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Naples south

Ovo Castle at Via Eldorado, 3
Its location affords it an excellent view of the Naples waterfront and the surrounding area. In the 1st century BC the Roman patrician Lucius Licinius Lucullus built the magnificent villa Castellum Lucullanum on the site. Fortified by Valentinian III in the mid-5th century, it was the site to which the last western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was exiled in 476. Eugippius founded a monastery on the site after 492.

Villa Pignatelli at Riviera di Chiaia, 200
The villa was commissioned by admiral Ferdinand Acton in 1826 as a neo-classical residence that would be the centerpiece of a park. The design was completed by the architect Pietro Valente. The central atrium was moved to the front of the building and Doric columns still catch the eye of the viewer from the street 50 yards (46 m) away.

Royal Palace at Piazza del Plebiscito, 1
It was one of the four residences near Naples used by the Bourbon Kings during their rule of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1734-1860): the others were the palaces of Caserta, Capodimonte overlooking Naples, and the third Portici, on the slopes of Vesuvius.

New Castle at Via Vittorio Emanuele III
The new construction is a singular testimony to the transition from medieval Gothic style to Renaissance culture, characterized by the five cylindrical towers and the Arch of Triumph of Alfonso of Aragon.

Santa Maria Incoronatella Church at Via Medina, 19
The church was built in the 14th century as part of urban project around the Castel Nuovo, the royal palace of Charles II of Anjou. The church was founded in 1364, not as tradition holds, in memory of the coronation of Joanna I of Naples and her second marriage to Louis, Prince of Taranto, but to hold a precious relic, a spine from the thorny crown of Christ, which the queen had requested from Charles V of France, and whose portrait is kept in the entrance. The edification of the Palace chapel or cappella palatina outside of the Castle, was completed in a difficult moment for the Queen, after the death of her husband in 1362.

Buono Palace at Via Toledo, 343
It was first commissioned in the 17th century by the De Curtis family and designed by Bartolomeo Picchiatti. It later housed the Monte dei Poveri Vergognosi bank and during the ten years of French occupation it became the tribunal of commerce.

Charterhouse and Museum of San Martino at Largo San Martino, 5
Today Certosa di San Martino is still a museum where you will find numerous paintings and statues from the 15th century and beyond, as well as old carriages and nativity scenes. Other highlights of San Martino are the courtyard gardens and cloister of 'Il Chiostro Grande'.

St. John the Greater Basilica at Rampe San Giovanni Maggiore
After an earthquake in 1635, the last reconstruction in 1656 led to the Baroque building by Dionisio Lazzari seen today. He designed the present cupola, completed in 1685. Further earthquakes in 1732 and 1805 required more reconstructions.

Naples center

Monumental Complex of St. Clare at Via Santa Chiara, 49/c
Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the Church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum.

San Domenico Maggiore Church at Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, 8A
Charles II of Naples began the rebuilding that produced the new Church of San Domenico Maggiore. The work was done between 1283 and 1324, but the church has undergone modifications over the centuries, including one in 1670 that recast the structure in the style of the Baroque. In the 19th century, however, the church was restored to its original Gothic design.

San Lorenzo Maggiore Church at Piazza San Gaetano
What seems to be the attractive thirteenth century church of San Lorenzo Maggiore in Naples in fact contains a startling secret: the amazing underground remains of the Greco-Roman city of Neapolis. For lovers of ancient Rome it's simply unmissable.

Cathedral Santa Maria Assunta + Santa Restituta at Via Duomo, 147
The Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta or Duomo di San Gennaro is a medieval cathedral established in the 4th century but the baptistery is the only surviving part of the original structure. The present building is in the Gothic-style and was completed in 1323.

San Giorgio Maggiore Church at Via Duomo, 237/A
A church at the site was built by the 4th century, and was initially known as "la severiana", after the bishop San Severo of Naples. The present name dates to the 9th century, and is dedicated to a martyred warrior in the battles against the Lombards. In 1640, a fire destroyed part of the church, and reconstruction followed plans by Cosimo Fanzago, who inverted the orientation.

Naples north

Bourbon Hospice For The Poor at Piazza Carlo III, 1
The Bourbon Hospice for the Poor, also called il Reclusorio, is a former public hospital/almshouse in Naples, southern Italy.

Santa Maria Donnaregina Vecchia Church at Largo Donnaregina, 1
Like San Lorenzo Maggiore, the other Franciscan foundation in Naples, Donna Regina is built in the Italian variant of the French Gothic style favored by the mendicant orders in the 13th and 14th century, with pointed arches, window tracery, and a faceted apse, all surmounted by a trussed, wooden roof.

Naples National Archaeological Museum at Piazza Museo, 19
The building was built as a cavalry barracks in 1585. From 1616 to 1777 it was the seat of the University of Naples. During the 19th century, after it became museum, it suffered many changes to the main structure.

Santa Maria della Verita Church at Via San Agostino degli Scalzi, 6
The church was originally attached to the Discalced Augustinians, who arrived in 1593 to Naples, and had settled in the adjacent convent in 1597. The church was built during 1603-1627 by Giovan Giacomo di Conforto (who was also architect of the church of Santa Teresa degli Scalzi). The church was restored in 1688 by Arcangelo Guglielmelli and Giuseppe Astarita.

Basilica of San Gennaro outside the walls at Vico San Gennaro dei Poveri, 12
The church is still contained within the complex of the larger hospital structure. The premises provide access to extensive catacombs.

Palace of Capodimonte at Via Capodimonte, 24
The Royal Palace of Capodimonte (Italian Reggia di Capodimonte) is a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy, formerly the summer residence and hunting lodge of the kings of the Two Sicilies, and was one of the two Royal Palaces in Napoli.