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 Re-Live the Past |
Via Tito Angelini 20 Naples 80129 Italy +39 081 229 4401 |
This castle has stood witness to the city's major milestones in the history of Naples. Built in 1329 by Charles of Angiò, it is shaped like a six-sided star and gives the spectators a fantastic view of the city. Saint Elmo Castle has been restored and now houses the Molaido Library of Art and a videotheque that gives information on all the city monuments. Exhibitions, shows, concerts and even conferences are held in this historical monument. The castle has a 16th century Church of Saint Elmo and the 17th century Chapel of Santa Maria del Pilar. Admission: EUR 1. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 City's oldest castle |
Via Caracciolo Di Bella Naples 80133 Italy +39 81 764 0590 |
First settled by the ancient Greeks who went on to found the city of Partenope, the tiny island of Megaride is home to the city's oldest castle. Many believe the name, Castel dell'Ovo, is due to its unusual shape (ovo meaning "egg"); however, others maintain that the name is linked to medieval legend. Apparently the poet Virgil hid an egg in an iron cage and left it to hang from a rafter in a secret place within the castle; if the egg is broken, both the castle and the city are doomed to destruction. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 Baroque church built by the Dominicans |
124 Via Sanità Naples 80136 Italy +39 81 544 1305 |
An ancient image of the Virgin Mary from the 5th or 6th Century, in a small church annex of the crypt of San Gaudioso, is part of the original construction of the Monastic complex of Santa Maria della Sanità which over the centuries has undergone various drastic changes. The crypt, built in 1577, was handed over to the Dominicans who gave the lay Dominican architect Giuseppe Donzelli, also known as Fra'Nuvolo, the job of planning the church. The facade is white and decorated with gray architectural elements. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 Ancient Neapolitan cemetry |
77 Via Fontanelle Naples 80136 Italy |
The small eighteenth-century church of Maria Santissima del Carmine stands at the end of the Via Fontanelle, where the urban landscape assumes a rural aspect. Access to the delle Fontanelle ossuary is via this church. Fron ancient times, tufa was excavated from the Materdei hills in order to make way for the caves which came to be used as the city's ossuary. Any visitor to the ossuary, as they walk around the trapezoidal ground at twilight when beams of light fall upon the innumerable human skulls and bones which, when laid out look like some kind of macabre architectural decoration. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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