The Roccocò is a baked Neapolitan dessert. Its unique taste is due to the almonds together with various spices. Its scent characterizes the Neapolitan Christmas. The first recipe of the Roccocò dates back to 1320. The dessert was initially prepared by the nuns of the Real Convento della Maddalena. The term Roccocò...
Donn’Anna Palace, among the most beautiful and evocative of Naples, is famous for the numerous legends that the tradition has attributed it. Strange stories are told about its walls already from the end of 1400. Actually, the Palace is far older than this, because built on a preexisting building called La Sirena (the...
Castel Sant’Elmo is a medieval castle placed on the hill of the Vomero in Naples. It was built on the trail of the ‘Belforte’ that Robert of Anjou had made build by Tino di Camaino in 1328. For its peculiar position, Castel Sant’Elmo is one of the most representative places in the views of the town. Moreover, for its...
The story of Giuditta Guastamacchia is true. Giuditta lived during the years of the Neapolitan Revolution (end of 1700 beginning of 1800). She was a young widow, beautiful as well as cruel, mother of a son had with her first husband who, after having defrauded the kingdom, was executed on the gallows. Giuditta’s...
Of ancient Cuma, the acropolis and the low town are visible today. The Greeks placed the acropolis of their town on two terraces and on a lower southern spur of the Mount of Cuma. This site, for conformity and position, was a key point accessible only from the southern side. Therefore, it resulted an integration to...
The cookie of Castellammare is a cookie looking like a cigar, born in 1848 in Castellammare di Stabia. As the decades went by, it appeared and developed the tradition of arriving in Castellammare to taste these cookies dipped in the water of the Virgin Mary. The story started to become complicated when Lady Concetta,...
Megaride is a minor island of the Gulf of Naples on which Castel dell’Ovo rises. Originally, it was separated from the dry land by a short sea strait, but today it is all one with it. The ancient myth of the islet of Megaride evokes how, in the Nineteenth century, it was the most stormy place of the sea of Chiatamone,...
A visit to the Archaeological Park of Conza The origins of Conza della Campania, little town almost completely abandoned after the earthquake of 1980, have very ancient origins. The ruins of the Roman town are reemerged under the ruins of the modern village of Conza, exactly after the earthquake. A project of...
An exciting journey at the center of the Earth like a real speleologist to discover the wonders of nature and live again the millennial history of Vallo di Diano. In the Speleo-Archaeological Museum of Pertosa and in the Multimedia Civic Museum of Padula, the new technologies allow deepening the history of Vallo di...
Since always, the people of Gesualdo are, and not casually, called with the nickname of Menestrari (greengrocers), for the copious fruit and vegetable productions that enriched the local markets and those of the near villages. The cuisine of Gesualdo is simple and little sophisticated and fully embraces the peasant...
