Naples

In the world of Naples is known for its extraordinary beauty and magnificence of the bay and its islands (Capri, Ischia and Procida), which enjoy an ideal climate become a destination for millions of visitors.

Among the islands, the largest known to fame is Capri since ancient Roman emperors and later in the twentieth century became known as a meeting place for intellectuals and artists from around the world. Capri is now a favorite of the jet-set.

Ischia, denomintata the Green Island for its unspoiled natural views, is one of the islands in the Gulf perhaps the most romantic and peaceful archipelago. Ischia has always been a muse to poets and writers fascinated by its charming landscape and its crystal clear sea.

Procida is the smallest of the Neapolitan islands. Tourist-Procida keeps unchanged the oldest marine traditions, providing visitors with aromas and flavors typical of the island.
For information about Capri, Ischia and Procida Naples contact your hotel reception.

The Museum is a walker's Chapel Sansevero world's artistic heritage. Beauty and mystery are interwoven in creating a unique atmosphere out of time. The Veiled Christ, at the center of the nave of the chapel, is one the best known and most evocative in the world. The work whose image is famous for the remarkable "texture" of the marble veil almost make it even more naked and exposed the poor body, and relentless and precise lines of the broken body of Christ.
The sculptor Giuseppe Sammartino "embroiders" the edges of the shroud in detail and focuses on the wounds of the nails on the feet and hands, creating a work to be so realistic indelibly imprinted in the memory of the visitor and make him share in the grief of Christ.

Also known as New Castle, the castle was built by Pierre d'Agincourt, architect of Charles I of Anjou, following the French model of the castle of Angers. It was modified by Alfonso I of Aragon in the fifteenth century. At the entrance the visitor will pass under the arch of the arms of Aragon. Remain inside the Palatine Chapel and the Sala dei Baroni. From the terrace overlooking the harbor and Mount Vesuvius.
National Archaeological Museum

One of the richest museums in the world for ancient Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian, with many works from the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The building, home to the University from 1616 to 1777, has been transformed into a museum in 1822 and since then until now the venue for numerous exhibitions of international importance.

Next to the Royal Palace you can admire the façade of the Teatro San Carlo, the second Theatre in Italy after La Scala in Milan. The oldest theater operating in Europe, was built during the reign of Charles of Bourbon, in 1816 and rebuilt in neoclassical style.

The splendid interior with its six floors of galleries, the royal box and the ceiling which is represented on a fresco of Apollo and the Muses. In recent years there has developed an intense activity aimed at recovering the eighteenth-century Neapolitan school of opera buffa, with the collaboration of Maestro Roberto De Simone.

It is the masterpiece of Baroque art in Naples. It was built in the sixteenth century by the Jesuits at the Renaissance Palazzo Sanseverino, which preserves the facade in ashlar diamond. The interior is very rich in polychrome marble cladding for the walls to the rich decoration of the altars and chapels, the large number of marble sculptures. Inside the church are preserved the relics of St. Joseph Moscati, who was canonized in 1987 and is widely worshiped by the faithful.

The center of the square is characterized by dell''Immacolata spire, built in 1751, and is surmounted by a gilded copper statue of the Madonna. The 8 December Firefighters climb a ladder to put on the head of the Virgin Mary a crown of flowers.

This follows the axis formed by the streets below the Roman decumanus Benedetto Croce and San Biagio in Booksellers. This is a walk that must be done on foot at an hour when the shops are open to fully enjoy the excitement and vitality of the city.

S. Gregorio Armeno is the famous street of the artisans of the manger, known worldwide for its many shops devoted to the art crib.

The narrow streets and shops can be visited all year round. The road connects the two perpendicular decumani, the higher and lower, and following their paths leads to a world of colors, sounds, magic that is the way of the cribs.

Designed by Domenico Fontana in 1600. Outside you can see the long red elevation, 161 meters, and the neo-classical statues of the kings who reigned in Naples. Inside, the visitor is enchanted by the grand staircase with two flights, leading to the first floor where the apartment is a museum town, home to a valuable collection of art objects.
Impressive is the hall of the Court Theatre, the central hall, the Throne Room, the Chapel Royal and the Queen's Room which leads to the terrace overlooking the Gulf of Naples.

Located in the heart of the city, here you overlook the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola, the Royal Palace, the Palazzo Salerno and the Palace of the Prefecture. The square was for centuries an irregular open space, where they carried out the festivities. Only in the seventeenth century was "regularized" for the construction of the new Royal Palace, designed by Domenico Fontana. Towards the middle of the eighteenth century there were more gradual changes implemented by the architects who worked on the nearby Royal Palace. But only at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Napoleonic period the square face changed completely. By order of the French monarchs and religious buildings were demolished were built too many buildings of state in order to make the square of the city included in the urban context.
At the center of the colonnade stands the basilica of San Francesco di Paola, which is the dominant and was built by Ferdinand I as a votive offering for regaining the Kingdom after the decade of French rule.

The legends, stories and secrets of this city are still living in its cavity. An underground city creeps along the streets of the historic center. These cavities, at least 700, have had it once several destinations, used as shelters during the world wars, as places of secret meetings or as ossuaries in the case of the Fontanelle Cemetery.

The tours depart from Piazza San Gaetano and the old town alley Sant'Anna di Palazzo in the Spanish quarters. A journey of great beauty that remains forever in the memory of the visitor.
The city and the square has a artenopea original splendor, the bay, the royal palace and Chiasa The reception of Jesus is available for any information.