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| Achelous Travel - Male Anjou, Naples |
This time we were undecided whether to continue our "journey" after Naples All the news that are circulating about the garbage problem in Naples. ... There seemed to be a contradiction, speak of the architectural wonders, historical and human dressed in a Naples Christmas, while the news websites and Italian and foreign, showed pictures and videos of heaps of garbage everywhere in the streets.
Then we thought it was not fair on our part not to continue our "journey" through the streets of downtown, we felt "betrayed" that city against his will, is the victim of an unpleasant situation and unintended. We are sure that all of you readers will understand and not condemn this sad and beautiful city, and will continue to choose to spend a weekend in Campania, despite everything.
Today we bring you the old town to Piazza Plebiscito. You will pass numerous monuments and churches that hide unexpected treasures, still unknown to most tourists.
We start from Piazza del Gesu, where we can admire the beauty of the Renaissance and Baroque basilica church of Gesù Nuovo, which contrasts with the austerity of the Gothic Santa Chiara within which you can admire the remains of some frescoes by Giotto and the beautiful cloister and the excavations of ancient Roman baths. The complex of Santa Chiara, was built by King Robert of Anjou, whose tomb is inside the basilica, and Queen Sancha. Before leaving Piazza del Gesù, we take the last part of the "Spaccanapoli", the road that divides the city between South and North, one of the most typical, which combine traditional Neapolitan art and culture. Local craft shops, rich pastries, the famous art workshops crib (in Via S. Gregorio Armeno), bars and nightclubs, making it one of most vibrant and lively city. From Piazza del Gesù, via Medina Street, we come to Piazza Municipio. And here the artistic wealth upsets the eye of even the most inattentive visitor: wherever you turn spectacular rise buildings and monuments of great artistic value. From the majestic Castel Nuovo, the Palazzo Reale, Galleria Umberto, the Teatro San Carlo, Piazza Plebiscito, the church of San Francesco di Paola. Looking up towards the hill overlooking the Piazza Municipio, we see the fort and the Certosa di San Martino, and finally, between the chaos of work and excavation for the subway, one can see the ruins of the ancient port of the first century AD, with a pier in limestone contained by wooden poles, along which are abandoned and left to sink two boats. .... But all this talk about the next time
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