SPACCANAPOLI
PRESENTATION
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This name is commonly used to define the main street that crosses through the center of the city and corresponds to the main road of the ancient Greek city Neapolis: this has always been one of the...
GESÙ NUOVO
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Here in Piazza del Gesù Nuovo you've likely already noticed the 15th-century façade of the Church of Gesù Nuovo with its characteristic wall built in a diamond shape. Along with...
VIA BENEDETTO CROCE
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After completing the almost mandatory visit of the monumental complex of Santa Chiara, go back to "Spaccanapoli", which in this section has the name Via Benedetto Croce. At the corner with...
SAN DOMENICO MAGGIORE
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Just behind the Spire of San Domenico, as harsh as the bastion of a fortress, you can see the back of the Church of San Domenico that Charles II of Anjou had built towards the end of the 1200s.
The...
SAN BIAGIO DEI LIBRAI
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Continue walking along "Spaccanapoli", heading towards the nearby Piazza Nilo. Crossing this picturesque urban space, you'll see the Hellenistic statue depicting the Egyptian river that...
SAN GREGORIO ARMENO
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You've finally reached the Church of San Biagio dei Librai, where in addition to its monumental high altar, the ashes of Aurelio Severino are preserved; he was an illustrious doctor who died healing...
