The Naples Academy of Fine Arts is among the oldest academies in Europe. It was founded in 1752 at the behest of Charles III of Bourbon and was situated on the premises of the church of San Carlo alle ...

The new Naples Civic Center, the Centro Direzionale, is visible from almost any point in Naples or from the bay. Depending on who is doing the talking, you will hear various descriptions: a futuristic ...

It is not surprising that Mt. Vesuvius is a common symbol of Naples. There have been so many paintings and photos of " 'a muntagna" over the years, it's almost as if artists and weekend snapshooters ...

The term "Magna Grecia" is used to describe the area occupied by Greek colonization outside of the immediate area of the Aegean Sea (in the center of the map on the left). This wave of colonization ...

In the early 1700s the eastern limit of the city of Naples was an actual wall, more or less where the red belfry of the church of the Carmine and the ruins of the old Carmine fortress still stand ...

The origins of the guitar are beyond the scope of this article, but it is fair to say that by the time the Spanish opened the first music conservatories in the mid-1500s in their vice-realm of Naples, ...

The Beautiful Lady Craven is the title of the edited and annotated memoirs of Elizabeth Craven (née Lady Elizabeth Berkeley) (1750 - 1828), English author, playwright, traveller, and socialite, best ...

When one thinks of "Neapolitan Republic," the mind quickly turns to 1799 and the Republican outgrowth in Naples of the French Revolution, a drama starring Lady Hamilton, Lord Nelson, Eleonora Fonseca ...

In a tour guide to Naples published in 1700 (Napoli Città Nobilissima, Antica e Fedelissima, Esposta a gli Occhi et alla Mente de’ Curiosi, diviso in due Parti - Stamperia del Parrino, Napoli, 1700), ...

In English, "votive" refers to something done—in this case, something built— in fulfillment of a vow, and an "aedicula" (from the Latin diminutive of aedes, dwelling) is a small structure sheltering ...

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