Non tutti sanno della profonda vocazione artistica di Rione Sanità: molti conoscono questo quartiere come uno dei più antichi e caratteristici del cuore di Napoli, ubicato a nord della murazione vicereale della città, alle falde della collina di Capodimonte, ma non sanno delle opere d’arte custodite al suo interno. Al...
La Basilica della Madonna delle Grazie a Benevento fu iniziata nel 1839, anche se la costruzione era stata promessa in voto due anni prima dal Comune durante un’epidemia di colera. La posa della prima pietra si deve a monsignor Gioacchino Pecci, il futuro papa Leone XIII, allora delegato apostolico di Benevento per...
Lo sbarco di Anzio fu un’operazione militare di sbarco anfibio, avvenuta il 22 gennaio 1944. Si trattò di un’operazione condotta dagli Alleati americani durante la campagna d’Italia nella seconda guerra mondiale. Il nome in codice di questa operazione era Shingle. L’obiettivo era infatti quello di aggirare la linea...
The archaeological Underwater Park of Baia represents a unique example in the Mediterranean environment of archaeological and naturalistic underwater protection. In order to explain the Underwater Park of Baia, first of all, it is necessary to know the reason why this area today stays under the sea level. In fact, we...
San Leucio is a hamlet of the municipality of Caserta, whose fame is linked to the manufacture of silk. This manufacture transformed a hunting residence into an industrial reality that generated principles of economic and social equality. The silk art in the area of Caserta has a really singular origin. In fact, the...
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...
A different tale of Naples offers a mysterious itinerary of the city. First of all, in Naples it is present in the subsoil a thick net of galleries, called ‘Napoli Sotterranea’ (Underground Naples). The gate that leads to this magic and evocative world is in Piazza San Gaetano. Some of these galleries are very...
