Naples
Historical
Places
- Part.1 -
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Piazza Municipio
City Hall square
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Castel Nuovo
Maschio Angioino
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Piazza del
Plebiscito
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Palazzo Reale
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Teatro San Carlo
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Gelleria Umberto
I
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Santa Lucia
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Castel dell'Ovo
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Naples
Historical
Places
- Part.2 -
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Spaccanapoli
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Santa Chiara
Monastery
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Duomo
(San Gennarro )
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Museo Archeologico
Nazionale
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Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte
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Historical
Places of Naples
Naples is well known for
his historic castles:
the ancient Castel Nuovo,
is aslo
known as Maschio Angioino, is
one of the city's foremost landmarks; it
was built during the time of Charles I, the
first king of Naples. A huge medieval
castle at the shore which houses the main city
museum featuring various collections, but most
importantly a picture gallery with focus on 19th
century Italian painting.
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Castel Nuovo
"Maschio
Angioino"
Piazza Municipio
80133 Napoli
Open:9:00- 19:00 Closed: Sun, Holiday
Tickets: Full
€ 6 /
Reduce € 3
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Castel
Nuovo has seen many notable historical events:
for example, in 1294, Pope Celestine V resigned
as pope in a hall of the castle, and following
this Pope Boniface VIII was elected pope
by cardinal collegium, before moving to Rome.
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The main city square or piazza of
the city is the
Piazza del Plebiscito.
It's construction was begun by the
Bonapartist king Joachim Murat and finished by
the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV. The piazza
bounded on the east by the Royal Palace
and on the west by the church of San
Francesco
di Paola,
with the colonnades extending
on both sides. Nearby is the
Teatro
San Carlo, which
is the oldest and largest opera house in Italy. Directly
across from
San
Carlo is
Galleria
Umberto,
a shopping centre and social hub.
Palazzo Reale
Piazza
Plebiscito
Open:
Monday-Sunday
9.00-20.00
Closed :
Wednesday
Tickets: Full
€ 4
/ Reduce
€ 3
Palazzo Reale
built 17th
century when
Naples was under
Spanish rule, it
was not
completed for
two centuries.
Inside a
beautiful double
staircase leads
you up to the
royal apartments
which these days
house the
palace's museum
of furnishings
and etc. Don't
miss the huge
18th century
nativity scene
in the Cappella
Reale(Royal
Chapel). The
Palazzo Reale
also houses the
national library
which contains
thousands of
papyrus scrolls
found at
Herculaneum and
the remains of a
5th century
Coptic bible.
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Teatro San Carlo
Via San Carlo 98
Teatro San Carlo
is Opera House
in Naples, as
well as one of
the most famouse
and prestigious
in the world. It
is the oldest
opera house in
Europe and still
active.
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Galleria Umberto
I
Via San Carlo 80
Galleria Umberto
I is a public
shopping gallery
in Naples. It is
located directly
across from the
San Carlo opera
house. It was
built between
1887-1891, 9
years after the
Gelleria
Vittorio
Emanuele II in
Milan. The
galleria is a
high and
spacious
cross-shaped
structure,
surmounted by a
glass dome
braced by 16
metal ribs.
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Castel dell'Ovo
Via Eldorado 3
Open:
Every day
9.30-19.30
Sunday,Holidays
9.30-14.00
Entrance: Free
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The castle which Nuovo replaced in importance
was the Norman-founded Castel dell' Ovo
("Egg Castle"), which was built on the tiny
islet of Megarides, were the original Cumaean
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