Napoli
Napoli (Campania Region)
• Capital; 3rd largest city in Italy
• Southwest Italy• Industrial city
overlooking the bay• 2nd largest port• Home of Alitalia
airline• First pizzeria
opened in 1830
Mount Vesuvius
• One of two mountains in Italy
• Only European volcano which has erupted within the last 100yrs
• Erupted in AD 79– Cause of the
destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Pompeii• Distroyed in AD
79• Roman city • Buried under 4-
6M of ash• Heat and ash
suffocation cause of death of population
• Voids were filled with plaster for the casts of victims
Piazza del Plebiscito
- Location of the Royal Palace and Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola, - city’s main square
Castel Nuovo / Machio Angionio
• Located in Piazza Municipio
• City hall • Roman burials
were found underneath the castle
• Contains a chapel and a museum
Naples National Archeological Museum
• Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
• Contains artifacts of Rome, Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum
• One of the most important in the world
Teatro di San Carlo
• San Carlo Opera House
• Connected to the Royal Palace in Piazza del Plebiscito
• Opened in 1737, decades before La Scala
• Opera gennaio-maggio
• Ballet aprile-giugno
Duomo di Napoli
• Cattedrale di San Gennaro
• Saint Januarius vial of blood 2x (1st sat of May and 19 of Sept)– Blood doesn’t liquefy
disaster will fall upon Napoli
• Reale Cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro (Royal treasure of San Gennaro) – Patron St. of Napoli