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Naples, city of art.
Naples with palaces and
buildings is a sort of open book:every monument is a piece
of history of several dinasties that have been succeeded
to the government of Naples.The Unesco has declared the
urbanistic riches of Naples " humanity patrimony ",
it is an immense patrimony that to go back to VII century
a.C.There are museums,castells,antique city doors,fountans,parks
and more than 200 churches with inside many paintings and
sculptors.
The structure of the
old Naples downt-town is very antique and is based on 3
axis,they go from est to west (Decumani), they are intersected
by streets (Cardini) that go to north-south,they made the
'rectangulars block'(the old Insulae).
Il Decumano Superiore
(Decuman Superior) takes is name from two ancient walls
of the 2th century that support the Roman Theatre,the remains
are still visible along the Anticaglia Street.Around this
area there are ancient Churces like: S.Giovanni a Carbonara,
S.Maria di Donnaregina and also the Ospedale degli Incurabili
(hospital of the incurable)
Il Decumano Maggiore
(the Major Decuman)is the recent Tribunali street wich is
near to Capuano Castell that since the '500 has been the
seat of Law Courts.In this area there is an high concentration
of many ancient buildings and churches,like: the Greek-Roman
ancient remains under the S.Lorenzo Maggiore Church
and under the Duomo ,the Girolami Convent wich is the current
Conservatoire, the S.Pietro a Maiella and the Monte
della Misericordia (the Mercy Mount) with a very important
pinacotheca where are kept painting of Neapolitan'school
of 18th & 19th century.
The Decumano Inferiore
(the Decuman Inferior)is called Spacca Napoli becouse it
seems to split Naples it two parts: Benedetto Croce street
and S.Biagio dei Librai street. Beautiful are the churches
in this area: Gesù Nuovo Church, S.Chiara Church.
Along this way you came to the S.Domenico Maggiore Square
where you may visit the Basilicata and also la Cappella
Sansevero (Sansevero Chapel),S.Angelo a Nilo church and
the renowned S.Gregorio Armenio with its well-known
market of shepherds and Arte Pastoraia (art of making shepherds).
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