - Sat. open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free entrance.
Location: San Giovanni a teduccio
MUSEUM OF OBSERVATORY OF CAPODIMONTE : Via Moiariello, 16 - Tel 081-5575111
With appointment.
Free entrance.
Accessible with the bus R4.
MUSEUM OF ROYAL PALACE : Piazza del Plebiscito, 1 - Tel 081-400547
Closed on Wednsday. Thu. - Tue. open from 9 to 7.30 p.m.
Ticket euro 4,00; from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. euro 3,75; for residents UE 19 - 24 years old euro 2,00; under 18 and over 65 free.
At about 5 minutes by walking from the hotel.
PAN - PALAZZO DELLE ARTI NAPOLI : Via dei Mille, 60 - Tel 081-7958605
Center of Documentation for the Contemporary Arts. The Pan house cultural expressions that interest all the arts and their shapes, promoting works and documents most significant of the contemporary period, from the sculpture to the cinema, the architecture to the photography, the video art to the comic strip passing for the painting.
From the hotel, get the bus till to Piazza Vittoria and go on by walking to Via dei Mille (about 5 minutes).
Or you can arrive there by walking from the hotel in 20 minutes.
SAN MARTINO : Piazzale San Martino, 5 - Tel. 081-5586408
Closed on Wednsday. Thu. - Tue. open from 8.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Ticket euro 6,00; under 18, over 65 and students of Arts Faculties free.
Services: disable people welcome.
Central Funicolar (stop is at 200 metres from the hotel), last stop (Piazza Fuga). Follow escaletor at right outside the station.
MUSEUM OF SANTA CHIARA : Via Santa Chiara, 49/c - Tel 081-19575915
Closed: never. Mon. - Sat. open from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2.30 p.m. to 4.15 p.m. - Sunday from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ticket euro 4,00; for groups euro 3,50; per students euro 2,50.
Services: disable people welcome.
In the historical centre. At about 10 minutes by walking from the hotel. Near by Piazza del Gesù
MUSEUM OF SAN GENNARO TREASURE : Via Duomo, 149 - Tel 081-294980
Closed on Monday. Tue. - Sat. open from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. - Sunday and e holidays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Ticket euro 5,50; under 18 and over 65 euro 3,50; for groups of at least 10 people euro 4,50; for pupils euro 2,00; discont 25% with Artecard.
Services: disable people welcome.
CASTLES
CASTLE DELL'OVO
How to arrive : Go from the Hotel to Via Toledo and walk the road towards Piazza Plebiscito. Cross the square. Walk down Via Console for about 200 metres and turn right towards Via Santa Lucia to get to Borgo Marinari. You will find in front of one of the most striking spectacles of fusion between Nature and human work: Castel dell'Ovo ( "Egg" Castle).
The Castle is built on the islet of Megaride, where (according to legend) the mermaid Parthenope landed and gave name to the city. By the end of the 5th century a group of monks settled in the place and founded the Cenobio of San Salvatore, whose church is still visible. In ducal times, the monks left the islet and a fortress was built in place of the old Cenobio. In the 12th century the Normans chose the site as their residence and gave the architect Buono the task of enlarging the fortress. The building of the tower called "Normandia" dates back to this period, other buildings were instead achieved by the Svevis. The present denomination of the building dates back to the 14th century. There are two different theories about its genesis: the first one concerns the particular design of the castle, which is egg-like; the other one (the most reliable one), instead, is relative to an old legend, according to which, the poet Virgilio hid a golden egg under the castle to grant stability to the islet and to the city itself. The present design of the castle is the product of the renovation made in the vice-royal age, after damages suffered in the siege of 1503. Actually Castel dell'Ovo is one of the distinctive marks of the Neapolitan sight, with its powerful walls and its arcades, that make it a monument of exceptional beauty and of great historical interest.
CAPUANO CASTLE
The Castel Capuano, whose name is owed to the proximity of the ancient Door " Capuana " that introduced on the road that conducted to Capua, was built by the Normans in the 12th century. Subsequently it was widened by the Svevis, and it was one of royal palaces of the Aragonesis up to 15th century. Castle's foundation is traditionally attributed to William I. Restore by Charles I it remained a royal residences; closed in Aragonese time inside the new fencing wall, the Castle lost definitely the military character, to change in a residence. During the centuries the Castle was repeatedly restructured, and during the government of Pedro of Toledo, it was destined to entertain all courts of justice of the city, while the undergrounds were turned to jails. The Castle became so the Vicaria, the building of Justice; function that it still maintains.
The environment more interesting is the Summary Chapel "Cappella Sommaria"), with decorated walls to plasters by Pietro Ruviale in the 16th century representative Evangelical Scenes and the Universal Judgment.
Interesting is also the Saloon of the Court of Appeal, with the 18th century works of Anthony Cacciapuoti and the Saloon of the Busts, where the busts of the princes of the Forum of Naples are found.
MASCHIO ANGIOINO CASTLE
History : Occupying Naples in 1266, Charles I of Angiò, didn't find a suitable abode, so decided to build one as soon as out of the fencing wall of the city. So works started of the Castel Nuovo started (1279-1282). It was denominated Castel Nuovo (New Castle) to distinguish others old castles Capuano and of the Ovo.Tipica representation of the French Gothic style, was initially constituted by an irregular plant quadrilateral, four towers and tall embattled walls . In reality Charles I never lived there, it was his child Charles I to establishethere and subsequently Roberto of Angio, that brought substantial changes to the structure of the Castle. When to the Angioinis succeeded the Aragonesis, also Alfonso I of Aragona followed tradition to set his abode in the Maschio Angioino (other name of Castel Nuovo) and to begin works of enlargement. Is of this time that goes up the famous arc of triumph place among the tower of middle and the one of watch. Now the monument appears a trapezoidal plant formed by a curtain of tufa in which five cylindrical towers are inserted (four of "piperno" and one of tufa). From the time of Alfonso I to today, it have been many works of amplification and restauration that have interests the castle. Substantially the structure that is introduced to our eyes today is a mixture of the French and Catalan taste.
The Arc of Triumph (1453 - 1479) : Wanted by Alfonso I of Aragon to celebrate his victorious entrance in the city (February 23 rd 1443), it's formed by 2 arcs rib of vault superimposed. The relief of the central frieze impending the first arc represents the new king sat on a wagon hauled by the Fortune. The second arc, should have instead to contain an equestrian statue of the sovereign, that should heve be order to Donatello, but in reality it was never realized.
Baron's room : Wanted by Roberto of Angiò and painted in fresco by Giotto in 1330, the room was originally called Room Maior. The frescos, unfortunately lost, represented illustrious characters of the past. In 1919 the room is partially destroyed by a fire. On the lintels are still visible the bas-reliefs represented the triumphal procession of Alfonso and the entry of the king in the castle. In the angle south-east of the Room, through a Gothic door there is the access to the spectacular winding stairs, currently inagibile. The environment is also illuminated from a balcony called "Triumphal" of which is original the base that has the form of an inverted pyramid. Currently the room is turned to the reunions of the town junta.
The legends : At the time of Charles II Of Angiò the castle was the abode of Pope Celestino V, whose pontificated was the shortest of the history: only 5 months. In fact on December 13, Celestino V decided to abandon dresses of head of the spirituality and, always among walls of the castle, was proclaimed his successor: Bonifacio VIII. The history narrates that it was the same Bonifacio VIII to convince the pope to abdicate. It is narrated, in fact, that Bonifacio, well knowing the sensitive character of Celestino, night time, introducing a long trumpet through a window in the room of Celestino, and pretending to be a messenger of God, he suggested to him to abandon the charge. Very more atrocious are stories of the mysterious disappearances of guests of Queens Giovanna I of Angiò and Giovanna II. These people, were said, were been destined to an atrocious death: they were tortured and I killed by sinister assassins or, for the most part, puched down, through a trap door, in the jails, where they were torn to pieces by a crocodile, arrived by the African coasts and nested, by sea, in the underground of the castel. To capture the crocodile was used as bait a thigh of horse and, once killed, it was embalmed and exposed to the entry of the castle. As confirmation of this legend is the recovery in the jails of four coffins without any description containing bones, probably those of the barons arrested and killed (see next legend). We are in 1486, at the times of Ferrante of Aragon. It's in that period that the Room Maior acquires the name of Room of the Barons, as the sovereign, wanting to avenge himself of the barons' share to a conspiracy, he invites them at the castle with the pretext of the celebration of the wedding of his child and, once reunited in the room, it makes them arrest and to throw in the jails. Of them won't be known anything.
SANT 'ELMO CASTLE
The castle sees its origin in 1275, during the kingdom of Charles I of Angiò. In this phase it had to have the structure of a medieval palatium. The Belforte, this was in origin the name of the Castle, rises in 1329 to want of Roberto of Angiò on the hill of the Vomero. During the reconstruction it was modified with defensive works, so much to be called castrum Sancti Erasmi, probably for the presence of a chapel devoted to Saint Erasmo. From the plaza of weapons and from the slopes it is enjoyed of a suggestive sight of the ancient center and the bay of Naples: from the ancient Neapolis to Partenope, with the hold loophole of Spaccanapoli
The Castle was not only used as point of defense during the revolt of Masaniello in 1799 but it was also used for imprisoning the revolutionary ones, acquiring a punitive function that has preserved for different years.
It was military zone up to 1976, year when the last restauration began, conducted by the Provveditorato to the Public Works with the intent to return it to the city as center of cultural activity. Very interesting are the underground jails and the terraces.
It can be visited in case of expositions.
Chartreuse Di San Martino :
But we cannot talk about the Castle Sant'Elmo without cite the Chartreuse of San Martin founded in 1325 by Charles duke of Calabria, that wanted it in a dominant position on the city. The first solution was an imposing Gothic construction of which few elements remain today in reason of a radical restructuring with Baroque style in XVII century. Some cracks with bows in Catalan style are still recognizable - which can be found in the ex-refectory probably used as passes foods and founded in a recent restauration. The Chartreuse was consacrated to St. Martino, bishop of Tours, probably for the presence of an ancient preexisting chapel. Toward the half part of XVI century, under the influence of the counter-reformation, the Chartreuse was renewed according to the most modern ideas. A splendid example of the seventeenth-century Neapolitan art is constituted from the Great Cloister, characterized by columns of order Dorico-Tuscan, from the little cemetery of the Carthusian monks, from the statues of the colonnade, from the busts of the saints Carthusian monks on the portals, from the false pit in the center and from numerous fruit trees. A smaller cloister, called Cloister of the Attorneys, constitutes the access to the gardens and to rooms of the National Museum; it has the same proportions of the Great Cloister, and it has at the middle a pit, made by Felice de Felice. The apartment of the Prior was decorated by famous Neapolitan painters, and endowed with a beautiful floor in brick and majolica pottery, still visible.
The monastery was suppressed in 1806 by French.
Today the Chartreuse entertains the National Museum of San Martino dedicated to the city history and with an ample, suggestive, exposure of cribs of the Neapolitan school.
Gardens of the Chartreuse go down from St. Martino along the hill of the Vomero, to reach tin Corso Vittorio Emanuele and from them you enjoy some most beautiful panoramas on the Bay of Naples.
ASELMEYER CASTLE
The grandiose construction, realized like a medieval castle, was built in reality between 1902 and 1904. Element of relief of the view from Via Caracciolo, the " castle " is a work of the English architect Lamont Young, it's the reason why, at first, it was called " Castle Lamont " was called.
The building is in Neo-Gotich style mixed with "Todoreschi" and Elisabethan elements, peculiar of English bourgeois residences. Initially the work was very criticized for the use of unusual lines not in harmony with the Neapolitan tradition. Currently the castle is turned to private residence and it is not visitable.
MONUMENTS
ALBERGO DEI POVERI CALLED ALSO PALAZZO FUGA - Piazza Carlo III
Designed in 1751 by Ferdinando Fuga for Charles of Bourbon's will, the building had to give hospitality to the poor of the city, dividing them into four "castes": women, girls, men and boy.
Just based on these distinctions, Fuga designed the structure in order to preclude any contact among the different categories of guests.
According to the project there had to be a long rectangular building, measuring 600 meters in length and 150m in width, composed of five aligned courts of which, the central one, should have host a church characterized by four aisles arranged in the shape of X.
As a metter of fact the work was interrupted in 1819, leaving the building deprived of the sides corresponding to the outer edges of the last two court. After more than a century and a half of neglect, in 2005, officially started the restoration work.
GALLERIA UMBERTO I - Via Toledo
In 1884, following the devastating cholera epidemic, whole overcrowded neighborhoods (Porto, Pendino, Mercato, Vicaria) were demolished and a committee was convened to consider the reconstruction of these areas.
The rebuilding of the area adjacent to Via Santa Brigida, was entrusted to the engeneer Rocco Emanuele, who designed four buildings connected by a large gallery of iron and glass, whose design was entrusted to Paul Boublée. The stained glass, with an area of 1076 square meters, forming four arms, which intersect at a large dome. Of the four entrances to the tunnel, the most valued is the one faceing the San Carlo Theatre, with a slightly arched portico and a façade emphasized with marble statues and niches.
The gallery was officially unvelied on November 10th, 1892 by Mayor Nicola Amore, and became in late '800 and early '900 the city's art and fashion centre.
After a period of decline during the period between the wars, is now a large and elegant city salon with beautiful shops, meeting places and offices.
GUGLIA DELL' IMMACOLATA - Piazza del Gesu'
At the beginning, the obelisk at the center of the square, was actually an equestrian monument dedicated to Philip V. It was only in 1747 that, at the behest of the Jesuit father Pepe, was commissioned to the Architect Di Fiore the construction of the baroque spire.
It was the Jesuit father himself to refuse the King's subsidies, and to be able to pay the huge artists'fees thanks to popular collections. Even today, every Dec. 8, the Immaculate Conception Day, a ladder is leant against to the monument, to allow the cardinal offering a crown of flowers to the Immaculate.
PALAZZO DONN' ANNA - Via Posillipo
The building of the palace was commissioned by the Viceroy Guzman, for his wife Anna Carafa and the construction was entrusted to Fanzago. Works began in 1642, but were never completed due to the sudden death of the woman. By the time the building assumed the countenance of a ruin, mingling with the many Roman ruins.
Nevertheless, the structure keep on being a predominant figure in the coastal landscape of the city.
THEATRES
Via San Carlo, 98 tel. 081 7972 331
For lovers of Lyric and ballet. It's possible to buy tickets on the web site.
Location: In Piazza del Plebiscito, at less than 5 minutes by walking from the hotel.
Via Tasso, 169 tel.081 66 18 35/ 081 66 94 80
Location: Posillipo. Accessible by taxi.
Piazza Calenda, 9 tel. 081 22 58 285.
Skilled in classics Napolitan shows of songs and prose.
Location: Between P.zza Nicola Amore and P.zza Garibaldi, accessible with the bus R2
P.tta Duca D'Aosta, 263 tel. 081 40 56 60.
Location: In Via Toledo, near by the Central Funicolar. at 2 minutes by walking from the hotel.
Via L. Giordano 64/72 tel. 081 578 49 78.
Location: Vomero. With the Central Funicolar stop at P.tta Fuga. Go along Via Scarlatti and turn at right at the first cross.
Via Conte di Ruvo, 14 tel. 081 549 9688.
Location: At about 10 min. by walking from the hotel. between Via Toledo and Via Foria.
P.zza Municipio, 64 tel. 081 551 3396.
Location: At less than 5 min. by walking from tehe hotel in Piazza Municipio.
Via S. Domenico, 11 tel. 24 72 684.
Location: Vomero. Accessible with taxi or the Line 1 of the underground.
Via Chiaia, 157 tel. 081 40 38 27.
Location: In the heart of Chiaia area, at 15 min by walking from the hotel.
Via Frediano Cavara,12/e tel. 081 5647525.
Location: Near by Via Foria (Archeological Museum area).
Via Montecalvario, 16 tel. 081 40 60 62.
Location: In the heart of Spanish Quarters, at only 250 metres from the hotel.
CATACOMBS
Via tondo di Capodimonte 13 - Basilica del Buon Consiglio tel. 0815441305
info@catacombedinapoli.it
ispettoratocatacombe@tiscali.it
Mon - Sat from 10am to 5pm - Sunday from 10am to 1pm. Ticket Catacombs of San Gennaro + Catacombs of San Gaudioso euro 8.
Accessible with the bus R4.
Piazza Sanità 14 - Basilica di Santa Maria della Sanità tel. 081 5441305
info@catacombedinapoli.it
Open everyday from 10am to 1pm. Ticket Catacombs of San Gennaro + Catacombs of San Gaudioso euro 8.
Accessible with the bus R4.
Piazzetta S.Severo a Capodimonte tel. 0817411071/081 5441305
ispettoratocatacombe@tiscali.it
Closed on Monday. Tue.- Sun. guide tours at 9-10-11-12 a.m.
Ticket euro 5,00; for pupils euro 3,00.
Accessible with the bus R4.
Via Duomo
Mon. - Sat. from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. and from 4.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Sunday and holidays from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Ticket euro 3,00; discount for groups.
Underground Line 1 stop of Museo. Underground Line 2 stop of Cavour. Go on Via Duomo.
SAN LORENZO MAGGIORE EXCAVATIONS
Piazza San Gaetano, 316 tel. 081 2110860.
Mon.- Sat. open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.- Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
Ticket euro 4,00; under 18 and over 65 euro 2,00
In the heart of the historical centre at about 15/20 minutes by walking.
Associations :
Napolisotterranea : Piazza San Gaetano, 68 tel. 081 296944
Laes : Piazza Trieste e Trento tel. 081 400256 .
With reservation.
Grave of Virgilio and Leopardi : Via Piedigrotta, 20 tel. 081 669390
Grave of Jacopo Sannazzaro : Chiesa di S. Maria del Parto - Via Mergellina, 9/b tel. 081 664627
PIZZERIAS
PIZZERIA BRANDI - Fondata nel 1780
Salita Sant'Anna di Palazzo, 1 tel. 081 416 928
It's here that was created the famuos Pizza Margherita
L'ANTICA PIZZERIA DA MICHELE
Via Cesare Sersale 1/3/5 tel.081 553 92 04
One of the more ancient pizzeria of Naples. Here you can eat only Margherita and Marinara.
PIZZERIA TRIANON DA CIRO CASA MADRE
Via P. Colletta, 42/46 tel. 081 553 94 26
Other ancient typical pizzeria.
PIZZERIA MEDINA CUCINA TRADIZIONALE
Via Medina, 32 tel. 081 551 52 33
In the heart of the city, excellent pizzeria and restaurant.
ANTICA PIZZERIA E RISTORANTE PORT 'ALBA
Via Port'Alba, 18 tel. 081 45 97 13
In Piazza Dante at about 10 minutes from the hotel.
MA TU VULIVE 'A PIZZA
Via Santa Maria la Nova, 46 tel. 081 551 44 90
Pizzeria very small and simple, but excellent pizzas. We suggest you to taste the Pizza Fritta (Fried Pizza).
FRATELLI LA BUFALA - PIZZAIOLI EMIGRANTI
Via Medina, 18
Eveything is made with Mozzarella di Bufala DOC.
ANTONIO & ANTONIO
Via Partenope, 24 tel. 081 245 19 87
In front of the Castle dell'Ovo, near by the sea. Good pizza and wonderful view.
ANEMA E COZZE
Via Partenope 15-18 tel. 081 24 00 001
On the sea side. Good pizza.
RESTAURANTS
I RE DI NAPOLI
Via Partenope, 29/30 tel. 081 7647775
Typical Neapolitan food.
TRATTORIA NENNELLA
Via Vico Lungo teatro Nuovo, 103-105
tel. 081 414338
Very close to the hotel. A very particular restaurant. After your meal, you'll remember not only the typycal neapolitan food, but also the wonderful people you meet there.
DAL DELICATO
Largo Sermoneta, 34 tel. 081 667047
Traditional food.
AL 53
Piazza Dante, 53 tel. 081 5499372
Specialized in fish.
CIRO A SANTA BRIGIDA
Via Santa Brigida, 71 tel. 081 5524072
Typical Neapolitan food
LA CANTINA DELLA TOFA
Vico Tofa, 71 tel. 081 406840
Typical Neapolitan food. Speciality: brasato all'aglianico.
HOSTERIA TOLEDO
Vico Giardinetti a Toledo,78 tel. 081 421257
At 20 metres from the hotel. A little romantic restaurant.
TAVERNA DELL'ARTE
Rampe San Giovanni Maggiore, 2 tel. 081 5527558
Typical Neapolitan food and pizzeria.
EVENTS
DON'T MISS IT
SANSEVERO'S CHAPEL - Via F. De Sanctis, 19 Tel 081 5518470
The Sansevero of the Sangro' Chapel , called also "Saint Maria of the Pity of the Sangro" or " Pietatella", was built in 1590 as sepulchral chapel of the family.
To make this chapel a leg inevitable of your trip, are statues of the Demureness, the Disillusionment and the Veiled Christ.
The Demureness is the name of the funeral monument of Cecilia Gaetani of Aragon, mother of Mr. Raymond, dead in young age; the Corradini, to express the concept of the "veiled bashfulness ", carved a beautiful naked woman covered by a transparent veil that makes her totally indecent for the generosity of the opulent forms.
The Disillusionment, is the one of Antonio de Sangro, prince's father, dead in 1757, that, upset by the great pain for the death of his wife, he abandoned himself to a wandering and uneasy life discovering the "deception " and then retirind to monastic life surrendering the things of the world and the child Raimondo to his father Paolo. Francesco Queirolo represented a man (Antonio) that make him free from a net that envelops him, working in with only one marmoreal block.
The Veiled Christ is the synthesis of the whole chapel. Initially the sculpture, commissioned to the Corradini, it had to represent the Passion. At the death of Corradini, however, the sculputure was realized by Sammartino with the same suggestive techniques of the Demureness .
In the crypt you can find Anatomical Machines, two human bodies which the prince, with a prepared of his invention, has removed the " bodily wrap ", making of metal the whole system of the veins and the arteries. At present we don't know how he did it , who were the two miserable persons and if they were already dead or not.
FONTANELLE'S GRAVEYARD - Piazza Fontanelle alla Sanità n.154
The graveyard is dug-out in the hill of Materdei. You can enter here fromthe little church of SS. Maria del Carmine. Up to 1836 it 3was the ossuary of the city. The greatest part of the skeletons go back to the terrible pestilence that, in 1656, decreased the number of the inhabitants from 400.000 to 100.000.
In 1952 Roger Peyrefitte wrote: "In two wide galleries, tall a dozen and long hundred meters, there were thousand and thousand of skulls and bones illuminated by thousand of candles. The bones are arranged for type and in geometric forms except some skulls that are in wood showcases, they are remains of "adopted souls".... It looks like an immense cathedral of the death. The unreal silence was broken only from the litanies of the old women that recited prayers for the souls of the Purgatory."
After a period of closing, the graveyard was reopened in 1872. From this period, the cult of the souls " pezzentelle " began. Every devotee adopted a skull, that corresponded to a soul "pezzentella ", that is a soul abandoned and without prayers, he gave him a worthy setup in a showcase and visits often him bringing flowers and candles and reciting "requiem aeterna ". In change the adoptive parent wanted graces and protection and if these didn't happen he abandoned the skull and he adopted another one.
"SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE" - Duomo di Napoli
The legend tell that Gennaro, bishop of Benevento, lived in the period of Diocleziano's Christian persecutions. In that period Sossio was bishop of Miseno. While Gennaro was going to Miseno for a liturgy, Sossio was imprisoned. So Gennaro, went to meet him at prison with his deacon Festo and the lector Desiderio. Here they were recognized as Christians and captured.
Martyrs were beheaded and their blood was put into ampullas from some faithfuls.It was the 305 d.c.. Between 413-432 the Bishop of Naples decided to give him a worthy grave moving his remains in the catacomb on the hill of Capodimonte.
On August 17th, 1389 there was the first news of the miracle of blood liquefaction. It was the Assunta's holiday and San Gennaro's relics were shown to faithfuls: the blood was fluid like if it was spurted the same day.
The miracle recurs 3 times per year: eve of the first Sunday of May (first translation), December 16th (anniversary of Vesuvio's eruption of 1631), and September 19 (death's date).