Naples Italy Tourist Information
The Umberto I Gallery, built at the end of the 19th century, is the most famous gallery in Naples Italy. Here you can enjoy a good coffee in the bars, enjoy the shop windows, or visit the pictorial beauties of the eighteenth-century paintings of the Church of Santa Brigida. The gallery has imposing entrance arches on the outside and two streets on the inside with an elegant floor with marble inlays that cross orthogonally under the dome. Admiring the majesty of the Umberto I Gallery in Naples Italy it is difficult to believe that it was built in just 3 years. Begun in 1887 and finished in 1890, it was built in the same years in which, in Paris, Gustave Eiffel built his famous Eiffel Tower. The Umberto I Gallery in Naples had nothing to envy to the monument with which it rivaled for the beauty and complexity of the structure. The numbers of this construction made heads spin: maximum length 147 meters, width 15, height 34 and a half, the top of the dome at 57 meters. In a short time the Gallery became the “worldly” center of Naples Italy, also thanks to its proximity to the most important […]
Via San Carlo, 11, Naples, Italy
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples Italy (MANN), founded by the Bourbons at the end of the 18th century, is the oldest museum in Europe. By virtue of its rich and valuable heritage of works of art and artifacts, arranged over an exhibition area of 12,650 m², it is considered one of the most important archaeological museums in the world, if not the most important for Roman art. The Museum includes the prestigious Farnese and Bourbon antiques collections among its art objects. Furthermore, walking through its rooms, we will be able to admire the original frescoes, furnishings and mosaics from the excavations of Pompeii and other Vesuvian cities such as the famous mosaic of Alexander the Great from the house of the Faun. The Egyptian collection is considered the third most important in the world after those of the Egyptian museum in Cairo and the Egyptian museum in Turin. The Farnese collection houses all the archaeological finds collected from the sixteenth century by Alessandro Farnese, the future Pope Paul III. Obtained by purchase or confiscation of other minor collections, the Farnese collection was considerably enriched with the findings of the Roman excavations. With the extinction of the family branch, the […]
Piazza Museo, 19, Naples, Italy
The bond that Naples Italy and the Neapolitans with San Gennaro goes far beyond the simple devotion to the patron saint. It is a visceral and shared sentiment, which over the centuries has overcome prohibitions and restrictions, becoming increasingly stronger. Although San Gennaro is considered by the church a saint of “Serie B”, it is not for the Neapolitans. The treasure is the most immediate and important proof of this love for “Yellow Face”, the name with which the Neapolitans call the Saint due to its most famous statue in gilded silver. The Treasure of San Gennaro is located in the Museum dedicated to the Saint, inside the Cathedral of Naples Italy, and collects relics and precious objects, which have become oracles of faith. An extraordinary journey through time among incredible masterpieces donated over the years by the many devotees of the Saint who have led in 700 years to the formation of the largest treasure in the world after that of the Crown of England. Hundreds of jewels, paintings, sculptures, statues, silver furnishings and fabrics, all unique masterpieces to be admired in the museum as soon as possible but which we can also see on the website with the […]
Via Duomo, 149, 80138 Napoli NA
The term Naples underground indicates the dense and complex network of tunnels and cavities, which are found in the Neapolitan subsoil and which form a real city that traces, in negative, the surface city. The underground city extends under the entire historic center of Naples Italy, myths and legends are linked to it still alive today in the collective imagination of the Neapolitans. The galleries below Naples Italy have been used, over the centuries, in different ways. Born following the extraction of tuff for the construction of the city, they were then used as an aqueduct and as a refuge during the Second World War. Following the great expansion of the city during the reign of the Angevins, a series of laws were enacted that prohibited the transport of building materials to the city. These measures were necessary to avoid the uncontrolled expansion of buildings. But the Neapolitans are not, historically, a people who love prohibitions. Using existing wells, the underlying cisterns were enlarged, thus obtaining more tuff intended for construction. The perpetuation of this activity has meant that today the city stands on a convex surface, causing a widespread fragility of the streets, especially in some points, where repeated […]
Piazza San Gaetano, 68, Naples, Italy
Gesù Nuovo Square is one of the most important, famous and symbolic squares of the historic center of Naples Italy. Located on the Lower decumanus, it is the symbolic square of the historic center of Naples Italy. Entirely pedestrianized, it is dominated by the imposing marble obelisk of the Immaculate Conception and is enclosed by the Church of Gesù Nuovo, the monastery of Santa Chiara and historic noble palaces such as, for example, Pandola Palace, Pignatelli di Monteleone Palace, Professa Palace and the Palace of the Congregations. Inside the square is the church of the same name of Gesù Nuovo (or Trinity Major), consecrated in 1601, which some of the most influential artists of the Neapolitan school worked on. The exterior, consisting of a characteristic ashlar facade and a Renaissance marble portal, the interior in Baroque style with a Greek cross plan and divided into three naves, is majestic and lively due to the polychrome marble coating of the walls and the richness of the altars. In all, there are eleven side chapels with as many altars, also rich in decorations. What completely captures the eyes inside the Church of the Gesù Nuovo in Naples Italy is the high altar, […]
Piazza del Gesù, Naples, Italy
San Gregorio Armeno is a street in the historic center of Naples Italy and connects Tribunali Street (Decumanus Major) from San Gaetano Square with San Biagio dei Librai Street (known as Lower Decumanus or Spaccanapoli). In San Gregorio Armeno it’s Christmas all year round. In all months, even when it’s hot and Christmas is far away, the masters are at work to build the typical cork cribs and terracotta shepherds. The atmosphere of San Gregorio Armeno begins to warm up in November, but December is the month when the street is packed with people at any time of day. Shops that follow one after the other – some even hidden in the courtyards of the ancient buildings – the kindness and sympathy of the sellers, the love that shines through the eyes of the presaprai masters for their art, and the all Neapolitan cheerfulness that breathe is something unique to experience at least once in your life. Walking through San Gregorio Armeno is a tradition for every people of Naples Italy family during Christmas, but it is an obligatory stop to be completed before starting the construction or expansion of your crib.In San Gregorio Armeno, artisans create, exhibit and sell […]
Via San Gregorio Armeno, Naples, Italy
The Monumental Complex of Santa Chiara in Naples Italy, also known as the Monastery of Santa Chiara, is among the most relevant and appreciated monuments of the artistic heritage of Naples. Located in the historic center of Naples Italy, between the homonymous street and Gesù Nuovo Square, the complex extends over a vast area that includes the Basilica of Gothic origin, the monastic rooms, the archaeological area with the remains of a thermal establishment of Roman times, the large area occupied by the Franciscan Opera museum, the famous Majolica Cloister and the large bell tower. The Monumental Complex of Santa Chiara was built between 1310 and 1328 by the will of King Roberto d’Angiò and his wife, Sancia di Maiorca. The structure also includes a splendid majolica cloister made up of 66 arches resting on as many piperno pillars covered with majolica with plant scenes. Some seats connect the majolica pillars and scenes of everyday life of that time are depicted on them. Frescoes from the 1700s cover the walls of the four sides of the cloister and represent allegories, scenes from the Old Testament and saints. Roberto d’Angiò chose the best painter of the time to have the basilica […]
Via Santa Chiara, 49/C, Naples, italy
The San Carlo Theater is an opera house in Naples Italy, one of the most famous and prestigious in the world. It was built in 1737 by the will of King Charles III of Bourbon, and was inaugurated 41 years before the Scala in Milan and 55 years before the Fenice in Venice, which is why it is today the oldest opera house in Europe and one of the most capacious in Italy. It has a large audience, five tiers of boxes arranged in a horseshoe shape plus a large royal box, a gallery and a stage. Given its size, structure and antiquity, it was a model for later theaters in Europe. The structure was communicating with the Royal Palace, so that the king could go to the shows without having to go down the street. Conceived by Giovanni Antonio Medrano and Angelo Casarale, the San Carlo Theatre soon became the hub of all the arts. Admired by the Neapolitans and praised by foreigners, the theater became, due to the musical interest of its shows, a strong attraction; and thanks to the Neapolitan School, Naples Italy became the capital of European music. Since its birth, the San Carlo Theatre has […]
Via San Carlo, 98, Naples, Italy