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This guide is written by Neapolitans who live and love their city. If you are organizing your holiday to visit the historic center of the city of Naples Italy, on this website you will find valid support on the monuments, streets, churches, museums and others beautiful places to visit, where to sleep, itineraries, how to move, things to do in Naples and other useful tourist information.

Known throughout the world, Naples has become in recent years one of the most visited destinations by foreigners and italians. Naples Italy is a city with a historic center rich in history with museums that will make you relive the past, churches full of decorations and traditions, famous squares and streets that express the essence of Naples. Walking through the historic center of Naples Italy you can admire, between a coffee accompanied by a sweet hot sfogliatella and a pizza for lunch, the architecture of the historic buildings among the monuments that follow one another.
Naples is the city of a thousand colors, the city where folklore and the warmth of the people will envelop you. If you need help during your visit to Naples, you will find people who will be able to help you with pleasure and cordiality.
This guide is written by Neapolitans who live and love their city. If you are organizing your trip to visit the city of Naples on this website you will find valid support on the monuments to visit, where to sleep, itineraries, how to move around the city, things to do in Naples and other useful tourist information.
Spaccanapoli

Spaccanapoli is one of the symbolic streets of Naples Italy and is so called because it divides the ancient city in two, between north and south. Commonly called the Lower Decumanus, it is a long straight line of the historic center which, together with the Decumanus Major and the Decumanus Superior, is one of the three main arteries of the original Greek urban layout. The street is one of the most famous and animated streets in the city and in the historic center of Naples Italy. Here there are many sites of historical and artistic interest in Naples italy. Numerous churches stand out, including the Basilica of Santa Chiara, the Church of Gesù Nuovo, the Church of San Domenico Maggiore. We also find an infinity of historic noble palaces, including Filomarino Palace, Petrucci Palace, Venezia Palace, Marigliano Palace. Originally the route rose from San Domenico Maggiore Square and continued as far as Duomo Street. In Roman times, the street lengthened and also incorporated the area of the present Gesù Nuovo Square as evidenced by the remains of the Roman baths found under the cloister of the basilica of Santa Chiara. The modern concept of Spaccanapoli, on the other hand, also […]

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Monuments

Spaccanapoli

Via Domenico Capitelli, Napels, Italy

Church of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco

In the heart of the ancient center of Naples Italy, along Tribunali Street, is the church of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco. Crossing the threshold begins a real journey into Neapolitan culture between art, faith, life and death. From the small and beautiful 17th century church, which houses the precious marbles and the winged skull of Dionisio Lazzari, together with masterpieces by Massimo Stanzione, Luca Giordano and Andrea Vaccaro, one descends into the ancient and grandiose hypogeum which still houses the fascinating cult aimed at anonymous human remains who become special intermediaries for invocations, prayers, requests for intercessions. A small museum set up in the spaces of the elegant sacristy completes the itinerary. The Church of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco is one of the strangest places in the city. Although in Naples Italy there is no lack of macabre places such as the Fontanelle Cemetery or the Catacombs of San Gaudioso or even other highly mysterious churches such as the Chapel of Sansevero, none can compare to this. In Naples Italy the ancient cult of the souls in Purgatory had been widely supported by the Catholic Church which identified it as a way […]

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Monuments

Church of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco

Via dei Tribunali, 39, Naples, Italy

Chiaia Street

Chiaia Street is one of the most famous and elegant streets in the historic center of Naples Italy, a favorite destination for city shopping, full of boutiques and characteristic shops, but also of picturesque views and buildings of historical and architectural interest. If you are in Plebiscito Square, the walk along Chiaia Street is an alternative and pleasant way to reach the Chiaia Riviera. The pedestrian street starting from Trieste e Trento Square, adjacent to Plebiscito Sqaure, ends on the opposite side on Martiri Sqaure which in turn leads to the Riviera di Chiaia. The road was intended to connect the city with the Phlegraean Fields. Until 1782 it was also characterized by the presence of a door, known as the Santo Spirito, Chiaia or Romana door. Along the road between clothing boutiques, leather goods shops and typical products, on the right side, you reach the corner with Salita Sant’anna di Palazzo where the famous Antica Pizzeria Brandi is located, that of pizza Margherita. In this pizzeria you can read, on display in one of its premises, the letter of thanks from the Queen of Italy Margherita of Savoy. The letter, dated 1889, was sent by the Queen to the […]

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Monuments

Chiaia Street

Via Chiaia, Naples, Italy