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This area of Naples, which is part of Europe's largest historic center, was nothing more than a temporary camp (or so it should have been) where the Spanish king's troops stayed during the period of Spanish rule.
Precisely for this reason the urban layout was created with a network of narrow alleys sunk between tall multi-storey buildings and subdivided into small apartments that were originally little more than dormitories.
ncantevole is the beauty of the eighteenth and nineteenth-century palaces illuminated high up by the dazzling sun of the south, but to experience the Spanish Quarters you have to look at the bass, or the premises, the shops, the craft activities that are found in the floors overlooking the street.
Going down the streets I can't help but notice that there are no squares here, except for one, Largo Montecalvario, a bare open space that almost seems like a space left by a building never built.
It is practically impossible not to be enchanted by the colors of the shops, the street that animates the streets and the murals or shrines that decorate the walls or the corners of the intersections. Symbols of worship that mix the sacred and the profane.
The murals are evidence of more modern art and, while some are true works of art that animate the gray sides of the more austere buildings, others are drawings dedicated to Diego Armando Maradona, because here in Naples it is impossible not to find any trace.
The votive kiosks on the other hand have a double function. The first is to venerate the Madonna, for which the population feels a strong devotion, the second is to illuminate the streets during the night, in fact each newsstand is illuminated in a very showy way and allows not to drop the darkness during the night.
A place to feel the attachment to the religious faith that the local population has is the small Church of Santa Maria Francesca, a small chapel adjacent to the house where the saint lived, which today has become a pilgrimage destination for many faithful who arrive carrying abundant gifts and asking for blessing.
Casa Carmela is located right in this splendid neighborhood so ancient so mysterious.
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Quartieri Spagnoli
This area of Naples, which is part of Europe's largest historic center, was nothing more than a temporary camp (or so it should have been) where the Spanish king's troops stayed during the period of Spanish rule.
Precisely for this reason the urban layout was created with a network of narrow alleys sunk between tall multi-storey buildings and subdivided into small apartments that were originally little more than dormitories.
ncantevole is the beauty of the eighteenth and nineteenth-century palaces illuminated high up by the dazzling sun of the south, but to experience the Spanish Quarters you have to look at the bass, or the premises, the shops, the craft activities that are found in the floors overlooking the street.
Going down the streets I can't help but notice that there are no squares here, except for one, Largo Montecalvario, a bare open space that almost seems like a space left by a building never built.
It is practically impossible not to be enchanted by the colors of the shops, the street that animates the streets and the murals or shrines that decorate the walls or the corners of the intersections. Symbols of worship that mix the sacred and the profane.
The murals are evidence of more modern art and, while some are true works of art that animate the gray sides of the more austere buildings, others are drawings dedicated to Diego Armando Maradona, because here in Naples it is impossible not to find any trace.
The votive kiosks on the other hand have a double function. The first is to venerate the Madonna, for which the population feels a strong devotion, the second is to illuminate the streets during the night, in fact each newsstand is illuminated in a very showy way and allows not to drop the darkness during the night.
A place to feel the attachment to the religious faith that the local population has is the small Church of Santa Maria Francesca, a small chapel adjacent to the house where the saint lived, which today has become a pilgrimage destination for many faithful who arrive carrying abundant gifts and asking for blessing.
Casa Carmela is located right in this splendid neighborhood so ancient so mysterious.
Visiting the historic center of Naples means going through twenty centuries of history. The plan of the streets, the squares, the churches, the monuments, the public buildings and the castles constitute a treasure chest of artistic and historical treasures of exceptional importance, so much to merit the inscription, in 1995, to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The historic center of Naples, the largest in Europe, therefore contains evidence of different styles and periods, from the foundation, in the VIII century. a.C., of the Greek colony Partenope to the successive Roman domination, from the Swabian-Norman period to the Angevin kingdom, from the Aragonese Empire to the Kings of France up to Garibaldi and the Kingdom of Italy.
Today little survives of the Greek city of the origins, which can be found in the remains of the defensive walls of the north-western area of the city and in a few other points of interest, including Via Mezzocannone. On the other hand, there are more archaeological sites from the Roman era, when Neapolis (the "new city") was flanked to the Greek settlement, now known as Palaepolis (the "old city"). Cemeteries, catacombs and various artifacts can be visited in the museums and archaeological areas of the city, including the area of San Lorenzo Maggiore.
It is 10 minutes walk from Casa Carmela.
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Centro Storico
92 Corso della RepubblicaVisiting the historic center of Naples means going through twenty centuries of history. The plan of the streets, the squares, the churches, the monuments, the public buildings and the castles constitute a treasure chest of artistic and historical treasures of exceptional importance, so much to merit the inscription, in 1995, to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The historic center of Naples, the largest in Europe, therefore contains evidence of different styles and periods, from the foundation, in the VIII century. a.C., of the Greek colony Partenope to the successive Roman domination, from the Swabian-Norman period to the Angevin kingdom, from the Aragonese Empire to the Kings of France up to Garibaldi and the Kingdom of Italy.
Today little survives of the Greek city of the origins, which can be found in the remains of the defensive walls of the north-western area of the city and in a few other points of interest, including Via Mezzocannone. On the other hand, there are more archaeological sites from the Roman era, when Neapolis (the "new city") was flanked to the Greek settlement, now known as Palaepolis (the "old city"). Cemeteries, catacombs and various artifacts can be visited in the museums and archaeological areas of the city, including the area of San Lorenzo Maggiore.
It is 10 minutes walk from Casa Carmela.
In Naples, the history of Forcella, or as the Neapolitans Furcella call it, is very ancient. As proof of this in Piazza Calenda, in front of the Teatro Trianon Viviani, stands the so-called cippus in Forcella, a circular stone structure of ancient Neapolis (most likely the remains of the Herculanensis gate); hence the Neapolitan expression "is what s'arricorda or 'cipp' a Furcella", to say that it is very old.
The Forcella district, between Via Duomo, Corso Umberto I and the famous Spaccanapoli, is a real world, with a history that developed almost in its own right; the buildings are untidy and everything seems to be left to itself, yet the neighborhood has not forgotten that before the Spaniards, in 1510, drove all the Jews out of their kingdom, Forcella was one of the three judges of Naples.
From Casa Carmela it is about 15 minutes walking.
Via Forcella
Via ForcellaIn Naples, the history of Forcella, or as the Neapolitans Furcella call it, is very ancient. As proof of this in Piazza Calenda, in front of the Teatro Trianon Viviani, stands the so-called cippus in Forcella, a circular stone structure of ancient Neapolis (most likely the remains of the Herculanensis gate); hence the Neapolitan expression "is what s'arricorda or 'cipp' a Furcella", to say that it is very old.
The Forcella district, between Via Duomo, Corso Umberto I and the famous Spaccanapoli, is a real world, with a history that developed almost in its own right; the buildings are untidy and everything seems to be left to itself, yet the neighborhood has not forgotten that before the Spaniards, in 1510, drove all the Jews out of their kingdom, Forcella was one of the three judges of Naples.
From Casa Carmela it is about 15 minutes walking.
The Rione Sanità of Naples is often one of the areas least considered by tourists, yet this neighborhood located in the heart of the city has a lot to offer and, after the periods of prejudice, today it is reborn and turns to the tourist with a welcoming and curious spirit. Here's what to see at the Rione Sanità in Naples.
The first thing that strikes you when you arrive at the Rione Sanità is the imposing Ponte Maddalena Cerasuolo, also known as Ponte della Sanità, which overrides the whole area overlooking the houses and literally cutting the surrounding buildings.
Built in the early 1800s by the French, the bridge served as a link to the Reggia di Capodimonte with the rest of the city without having to pass through the narrow alleys of the Sanità valley. However, its existence meant that most people could move without having to go down to the neighborhood, which in fact became a suburb in the city center.
It is about 15 minutes walking from Casa Carmela.
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Rione Sanità
The Rione Sanità of Naples is often one of the areas least considered by tourists, yet this neighborhood located in the heart of the city has a lot to offer and, after the periods of prejudice, today it is reborn and turns to the tourist with a welcoming and curious spirit. Here's what to see at the Rione Sanità in Naples.
The first thing that strikes you when you arrive at the Rione Sanità is the imposing Ponte Maddalena Cerasuolo, also known as Ponte della Sanità, which overrides the whole area overlooking the houses and literally cutting the surrounding buildings.
Built in the early 1800s by the French, the bridge served as a link to the Reggia di Capodimonte with the rest of the city without having to pass through the narrow alleys of the Sanità valley. However, its existence meant that most people could move without having to go down to the neighborhood, which in fact became a suburb in the city center.
It is about 15 minutes walking from Casa Carmela.
Sightseeing
Piazza del Plebiscito is one of the symbolic places of Naples. Located in the heart of the historic center, at the end of via Toledo, with its surface of over 25 thousand square meters it is the largest in the city and one of the largest in all of Italy. Bordered on either side by the famous colonnade, it is laterally closed by the prefecture building and Palazzo Salerno, the Royal Palace and the Church of San Francesco di Paola.
Piazza del Plebiscito is located in the heart of the historic center of Naples, between the end of Via Toledo, one of the main shopping streets of the Neapolitan capital, and after Piazza Trieste e Trento, and the Lungomare.
It is customary to divide Piazza del Plebiscito into two parts: the first at the foot of the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola follows a semi-circular shape, while the other, which borders at the end with the Royal Palace and is determined in the short sides by the curtains of the Twin palaces have a more rectangular shape. In the centers of the two areas there are, isolated, the two equestrian statues of Charles III of Bourbon (initiator of the Bourbon dynasty) and his son Ferdinand I, made by Canova and his pupil Antonio Calì. Famous is the game of crossing the blindfolded square or with eyes closed in a straight line, starting from the door of the Royal Palace, which is located right in the middle between the two equestrian statues, but practically nobody succeeds in the enterprise.
From Casa Carmela you can reach it in a few minutes by walking.
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Piazza del Plebiscito
Piazza del PlebiscitoPiazza del Plebiscito is one of the symbolic places of Naples. Located in the heart of the historic center, at the end of via Toledo, with its surface of over 25 thousand square meters it is the largest in the city and one of the largest in all of Italy. Bordered on either side by the famous colonnade, it is laterally closed by the prefecture building and Palazzo Salerno, the Royal Palace and the Church of San Francesco di Paola.
Piazza del Plebiscito is located in the heart of the historic center of Naples, between the end of Via Toledo, one of the main shopping streets of the Neapolitan capital, and after Piazza Trieste e Trento, and the Lungomare.
It is customary to divide Piazza del Plebiscito into two parts: the first at the foot of the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola follows a semi-circular shape, while the other, which borders at the end with the Royal Palace and is determined in the short sides by the curtains of the Twin palaces have a more rectangular shape. In the centers of the two areas there are, isolated, the two equestrian statues of Charles III of Bourbon (initiator of the Bourbon dynasty) and his son Ferdinand I, made by Canova and his pupil Antonio Calì. Famous is the game of crossing the blindfolded square or with eyes closed in a straight line, starting from the door of the Royal Palace, which is located right in the middle between the two equestrian statues, but practically nobody succeeds in the enterprise.
From Casa Carmela you can reach it in a few minutes by walking.
Located in the heart of the ancient center of Naples, the Museo Cappella Sansevero is a jewel of the international artistic heritage. Baroque creativity and dynastic pride, beauty and mystery intertwine, creating here a unique atmosphere, almost out of time.
Among masterpieces such as the famous Veiled Christ, whose image has traveled around the world for the prodigious “weaving” of the marble veil, marvels of virtuosity such as Disillusion and enigmatic presences such as anatomical machines, the Sansevero Chapel represents one of the most unique monuments that human ingenuity has ever conceived.
A noble mausoleum, an initiatory temple in which the multifaceted personality of its brilliant creator: Raimondo di Sangro, seventh Prince of Sansevero, is wonderfully transfused.
Located in the center of the nave of the Sansevero Chapel, the veiled Christ is one of the most famous and evocative works in the world. In the intention of the client, the statue had to be executed by Antonio Corradini, who had already carved modesty for the prince. However, Corradini died in 1752 and had time to finish only a terracotta sketch of the Christ, now preserved in the Museum of San Martino.
So it was that Raimondo di Sangro commissioned a young Neapolitan artist, Giuseppe Sanmartino, to create "a life-size carved marble statue, representing Our Lord Jesus Christ dead, covered by a transparent shroud made from the same block as the statue".
Sanmartino took little account of the previous sketch of the Venetian sculptor. As in Modesty, even in the veiled Christ the original stylistic message is in the veil, but the throbbing and late-Baroque sentiments of Sanmartino give the shroud a movement and meaning very distant from the Corradinian canons. The modern sensibility of the artist sculpts, strikes the lifeless body, which the soft coulters collect mercifully, on which the tormented, convulsive rhythms of the folds of the veil affect a deep suffering, as if the pitiful covering made the poor even more bare and exposed limbs, even more inexorable and precise, the lines of the tortured body. The swollen and still throbbing vein on the forehead, the piercing of the nails on the feet and on the thin hands, the hollowed and relaxed rib at last in liberating death are the sign of an intense search that does not give space to preciousness or school fees, even when the sculptor "embroider" meticulously the edges of the shroud or dwell on the instruments of the Passion placed at the feet of the Christ. The art of Sanmartino is resolved here in a dramatic evocation, which makes the suffering of Christ the symbol of destiny and redemption of the entire humanity. From Casa Carmela it can be reached in less than 15 minutes walking.
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Museo Cappella Sansevero
19/21 Via Francesco de SanctisLocated in the heart of the ancient center of Naples, the Museo Cappella Sansevero is a jewel of the international artistic heritage. Baroque creativity and dynastic pride, beauty and mystery intertwine, creating here a unique atmosphere, almost out of time.
Among masterpieces such as the famous Veiled Christ, whose image has traveled around the world for the prodigious “weaving” of the marble veil, marvels of virtuosity such as Disillusion and enigmatic presences such as anatomical machines, the Sansevero Chapel represents one of the most unique monuments that human ingenuity has ever conceived.
A noble mausoleum, an initiatory temple in which the multifaceted personality of its brilliant creator: Raimondo di Sangro, seventh Prince of Sansevero, is wonderfully transfused.
Located in the center of the nave of the Sansevero Chapel, the veiled Christ is one of the most famous and evocative works in the world. In the intention of the client, the statue had to be executed by Antonio Corradini, who had already carved modesty for the prince. However, Corradini died in 1752 and had time to finish only a terracotta sketch of the Christ, now preserved in the Museum of San Martino.
So it was that Raimondo di Sangro commissioned a young Neapolitan artist, Giuseppe Sanmartino, to create "a life-size carved marble statue, representing Our Lord Jesus Christ dead, covered by a transparent shroud made from the same block as the statue".
Sanmartino took little account of the previous sketch of the Venetian sculptor. As in Modesty, even in the veiled Christ the original stylistic message is in the veil, but the throbbing and late-Baroque sentiments of Sanmartino give the shroud a movement and meaning very distant from the Corradinian canons. The modern sensibility of the artist sculpts, strikes the lifeless body, which the soft coulters collect mercifully, on which the tormented, convulsive rhythms of the folds of the veil affect a deep suffering, as if the pitiful covering made the poor even more bare and exposed limbs, even more inexorable and precise, the lines of the tortured body. The swollen and still throbbing vein on the forehead, the piercing of the nails on the feet and on the thin hands, the hollowed and relaxed rib at last in liberating death are the sign of an intense search that does not give space to preciousness or school fees, even when the sculptor "embroider" meticulously the edges of the shroud or dwell on the instruments of the Passion placed at the feet of the Christ. The art of Sanmartino is resolved here in a dramatic evocation, which makes the suffering of Christ the symbol of destiny and redemption of the entire humanity. From Casa Carmela it can be reached in less than 15 minutes walking.
Spaccanapoli is the road that goes from the Spanish Quarters to the Forcella district, cutting the city of Naples in a straight line. You will understand better why it is so called if you look at it from San Martino in the highest part of the city. This artery has ancient origins: it is in fact one of the three decumans (the one closest to the sea) in which the Romans, based on the Greek construction, organized the city.
Here there are not only the ancient palaces, the churches, but also the legends and the unmistakable smells of Neapolitan cuisine. Do not be surprised by anything: along the Spaccanapoli route you will encounter splendid churches and families living in the lowlands, artists-artisans and squatters who sell everything.
Spaccanapoli is a narrow gut, in which Neapolitans, tourists and motorbikes live together, not very peacefully. But there is no place in the city that will be able to tell you better about the soul of Naples, its essence that is revealed here without tricks. Spaccanapoli is not a tourist postcard: it is Naples.
From Casa Carmela It is about 10 minutes walking.
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Spaccanapoli
Via San Biagio dei LibraiSpaccanapoli is the road that goes from the Spanish Quarters to the Forcella district, cutting the city of Naples in a straight line. You will understand better why it is so called if you look at it from San Martino in the highest part of the city. This artery has ancient origins: it is in fact one of the three decumans (the one closest to the sea) in which the Romans, based on the Greek construction, organized the city.
Here there are not only the ancient palaces, the churches, but also the legends and the unmistakable smells of Neapolitan cuisine. Do not be surprised by anything: along the Spaccanapoli route you will encounter splendid churches and families living in the lowlands, artists-artisans and squatters who sell everything.
Spaccanapoli is a narrow gut, in which Neapolitans, tourists and motorbikes live together, not very peacefully. But there is no place in the city that will be able to tell you better about the soul of Naples, its essence that is revealed here without tricks. Spaccanapoli is not a tourist postcard: it is Naples.
From Casa Carmela It is about 10 minutes walking.
On the promenade of Via Caracciolo and near the entrance to the beautiful Castel dell'Ovo is one of the most beautiful places in Naples, the Borgo Marinari. Going over the small bridge and leaving the circle of the Sail on the left, you suddenly enter a world apart that seems to have come out of the old Alinari photos of the 1800s.
Here you are, you've come to the old Borgo Marinari fishermen's marina in the Santa Lucia area. On the old islet of Megaride is a beautiful area preserved and protected by the castle that protects and watches over it. Here it is very special, it is a citadel full of bars, restaurants, pizzerias and hookahs where everything is wrapped in a special atmosphere, far from the frenetic pace of the city and where time seems to have stopped.
From Casa Carmela it is about 15 minutes walking.
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Borgo Marinari
Piazzetta MarinariOn the promenade of Via Caracciolo and near the entrance to the beautiful Castel dell'Ovo is one of the most beautiful places in Naples, the Borgo Marinari. Going over the small bridge and leaving the circle of the Sail on the left, you suddenly enter a world apart that seems to have come out of the old Alinari photos of the 1800s.
Here you are, you've come to the old Borgo Marinari fishermen's marina in the Santa Lucia area. On the old islet of Megaride is a beautiful area preserved and protected by the castle that protects and watches over it. Here it is very special, it is a citadel full of bars, restaurants, pizzerias and hookahs where everything is wrapped in a special atmosphere, far from the frenetic pace of the city and where time seems to have stopped.
From Casa Carmela it is about 15 minutes walking.
The castel dell'Ovo (castrum Ovi, in Latin), is the oldest castle in the city of Naples and is one of the elements that stand out most in the famous panorama of the gulf. It is located between the neighborhoods of San Ferdinando and Chiaia, opposite Via Partenope.
Due to various events that partly destroyed the original Norman appearance and thanks to the subsequent reconstruction work that took place during the Angevin and Aragonese periods, the architectural line of the castle changed drastically until it reached the state in which it appears today.
An ancient legend has it that its name derives from having the Latin poet Virgil hidden in the secret of the building a magic egg that had the power to keep the whole fortress standing. His break would have caused not only the collapse of the castle, but also a series of disastrous catastrophes in the city of Naples. During the 14th century, at the time of Giovanna I, the castle suffered extensive damage due to the partial collapse of the arch on which it rests and to prevent panic from spreading among the population due to the alleged future catastrophes that would have struck the city , the queen had to swear that she had replaced the egg. In truth this was one of the many 'magic' that was attributed in the Middle Ages to the figure of Virgil, a fame born from the fact that the poet lived for a long time in Naples, a city that he loved very much and in which he had become a well-known and authoritative figure and in to which the eternal popular credulity had made him a man capable of precisely superhuman powers, powers which he apparently did not bother to deny; he obviously liked being a magician.
From Casa Carmela you can reach it by walking in about 15 minutes.
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Kastilyong Ovo
3 Via EldoradoThe castel dell'Ovo (castrum Ovi, in Latin), is the oldest castle in the city of Naples and is one of the elements that stand out most in the famous panorama of the gulf. It is located between the neighborhoods of San Ferdinando and Chiaia, opposite Via Partenope.
Due to various events that partly destroyed the original Norman appearance and thanks to the subsequent reconstruction work that took place during the Angevin and Aragonese periods, the architectural line of the castle changed drastically until it reached the state in which it appears today.
An ancient legend has it that its name derives from having the Latin poet Virgil hidden in the secret of the building a magic egg that had the power to keep the whole fortress standing. His break would have caused not only the collapse of the castle, but also a series of disastrous catastrophes in the city of Naples. During the 14th century, at the time of Giovanna I, the castle suffered extensive damage due to the partial collapse of the arch on which it rests and to prevent panic from spreading among the population due to the alleged future catastrophes that would have struck the city , the queen had to swear that she had replaced the egg. In truth this was one of the many 'magic' that was attributed in the Middle Ages to the figure of Virgil, a fame born from the fact that the poet lived for a long time in Naples, a city that he loved very much and in which he had become a well-known and authoritative figure and in to which the eternal popular credulity had made him a man capable of precisely superhuman powers, powers which he apparently did not bother to deny; he obviously liked being a magician.
From Casa Carmela you can reach it by walking in about 15 minutes.
The palace of Capodimonte is a royal palace, with an adjoining park, located in Naples in the town of Capodimonte. It was the historical residence of the Borbone of Naples, but also of the Bonaparte and Murat as well as of the Savoy.
Built from 1738 at the behest of Charles of Bourbon as a place to house the Farnese collection, it was later used as a palace until 1957, the year from which it housed the National Museum of Capodimonte.
The palace extends over two levels and on the first floor there are the Royal Apartments: it is partly a reconstruction, partly of originals, of the furniture belonging to the dynastic families who lived in the house; among the prominent elements: porcelain, objects of daily life and sculptures and paintings of Italian and European artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
In 2015 the museum and park registered 144 694 and 974 531 visitors respectively.
From Casa Carmela it is about 15 minutes by car.
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Capodimonte
The palace of Capodimonte is a royal palace, with an adjoining park, located in Naples in the town of Capodimonte. It was the historical residence of the Borbone of Naples, but also of the Bonaparte and Murat as well as of the Savoy.
Built from 1738 at the behest of Charles of Bourbon as a place to house the Farnese collection, it was later used as a palace until 1957, the year from which it housed the National Museum of Capodimonte.
The palace extends over two levels and on the first floor there are the Royal Apartments: it is partly a reconstruction, partly of originals, of the furniture belonging to the dynastic families who lived in the house; among the prominent elements: porcelain, objects of daily life and sculptures and paintings of Italian and European artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
In 2015 the museum and park registered 144 694 and 974 531 visitors respectively.
From Casa Carmela it is about 15 minutes by car.
The term "subterranean Naples" indicates the dense and complex network of tunnels and cavities, which are found in the Neapolitan subsoil and which form a real city that, in negative, follows the surface city.
The underground city extends beneath the entire historic center, to which myths and legends are still alive today alive in the collective imagination of the Neapolitans. The galleries below Naples have been used, over the centuries, in different ways. Born after the extraction of tuff for the construction of the city, they were then used as an aqueduct and as a shelter during the Second World War.
The subsoil of Naples fascinates and impresses for the grandeur of the cavities, and therefore of the spaces, and for the maze of tunnels that intersect for several kilometers under the streets and buildings.
Descend with us into the bowels of the city to discover its history and mysteries through the most fascinating underground tour of the city.
The guided tour is suitable for everyone and is particularly appreciated by children. It is a real journey through 2400 years that begins in one of the narrow streets of the Spanish quarters, near Piazza del Plebiscito, and ends in Via Chiaia a few steps from the meeting point of Piazza Trieste e Trento.
From Casa Carmela it is 10/15 min walking.
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Napoli Sotterranea
68 Piazza San GaetanoThe term "subterranean Naples" indicates the dense and complex network of tunnels and cavities, which are found in the Neapolitan subsoil and which form a real city that, in negative, follows the surface city.
The underground city extends beneath the entire historic center, to which myths and legends are still alive today alive in the collective imagination of the Neapolitans. The galleries below Naples have been used, over the centuries, in different ways. Born after the extraction of tuff for the construction of the city, they were then used as an aqueduct and as a shelter during the Second World War.
The subsoil of Naples fascinates and impresses for the grandeur of the cavities, and therefore of the spaces, and for the maze of tunnels that intersect for several kilometers under the streets and buildings.
Descend with us into the bowels of the city to discover its history and mysteries through the most fascinating underground tour of the city.
The guided tour is suitable for everyone and is particularly appreciated by children. It is a real journey through 2400 years that begins in one of the narrow streets of the Spanish quarters, near Piazza del Plebiscito, and ends in Via Chiaia a few steps from the meeting point of Piazza Trieste e Trento.
From Casa Carmela it is 10/15 min walking.
A migration of inhabitants from the Aegean lands descendants of the Pelasgians, formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius, in the area of Pompeii: perhaps not a real village, more likely a small cluster of houses placed at the intersection of three important roads, traced in historical times by the route coming from Cuma, Nola, Stabia and Nocera.
It was conquered for the first time by the colony of Cuma between 525 and 474 BC .: the first traces of an important center date back to the 6th century BC, although in this period the city still seems to be a rather disordered and spontaneous aggregation of buildings.
The battle lost by the Etruscans in the waters in front of Cuma against Cumani and Siracusani (mid-5th century BC) brought Pompeii under the hegemony of the Samnites. The city adhered to the Lega nucerina: probably the fortification of the entire plateau dates back to this period with a circle of tuff walls that enclosed over sixty hectares, even if the city itself did not reach the ten hectares of extension.
In 79 AD Pompeii was affected by the eruption of Vesuvius, which buried it under a blanket of pyroclastic materials varying in height from five to seven meters, determining its end. At the time of the eruption, many buildings were being rebuilt due to the earthquake of 62 AD.
It is about 25/30 min by car from Casa Carmela (there are organized tours).
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Pompei
A migration of inhabitants from the Aegean lands descendants of the Pelasgians, formed a primitive settlement at the foot of Vesuvius, in the area of Pompeii: perhaps not a real village, more likely a small cluster of houses placed at the intersection of three important roads, traced in historical times by the route coming from Cuma, Nola, Stabia and Nocera.
It was conquered for the first time by the colony of Cuma between 525 and 474 BC .: the first traces of an important center date back to the 6th century BC, although in this period the city still seems to be a rather disordered and spontaneous aggregation of buildings.
The battle lost by the Etruscans in the waters in front of Cuma against Cumani and Siracusani (mid-5th century BC) brought Pompeii under the hegemony of the Samnites. The city adhered to the Lega nucerina: probably the fortification of the entire plateau dates back to this period with a circle of tuff walls that enclosed over sixty hectares, even if the city itself did not reach the ten hectares of extension.
In 79 AD Pompeii was affected by the eruption of Vesuvius, which buried it under a blanket of pyroclastic materials varying in height from five to seven meters, determining its end. At the time of the eruption, many buildings were being rebuilt due to the earthquake of 62 AD.
It is about 25/30 min by car from Casa Carmela (there are organized tours).
Ercolano (until 1969 Resìna) is an Italian town of 52 842 inhabitants [1] of the metropolitan city of Naples in Campania.
Herculaneum is world famous for the archaeological excavations of the Roman city founded, according to legend, by Hercules and destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79; together with those of Pompeii and Oplontis, they are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The stretch of the Corso Resina that leads from the archaeological excavations to Torre del Greco is called the Golden Mile for the splendid 18th century villas lined up on its sides.
From Ercolano the road leads to the Gran Cono del Vesuvio for a visit to the crater.
It can be reached from Casa Carmela in 20 minutes by car.
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Ercolano
Ercolano (until 1969 Resìna) is an Italian town of 52 842 inhabitants [1] of the metropolitan city of Naples in Campania.
Herculaneum is world famous for the archaeological excavations of the Roman city founded, according to legend, by Hercules and destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79; together with those of Pompeii and Oplontis, they are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The stretch of the Corso Resina that leads from the archaeological excavations to Torre del Greco is called the Golden Mile for the splendid 18th century villas lined up on its sides.
From Ercolano the road leads to the Gran Cono del Vesuvio for a visit to the crater.
It can be reached from Casa Carmela in 20 minutes by car.
Vesuvius is a volcano located in Italy, in a dominant position with respect to the Gulf of Naples. It is one of the two active volcanoes in continental Europe and one of the most studied and dangerous in the world due to the high population of the surrounding areas and its explosive characteristics.
It is believed that as early as 400 000 years ago the area of Vesuvius was subjected to volcanic activity, 39 000 years ago a really colossal eruption occurred, called Ignimbrite bell, during which they emitted up to 15 km³ of magma, however it seems that the mountain it began to form 30 000 years ago, probably as an underwater volcano in the Gulf of Naples; later emerged as an island, joined to the mainland for the accumulation of ejected materials.
Between 19 000 years ago and 79 AD a series of violent eruptions took place interspersed with periods of quiet of the volcano.
From Casa Carmela it is about 30/40 min by car.
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Pambansang Parke ng Vesuvio
Sentiero del Gran ConoVesuvius is a volcano located in Italy, in a dominant position with respect to the Gulf of Naples. It is one of the two active volcanoes in continental Europe and one of the most studied and dangerous in the world due to the high population of the surrounding areas and its explosive characteristics.
It is believed that as early as 400 000 years ago the area of Vesuvius was subjected to volcanic activity, 39 000 years ago a really colossal eruption occurred, called Ignimbrite bell, during which they emitted up to 15 km³ of magma, however it seems that the mountain it began to form 30 000 years ago, probably as an underwater volcano in the Gulf of Naples; later emerged as an island, joined to the mainland for the accumulation of ejected materials.
Between 19 000 years ago and 79 AD a series of violent eruptions took place interspersed with periods of quiet of the volcano.
From Casa Carmela it is about 30/40 min by car.
Castel sant'Elmo is a medieval castle, used as a museum, located on the Vomero hill near San Martino in Naples. It was once called Paturcium and stands in the place where, from the 10th century, there was a church dedicated to Sant'Erasmo (from which Eramo, Ermo and then Elmo).
This mighty building (the first castle by extension of the city), partly derived from living rock (Neapolitan yellow tuff), originates from a Norman observation tower called Belforte. Due to its strategic importance, the castle has always been a coveted possession: from its position (250 m s.l.m.) one can observe the whole city, the gulf, and the roads that from the surrounding hills lead to the city.
The castle, as well as a permanent museum, the "Naples Novecento", is also home to various temporary exhibitions, fairs and events: from 1998 until 2011 during the spring it was the headquarters of the Napoli Comicon (from 2012 moved to the Mostra d'Oltremare ). The castle, owned by the Italian State, since December 2014 is part of the assets managed by the museum complex of Campania. In 2016 he registered 199 233 visitors.
It is about 15-20 minutes from Casa Carmela, reachable by the via Toledo or Montesanto funicular.
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Castel Sant'Elmo
20/A Via Tito AngeliniCastel sant'Elmo is a medieval castle, used as a museum, located on the Vomero hill near San Martino in Naples. It was once called Paturcium and stands in the place where, from the 10th century, there was a church dedicated to Sant'Erasmo (from which Eramo, Ermo and then Elmo).
This mighty building (the first castle by extension of the city), partly derived from living rock (Neapolitan yellow tuff), originates from a Norman observation tower called Belforte. Due to its strategic importance, the castle has always been a coveted possession: from its position (250 m s.l.m.) one can observe the whole city, the gulf, and the roads that from the surrounding hills lead to the city.
The castle, as well as a permanent museum, the "Naples Novecento", is also home to various temporary exhibitions, fairs and events: from 1998 until 2011 during the spring it was the headquarters of the Napoli Comicon (from 2012 moved to the Mostra d'Oltremare ). The castle, owned by the Italian State, since December 2014 is part of the assets managed by the museum complex of Campania. In 2016 he registered 199 233 visitors.
It is about 15-20 minutes from Casa Carmela, reachable by the via Toledo or Montesanto funicular.
The Certosa di San Martino is a palatial area of Naples situated on the Vomero hill, next to the Sant'Elmo castle.
It is by far one of the major religious monumental complexes of the city and one of the most successful examples of Baroque architecture and art together with the royal chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro, and the fulcrum of seventeenth-century Neapolitan painting. [1] It has about a hundred rooms, two churches, a courtyard, four chapels, three cloisters and hanging gardens. Chronologically it is the second Carthusian monastery in Campania, having been born nineteen years after that of San Lorenzo in Padula and forty-six years before that of San Giacomo in Capri.
After the Unification of Italy it took on the title of national monument and since 1866 it has housed the National Museum of San Martino, born with the aim of telling the artistic and cultural history of the city.
It is 15-20 min away from Casa Carmela which can be reached by the via Toledo or Montesanto funicular.
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Certosa at Museo ng San Martino
5 Largo S. MartinoThe Certosa di San Martino is a palatial area of Naples situated on the Vomero hill, next to the Sant'Elmo castle.
It is by far one of the major religious monumental complexes of the city and one of the most successful examples of Baroque architecture and art together with the royal chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro, and the fulcrum of seventeenth-century Neapolitan painting. [1] It has about a hundred rooms, two churches, a courtyard, four chapels, three cloisters and hanging gardens. Chronologically it is the second Carthusian monastery in Campania, having been born nineteen years after that of San Lorenzo in Padula and forty-six years before that of San Giacomo in Capri.
After the Unification of Italy it took on the title of national monument and since 1866 it has housed the National Museum of San Martino, born with the aim of telling the artistic and cultural history of the city.
It is 15-20 min away from Casa Carmela which can be reached by the via Toledo or Montesanto funicular.
the name derives from the Greek kàpros, meaning wild boar, connected to the Latin capreae, goats (in ancient times the island was known as Caprae, in Greek Κάπραι).
More likely than this usual etymology and consistent with historical events is that the name is the transposition in the various languages of an original Italic toponym.
The island is, unlike the neighboring Ischia and Procida, of karstic origin. Initially it was joined to the Sorrento peninsula, except to be subsequently submerged partly by the sea and then separated from the mainland, where today the Bocca Piccola strait is located. Capri presents a complex morphological structure, with peaks of medium height (Monte Solaro 589 m and Monte Tiberio 334 m) and vast internal plateaus, among which the main one is the one of "Anacapri". It ranks twenty-first among the Italian islands in order of size.
The coast is indented with numerous caves and coves that alternate with steep cliffs. The caves, hidden under the cliffs, were used in Roman times as nymphs of the sumptuous villas that were built here during the Empire. The most famous is undoubtedly the Blue Grotto, where magical lighting effects were described by many writers and poets.
Characteristic of Capri are the famous Faraglioni, three small rocky islets a short distance from the shore that create a scenic and landscape effect; they were also given names to distinguish them: Stella for the one attached to the mainland, Faraglione di Mezzo for the one placed next to the other two and Faraglione di Fuori (or Scopolo) for the one farthest from the island.
The island preserves numerous animal and plant species, some endemic and very rare, such as the blue lizard, which lives on one of the three Faraglioni. The vegetation is typically Mediterranean, with a prevalence of agaves, prickly pears and brooms. On Capri there are no more sources of drinking water and the water supply is guaranteed by underwater pipelines coming from the Sorrento peninsula. Electricity is supplied by a private company on site.
The municipalities into which the island is divided are Capri and Anacapri. The other most important inhabited centers are the hamlets of Capri Marina Grande and Marina Piccola.
From Casa Carmela you reach the Beverello pier in 5 minutes by walking and from there you take a fast ship that in an hour you arrive in Capri.
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Capri
the name derives from the Greek kàpros, meaning wild boar, connected to the Latin capreae, goats (in ancient times the island was known as Caprae, in Greek Κάπραι).
More likely than this usual etymology and consistent with historical events is that the name is the transposition in the various languages of an original Italic toponym.
The island is, unlike the neighboring Ischia and Procida, of karstic origin. Initially it was joined to the Sorrento peninsula, except to be subsequently submerged partly by the sea and then separated from the mainland, where today the Bocca Piccola strait is located. Capri presents a complex morphological structure, with peaks of medium height (Monte Solaro 589 m and Monte Tiberio 334 m) and vast internal plateaus, among which the main one is the one of "Anacapri". It ranks twenty-first among the Italian islands in order of size.
The coast is indented with numerous caves and coves that alternate with steep cliffs. The caves, hidden under the cliffs, were used in Roman times as nymphs of the sumptuous villas that were built here during the Empire. The most famous is undoubtedly the Blue Grotto, where magical lighting effects were described by many writers and poets.
Characteristic of Capri are the famous Faraglioni, three small rocky islets a short distance from the shore that create a scenic and landscape effect; they were also given names to distinguish them: Stella for the one attached to the mainland, Faraglione di Mezzo for the one placed next to the other two and Faraglione di Fuori (or Scopolo) for the one farthest from the island.
The island preserves numerous animal and plant species, some endemic and very rare, such as the blue lizard, which lives on one of the three Faraglioni. The vegetation is typically Mediterranean, with a prevalence of agaves, prickly pears and brooms. On Capri there are no more sources of drinking water and the water supply is guaranteed by underwater pipelines coming from the Sorrento peninsula. Electricity is supplied by a private company on site.
The municipalities into which the island is divided are Capri and Anacapri. The other most important inhabited centers are the hamlets of Capri Marina Grande and Marina Piccola.
From Casa Carmela you reach the Beverello pier in 5 minutes by walking and from there you take a fast ship that in an hour you arrive in Capri.
Ischia is an island of Italy belonging to the archipelago of the Flegrean islands, of the metropolitan city of Naples.
Located at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples and a short distance from the islands of Procida and Vivara, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is the largest of the Flegrea. With its 70.043 inhabitants it is the third most populous Italian island, after Sicily and Sardinia. In ancient times it was known as Pithekoussai or Pithecusae (in Greek Πιθηκούσσαι).
It is a strong tourist attraction for the Gulf of Naples and for the city itself.
From the approximate shape of a trapezoid, the island is about 18 nautical miles from Naples, is 10 km wide from east to west and 7 from north to south, has a coastline of 34 km and a surface of about 46.3 km². The highest point is represented by Mount Epomeo, 788 meters high and located in the center of the island. The latter is a horst, tectonic volcano, that is, a block of earth's crust that has risen above the surrounding one due to the magmatic thrust (horst is a German term that means "rock"). Erroneously we think of Mount Epomeo as a volcano, although it has no volcanic features. Insular volcanism, in fact, is particularly widespread at the fractures that border the horst, ie Mount Epomeo.
Strabo reports what Timeus says, a Greek historian of the 4th century BC, about a tsunami that occurred in Ischia just before his time. Following the Epomeo volcanic activity "... the sea was demoted for three stages; later (...) he turned back again and his reflux had submerged the island (...) those who lived on the continent fled from the coast towards the interior of Campania "(Geography V, 4, 9). Cuma, not far from that coast, in Greek means "wave". The volcanic activity in Ischia has generally been characterized by not very consistent eruptions and at a great distance of time. After the eruptions in Greek and Roman times, the last occurred in 1302 in the eastern sector of the island with a short flow (known as Arso) reaching the sea.
Several parts of its coastline are included in the marine protected area of the Kingdom of Neptune.
From Casa Carmela you reach the Beverello pier in 5 min walking and from there you take a fast ship that in an hour you arrive in Ischia.
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Ischia
Ischia is an island of Italy belonging to the archipelago of the Flegrean islands, of the metropolitan city of Naples.
Located at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples and a short distance from the islands of Procida and Vivara, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is the largest of the Flegrea. With its 70.043 inhabitants it is the third most populous Italian island, after Sicily and Sardinia. In ancient times it was known as Pithekoussai or Pithecusae (in Greek Πιθηκούσσαι).
It is a strong tourist attraction for the Gulf of Naples and for the city itself.
From the approximate shape of a trapezoid, the island is about 18 nautical miles from Naples, is 10 km wide from east to west and 7 from north to south, has a coastline of 34 km and a surface of about 46.3 km². The highest point is represented by Mount Epomeo, 788 meters high and located in the center of the island. The latter is a horst, tectonic volcano, that is, a block of earth's crust that has risen above the surrounding one due to the magmatic thrust (horst is a German term that means "rock"). Erroneously we think of Mount Epomeo as a volcano, although it has no volcanic features. Insular volcanism, in fact, is particularly widespread at the fractures that border the horst, ie Mount Epomeo.
Strabo reports what Timeus says, a Greek historian of the 4th century BC, about a tsunami that occurred in Ischia just before his time. Following the Epomeo volcanic activity "... the sea was demoted for three stages; later (...) he turned back again and his reflux had submerged the island (...) those who lived on the continent fled from the coast towards the interior of Campania "(Geography V, 4, 9). Cuma, not far from that coast, in Greek means "wave". The volcanic activity in Ischia has generally been characterized by not very consistent eruptions and at a great distance of time. After the eruptions in Greek and Roman times, the last occurred in 1302 in the eastern sector of the island with a short flow (known as Arso) reaching the sea.
Several parts of its coastline are included in the marine protected area of the Kingdom of Neptune.
From Casa Carmela you reach the Beverello pier in 5 min walking and from there you take a fast ship that in an hour you arrive in Ischia.
The island of Procida has an area of 3.7 km². The perimeter, extremely jagged, measures about 16 km. The municipal area entirely covers the island of Procida and the nearby islet of Vivara (0.4 km²), two islands in the Gulf of Naples belonging to the group of the Flegrean islands.
The highest point is represented by the hill of Terra Murata (91 m), dominated by a fortified village of medieval origin.
The island is located at a minimum distance of about 3.4 km from the mainland (Canale di Procida) and is connected by a small bridge to the nearby island of Vivara.
Its coasts, in some low and sandy areas, elsewhere overlooking the sea, give life to several bays and promontories that offer shelter to small navigation and have allowed the birth of three small harbors on the northern, eastern and southern sides of the island. Much of its coastline is protected by the marine protected area of the Kingdom of Neptune.
Traditionally, the town is divided into nine districts, called grancìe: Terra Murata (the oldest village), Corricella (a characteristic fishing village), Sent'cò with the commercial port of Marina Grande, San Leonardo, Santissima Annunziata (also called Madonna della Libera), Sant'Antuono, Sant'Antonio and Chiaiolella (a tourist port in the southern part of the island).
The current name of the island derives from that of the Roman era Prochyta.
According to a first hypothesis this name derives from Prima Cyme, or "next to Cuma", as the island must have appeared to the Greek colonists in the migration from the island of Ischia to Cuma.
Another hypothesis derives the name from the Greek pròkeitai (πρόκειται), that is "lying", considering how the island looks, seen from the sea.
From Casa Carmela you reach the Beverello pier in 5 min walking and from there you take a fast ship that in less than an hour you arrive in Procida.
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Procida
The island of Procida has an area of 3.7 km². The perimeter, extremely jagged, measures about 16 km. The municipal area entirely covers the island of Procida and the nearby islet of Vivara (0.4 km²), two islands in the Gulf of Naples belonging to the group of the Flegrean islands.
The highest point is represented by the hill of Terra Murata (91 m), dominated by a fortified village of medieval origin.
The island is located at a minimum distance of about 3.4 km from the mainland (Canale di Procida) and is connected by a small bridge to the nearby island of Vivara.
Its coasts, in some low and sandy areas, elsewhere overlooking the sea, give life to several bays and promontories that offer shelter to small navigation and have allowed the birth of three small harbors on the northern, eastern and southern sides of the island. Much of its coastline is protected by the marine protected area of the Kingdom of Neptune.
Traditionally, the town is divided into nine districts, called grancìe: Terra Murata (the oldest village), Corricella (a characteristic fishing village), Sent'cò with the commercial port of Marina Grande, San Leonardo, Santissima Annunziata (also called Madonna della Libera), Sant'Antuono, Sant'Antonio and Chiaiolella (a tourist port in the southern part of the island).
The current name of the island derives from that of the Roman era Prochyta.
According to a first hypothesis this name derives from Prima Cyme, or "next to Cuma", as the island must have appeared to the Greek colonists in the migration from the island of Ischia to Cuma.
Another hypothesis derives the name from the Greek pròkeitai (πρόκειται), that is "lying", considering how the island looks, seen from the sea.
From Casa Carmela you reach the Beverello pier in 5 min walking and from there you take a fast ship that in less than an hour you arrive in Procida.
Located on the homonymous gulf, Pozzuoli is located in a volcanic area, the Campi Flegrei (ie burning fields), a large active caldera in a state of quiescence.
Much of the territory is hilly, including several craters of volcanic origin, including one of the best known is that of the Solfatara, formed about 4000 years ago. Other volcanic craters are the Astroni, Monte Nuovo (formed during the last eruption of Campi Flegrei, in 1538) and the one that hosts the lake of Averno. From this area the soil descends fairly steeply towards the south (Gulf of Pozzuoli), while the descent towards the west is more gradual, where there is a flat area near the domitio coast.
A geophysical phenomenon typical of this city and of the whole area of the Phlegraean Fields is bradyseism, that is the raising and lowering of the earth's surface due to changes in underground pressure related to magmatic-hydrothermal activity. The rapid rise in the ground level that involved the Flegrea area in the 1980s made it necessary to reposition the port of Pozzuoli about 50 meters ahead of its previous location.
In 531 BC some refugees from Samos, who had escaped Policrate's tyranny, arrived at the Puteolan coast and founded, with the consent of Cuma, the city of Dicearchia, that is, of the right government. To date, only Dicearchia has a written and received source, but not a single stone has been found of the alleged city.
We do not know, however, if the landing of the Sami happened by chance or according to a pre-established plan. Charles Dubois, one of the most illustrious scholars of the ancient history of Pozzuoli, advances a hypothesis which, due to its validity, deserves to be taken into consideration. The contacts between the Sami and the Cumans who were originally from Chalcis, were probably facilitated by the memory of the old traditions of friendship that existed between Samos and Chalcis. This friendship that the Pais notes in this regard, had manifested itself during the struggle that put the Euboic cities of Eretria and Calcide in the second half of the seventh century, a struggle provoked by the rivalry of the two cities in relation to their commercial relations in the East and in the West. In this war that was international or inter-Hellenic, the Sami settled next to Chalcis. The friendship of the Sami, the Calcidesi and the Euboic colonies of Italy and Sicily, certainly had weight on the fusion that was operated between the people of Cuma and the fugitives of Samo.
Dicearchia lived in the employ of Cuma and, therefore, defended with it the Hellenism of Campania, first against the Etruscans and then against the Samnites.
From Casa Carmela you can reach it in less than 30 minutes by car or using the means of transport such as Cumana and the underground.
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Pozzuoli
Located on the homonymous gulf, Pozzuoli is located in a volcanic area, the Campi Flegrei (ie burning fields), a large active caldera in a state of quiescence.
Much of the territory is hilly, including several craters of volcanic origin, including one of the best known is that of the Solfatara, formed about 4000 years ago. Other volcanic craters are the Astroni, Monte Nuovo (formed during the last eruption of Campi Flegrei, in 1538) and the one that hosts the lake of Averno. From this area the soil descends fairly steeply towards the south (Gulf of Pozzuoli), while the descent towards the west is more gradual, where there is a flat area near the domitio coast.
A geophysical phenomenon typical of this city and of the whole area of the Phlegraean Fields is bradyseism, that is the raising and lowering of the earth's surface due to changes in underground pressure related to magmatic-hydrothermal activity. The rapid rise in the ground level that involved the Flegrea area in the 1980s made it necessary to reposition the port of Pozzuoli about 50 meters ahead of its previous location.
In 531 BC some refugees from Samos, who had escaped Policrate's tyranny, arrived at the Puteolan coast and founded, with the consent of Cuma, the city of Dicearchia, that is, of the right government. To date, only Dicearchia has a written and received source, but not a single stone has been found of the alleged city.
We do not know, however, if the landing of the Sami happened by chance or according to a pre-established plan. Charles Dubois, one of the most illustrious scholars of the ancient history of Pozzuoli, advances a hypothesis which, due to its validity, deserves to be taken into consideration. The contacts between the Sami and the Cumans who were originally from Chalcis, were probably facilitated by the memory of the old traditions of friendship that existed between Samos and Chalcis. This friendship that the Pais notes in this regard, had manifested itself during the struggle that put the Euboic cities of Eretria and Calcide in the second half of the seventh century, a struggle provoked by the rivalry of the two cities in relation to their commercial relations in the East and in the West. In this war that was international or inter-Hellenic, the Sami settled next to Chalcis. The friendship of the Sami, the Calcidesi and the Euboic colonies of Italy and Sicily, certainly had weight on the fusion that was operated between the people of Cuma and the fugitives of Samo.
Dicearchia lived in the employ of Cuma and, therefore, defended with it the Hellenism of Campania, first against the Etruscans and then against the Samnites.
From Casa Carmela you can reach it in less than 30 minutes by car or using the means of transport such as Cumana and the underground.
The Campi Flegrei (from the Greek flègo, meaning "brucio", "ardo") are a vast area located in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, west of the city of Naples and its gulf. The area has been known since ancient times for its lively volcanic activity.
From a geological point of view, the area is a large caldera in a state of quiescence, with a diameter of 12-15 km, whose limits are given by the hill of Posillipo, from the hill of the Camaldoli, by the northern reliefs of the Quarto crater , the hill of Sanseverino, the acropolis of Cuma, and Monte di Procida. In this circuit there are numerous craters and small volcanic buildings (at least twenty-four), some of which have effusive gaseous manifestations (Solfatara area) or hydrothermal (at Agnano, Pozzuoli, Lucrino), as well as the cause of the bradyseism phenomenon (very recognizable for the its entity in the past in the so-called Temple of Serapis in Pozzuoli). Throughout the area, important deposits of volcanic origin are visible, such as the Tufo Grigio Campano (or Ignimbrite Campana) or the Tufo Giallo. In the area there are lakes of volcanic origin (Averno Lake) and coastal lakes originated by dam (Lake Lucrino, Lake Fusaro, and Lake Miseno).
In 2003, in implementation of the Regional Law of Campania n. 33 of 1.9.1993, the Campi Flegrei Regional Park was established. The Phlegraean Fields constitute an area of high volcanic risk subjected to constant surveillance by the Vesuvius Observatory, both through periodic survey campaigns and through continuous monitoring.
Areas of important biological and natural value are Capo Miseno, the submerged Park of Baia, Monte Nuovo and the Astroni Crater. The area of the Phlegraean Fields is included in the municipalities of Bacoli, Monte di Procida, Pozzuoli, Quarto, Giugliano in Campania and Naples. In particular, the first three municipalities mentioned, which occupy the so-called Phlegraean peninsula, are almost completely Phlegraean. The municipality of Quarto extends largely in the Phlegraean fields. The municipality of Giugliano extends instead into the Phlegraean fields limited to the area of Licola Mare, included in the Lago Patria district. Finally, the western area of the municipality of Naples falls within the Phlegraean fields, with the districts of Bagnoli, Fuorigrotta, Pianura, Posillipo, Soccavo and the towns of Agnano Terme (part of the Bagnoli district) and Pisani (part of the Pianura district).
The Phlegraean Fields also include the Phlegraean islands of Ischia, Procida and Vivara, although they are located outside the original crater. They have a partly different history and chronology, partly parallel to that of the volcanoes on the mainland. In addition, numerous other craters have been identified in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, sunk into the sea or broken up over the course of millennia.
From Casa Carmela it is about 30 minutes by car or using public transportation such as Cumana and the underground.
Phlegraean Fields
The Campi Flegrei (from the Greek flègo, meaning "brucio", "ardo") are a vast area located in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, west of the city of Naples and its gulf. The area has been known since ancient times for its lively volcanic activity.
From a geological point of view, the area is a large caldera in a state of quiescence, with a diameter of 12-15 km, whose limits are given by the hill of Posillipo, from the hill of the Camaldoli, by the northern reliefs of the Quarto crater , the hill of Sanseverino, the acropolis of Cuma, and Monte di Procida. In this circuit there are numerous craters and small volcanic buildings (at least twenty-four), some of which have effusive gaseous manifestations (Solfatara area) or hydrothermal (at Agnano, Pozzuoli, Lucrino), as well as the cause of the bradyseism phenomenon (very recognizable for the its entity in the past in the so-called Temple of Serapis in Pozzuoli). Throughout the area, important deposits of volcanic origin are visible, such as the Tufo Grigio Campano (or Ignimbrite Campana) or the Tufo Giallo. In the area there are lakes of volcanic origin (Averno Lake) and coastal lakes originated by dam (Lake Lucrino, Lake Fusaro, and Lake Miseno).
In 2003, in implementation of the Regional Law of Campania n. 33 of 1.9.1993, the Campi Flegrei Regional Park was established. The Phlegraean Fields constitute an area of high volcanic risk subjected to constant surveillance by the Vesuvius Observatory, both through periodic survey campaigns and through continuous monitoring.
Areas of important biological and natural value are Capo Miseno, the submerged Park of Baia, Monte Nuovo and the Astroni Crater. The area of the Phlegraean Fields is included in the municipalities of Bacoli, Monte di Procida, Pozzuoli, Quarto, Giugliano in Campania and Naples. In particular, the first three municipalities mentioned, which occupy the so-called Phlegraean peninsula, are almost completely Phlegraean. The municipality of Quarto extends largely in the Phlegraean fields. The municipality of Giugliano extends instead into the Phlegraean fields limited to the area of Licola Mare, included in the Lago Patria district. Finally, the western area of the municipality of Naples falls within the Phlegraean fields, with the districts of Bagnoli, Fuorigrotta, Pianura, Posillipo, Soccavo and the towns of Agnano Terme (part of the Bagnoli district) and Pisani (part of the Pianura district).
The Phlegraean Fields also include the Phlegraean islands of Ischia, Procida and Vivara, although they are located outside the original crater. They have a partly different history and chronology, partly parallel to that of the volcanoes on the mainland. In addition, numerous other craters have been identified in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, sunk into the sea or broken up over the course of millennia.
From Casa Carmela it is about 30 minutes by car or using public transportation such as Cumana and the underground.
The sulfatara of Pozzuoli is one of the forty volcanoes that make up the Phlegraean Fields; is located about three kilometers from the center of the city of Pozzuoli. It is an ancient volcanic crater still active but in a quiescent state that for about two millennia has been conserving sulfur dioxide fumaroles, boiling mud jets and high soil temperature: other similar activities are found also in other parts of the world and are indicated with the name of sulfate precisely because of its similarity with the Puteolan one. The Solfatara is today a vent valve for magma present under the Campi Flegrei, thanks to which it is possible to maintain a constant pressure of underground gases.
The Solfatara, the name with which the crater is indicated rather than the entire volcanic edifice, has an elliptical shape with diameters of seven hundred and seventy and five hundred and eighty meters, while the perimeter is two kilometers and three hundred meters; the highest part of the crater belt is located at one hundred and ninety-nine meters and is called Mount Olibano while the bottom of the crater is located at ninety-two meters above sea level.
The Solfatara is located in the 3rd Phlegraean eruptive period and its formation took place 3.700-3.900 years ago. Already famous during the Roman imperial era, Strabo, in his Strabonis geographica, describes it as the home of the god Vulcan, entrance to the Underworld, calling it Forum Volcanoes. It is also mentioned by Pliny the Elder as Fontes Leucogei for the aluminous and whitish waters that still flow today. During this period he began a first mining activity for the extraction of bianchetto, used as stucco, which could be extracted after a payment of 20,000 sesterces.
In 1198, during the reign of Frederick II of Swabia, Scipione Mazzella tells of a disastrous eruption of the Solfatara, accompanied by a violent earthquake. Recent excavations have unearthed a Roman paved road downstream of the Solfatara, the Via Puteolis-Neapolim, which brought to light a necropolis of the first century whose graves, deposited in the pyroclastic layers of the Solfatara erupted about 4,000 years ago and not covered by further eruptive layers, have instead shown the groundlessness of the news: most probably it was an intensification of the fumarolic activity accompanied also by a greater emission of pillacchere, that is the mud splashes.
During the Middle Ages the mineral mining activity reached its peak. In 1687 a factory was built in the crater to purify alum and the dust of Ischia, the red of Pozzuoli, the yellow earth, the piombina, the bianchetto and the sulfur were extracted. Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Solfatara became a mandatory stop on the Grand Tour and due to its vapors used for stoves, and the mud and water, considered medicinally, it became one of the 40 most famous thermal establishments of the Phlegraean Fields.
From Casa Carmela it is about 30 minutes by car or using public transport such as Cumana and the underground.
Solfatara
The sulfatara of Pozzuoli is one of the forty volcanoes that make up the Phlegraean Fields; is located about three kilometers from the center of the city of Pozzuoli. It is an ancient volcanic crater still active but in a quiescent state that for about two millennia has been conserving sulfur dioxide fumaroles, boiling mud jets and high soil temperature: other similar activities are found also in other parts of the world and are indicated with the name of sulfate precisely because of its similarity with the Puteolan one. The Solfatara is today a vent valve for magma present under the Campi Flegrei, thanks to which it is possible to maintain a constant pressure of underground gases.
The Solfatara, the name with which the crater is indicated rather than the entire volcanic edifice, has an elliptical shape with diameters of seven hundred and seventy and five hundred and eighty meters, while the perimeter is two kilometers and three hundred meters; the highest part of the crater belt is located at one hundred and ninety-nine meters and is called Mount Olibano while the bottom of the crater is located at ninety-two meters above sea level.
The Solfatara is located in the 3rd Phlegraean eruptive period and its formation took place 3.700-3.900 years ago. Already famous during the Roman imperial era, Strabo, in his Strabonis geographica, describes it as the home of the god Vulcan, entrance to the Underworld, calling it Forum Volcanoes. It is also mentioned by Pliny the Elder as Fontes Leucogei for the aluminous and whitish waters that still flow today. During this period he began a first mining activity for the extraction of bianchetto, used as stucco, which could be extracted after a payment of 20,000 sesterces.
In 1198, during the reign of Frederick II of Swabia, Scipione Mazzella tells of a disastrous eruption of the Solfatara, accompanied by a violent earthquake. Recent excavations have unearthed a Roman paved road downstream of the Solfatara, the Via Puteolis-Neapolim, which brought to light a necropolis of the first century whose graves, deposited in the pyroclastic layers of the Solfatara erupted about 4,000 years ago and not covered by further eruptive layers, have instead shown the groundlessness of the news: most probably it was an intensification of the fumarolic activity accompanied also by a greater emission of pillacchere, that is the mud splashes.
During the Middle Ages the mineral mining activity reached its peak. In 1687 a factory was built in the crater to purify alum and the dust of Ischia, the red of Pozzuoli, the yellow earth, the piombina, the bianchetto and the sulfur were extracted. Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Solfatara became a mandatory stop on the Grand Tour and due to its vapors used for stoves, and the mud and water, considered medicinally, it became one of the 40 most famous thermal establishments of the Phlegraean Fields.
From Casa Carmela it is about 30 minutes by car or using public transport such as Cumana and the underground.
Food scene
Gino Sorbillo belongs to one of the oldest pizza chef families in Naples. His grandparents, Luigi Sorbillo and Carolina Esposito, founded the first pizzeria in 1935 on via dei Tribunali, defined by many as the "Via della Pizza Napoletana" in the ancient center of the city.
10 min walk from Casa Carmela.
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Gino e Toto Sorbillo
32 Via dei TribunaliGino Sorbillo belongs to one of the oldest pizza chef families in Naples. His grandparents, Luigi Sorbillo and Carolina Esposito, founded the first pizzeria in 1935 on via dei Tribunali, defined by many as the "Via della Pizza Napoletana" in the ancient center of the city.
10 min walk from Casa Carmela.
The ancient Pizzeria da Michele, for Naples, is the meeting point between tradition and innovation, experience and passion.
A pizzeria where eating the best Margherita in the world, you will experience the charm of a crib in frenetic movement. You will observe the satisfaction on the face of Julia Roberts, on the set of "Eat Pray Love", immortalized on the walls of the pizzeria, together with the faces of many celebrities.
20 min walk from Casa Carmela.
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L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele
1 Via Cesare SersaleThe ancient Pizzeria da Michele, for Naples, is the meeting point between tradition and innovation, experience and passion.
A pizzeria where eating the best Margherita in the world, you will experience the charm of a crib in frenetic movement. You will observe the satisfaction on the face of Julia Roberts, on the set of "Eat Pray Love", immortalized on the walls of the pizzeria, together with the faces of many celebrities.
20 min walk from Casa Carmela.
Visiting Sanità, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Naples and rich in testimonies of the past, is a unique experience.
It is here that the Paleochristian Catacombs and the Fontanelle Cemetery are located. It is here that ancient noble palaces with a baroque sign rise. Another reason to visit it is a gluttony story. It is in Sanità, in fact, that you can taste one of the best Neapolitan pizzas, that of Ciro Oliva.
20 min walk from Casa Carmela.
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Pizzeria Concettina ai Tre Santi
7 Bis Via Arena della SanitàVisiting Sanità, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Naples and rich in testimonies of the past, is a unique experience.
It is here that the Paleochristian Catacombs and the Fontanelle Cemetery are located. It is here that ancient noble palaces with a baroque sign rise. Another reason to visit it is a gluttony story. It is in Sanità, in fact, that you can taste one of the best Neapolitan pizzas, that of Ciro Oliva.
20 min walk from Casa Carmela.
A historic place in the city, behind Piazza del Plebiscito, in the center. History has it that right here, in 1889, the real pizza Margherita was born, still prepared and served in the exact same way. The restaurant is on two floors and the photos of the characters who ate there at least once are hung on the walls; the staff is very kind, the atmosphere is unique and the service is impeccable. In addition to the pizzas, appetizers, fritturine and mozzarella in a carriage are also worth trying.
5 min walk from Casa Carmela.
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Pizzeria Brandi
1 Salita S. Anna di PalazzoA historic place in the city, behind Piazza del Plebiscito, in the center. History has it that right here, in 1889, the real pizza Margherita was born, still prepared and served in the exact same way. The restaurant is on two floors and the photos of the characters who ate there at least once are hung on the walls; the staff is very kind, the atmosphere is unique and the service is impeccable. In addition to the pizzas, appetizers, fritturine and mozzarella in a carriage are also worth trying.
5 min walk from Casa Carmela.
Palazzo Petrucci Restaurant was born in 2007.
An ambitious project a bet between Edoardo Trotta, an accountant who has always been passionate about the food and wine world and Lino Scarallo, Neapolitan Chef; hence the idea of creating a restaurant that can offer tradition and innovation at the same time by revisiting the dishes: "o ragu e Mare".
The restaurant was inaugurated in what were once the stables of the historic Palazzo Petrucci, in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, and takes its name from the location that welcomed it, a historic place, which has always been the scene of conspiracies, secrets and mysteries.
In December 2008, a great achievement was the recognition of a Michelin star by the guide of the same name: The first starred restaurant in Naples.
In January 2016, after 9 years of activity in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, the restaurant changes its location by moving to the beach of Villa Donn'Anna in Posillipo, from one historic building to another, thus opening up to new goals.
15/20 min by car from Casa Carmela.
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Palazzo Petrucci Ristorante
16 C Via PosillipoPalazzo Petrucci Restaurant was born in 2007.
An ambitious project a bet between Edoardo Trotta, an accountant who has always been passionate about the food and wine world and Lino Scarallo, Neapolitan Chef; hence the idea of creating a restaurant that can offer tradition and innovation at the same time by revisiting the dishes: "o ragu e Mare".
The restaurant was inaugurated in what were once the stables of the historic Palazzo Petrucci, in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, and takes its name from the location that welcomed it, a historic place, which has always been the scene of conspiracies, secrets and mysteries.
In December 2008, a great achievement was the recognition of a Michelin star by the guide of the same name: The first starred restaurant in Naples.
In January 2016, after 9 years of activity in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, the restaurant changes its location by moving to the beach of Villa Donn'Anna in Posillipo, from one historic building to another, thus opening up to new goals.
15/20 min by car from Casa Carmela.
Typical and historical Neapolitan trattoria, where you can find the real typical local dishes. 10 min walk from Casa Carmela.
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Mattozzi Restaurant & Pizzeria
16 Via Gaetano FilangieriTypical and historical Neapolitan trattoria, where you can find the real typical local dishes. 10 min walk from Casa Carmela.
We are the ideal restaurant for organizing group lunches, banquets, birthday parties or small groups, our traditional cuisine makes all our diners fall in love, full of Mediterranean tastes and flavors always presented in their maximum freshness.
And also, you can attend the waiters' show with lots of music and dancing.
A few minutes walk from Casa Carmela.
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Trattoria da Nennella
22 Vico Lungo Teatro NuovoWe are the ideal restaurant for organizing group lunches, banquets, birthday parties or small groups, our traditional cuisine makes all our diners fall in love, full of Mediterranean tastes and flavors always presented in their maximum freshness.
And also, you can attend the waiters' show with lots of music and dancing.
A few minutes walk from Casa Carmela.
The kitchen is the starting point and driving force of Mimì on the railway, which has chosen to celebrate traditional Neapolitan cuisine since 1943. And even today, over 70 years later, it is the custodian of a gastronomic history that has become famous all over the world.
10 min by car from Casa Carmela.
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Mimì alla Ferrovia
19 Via Alfonso D'AragonaThe kitchen is the starting point and driving force of Mimì on the railway, which has chosen to celebrate traditional Neapolitan cuisine since 1943. And even today, over 70 years later, it is the custodian of a gastronomic history that has become famous all over the world.
10 min by car from Casa Carmela.