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
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Distroyed in AD
79
Roman city
Buried under 46M 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