NAPOLI
NAPLES (Napoli) Naples is the third largest city in Italy after Rome and Milan and has 4.440.000 inhabitants. The city is located on the country’s west coast by the Gulf of Naples and surrounded by Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields. Its origins date back to the 9th century BC, when Greek settlers founded it. The historic centre of Naples was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995. Thanks to almost 3000 years of history, today the city shows a wide variety of monuments, obelisks, churches, squares and buildings of great historic, artistic and particularly religious interest. Through the centuries the Catholic Church actually had great influence over the city.
Places that are worth visiting:
Places that are worth visiting:
- The Naples Cathedral : (Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, better known as Duomo di San Gennaro), completed in 1330;
- The Monastery of Santa Chiara. Built in 1300 against the 1st century AD Roman walls.
- The Chiesa dei Girolamini.
- The Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanita.
- The Certosa di San Martino (St. Martin’s Charterhouse) and some others.