Contrary to the chaos of the quarters of Naples, in the corridors of the Fontanelle the air is rarefied and the silence envelopes, isolates… The Fontanelle Cemetery is an ossuary obtained from a tuff cave that puts together millions of bones belonged to the dead of the plague in 1600 and of the cholera in 1800....
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...
Naples, as everybody knows, is a fascinating city rich in monuments and places of cultural, historical and artistic interest. A place where history and legend often intertwine, loading even more some places of a veil of mystery and curiosity. One of the monuments symbol of the city of Naples is undoubtedly the Maschio...
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...
It is one of the most famous and ancient castles of Naples: Castel dell’Ovo. Geographically, Castel dell’Ovo rises between the quarters of San Ferdinando and Chiaia, in front of Via Partenope, on the tuff islet of Megaride. Its history is very ancient and fascinating. In fact, it is narrated that in the I century...
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...
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...
The history of Polla comes from the dawn of times and it becomes really difficult, for anybody wants to venture into the long and deep tunnel of the past times, to establish the starting date. Neglecting, at least for now, the told history, let us try instead to analyze an aspect, important in the historiography of a...
