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