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 ...

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 ...

"Hello, my name is Cosimo. I'm a buildaholic." "Hello, Cosimo." "Say, did you fellows know that I built this very church we're meeting in right now?" "Good-bye, Cosimo." Welcome to the busy world of ...

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 ...

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), ...

I first became aware of the existence of the University of Naples Department of Veterinary Medicine when little Mickey, the mutt pet of my friends Charley and Jeanne (yes, the very same pooch that ...

It is perfectly reasonable to expect any large European city to change over the course of four-hundred years. Yet, in the case of Naples, many of the physical features of the city from 1600--and even ...

The only structure vaguely recognizable today on the 1633 Stopendael map (second photo, right) of the port of Naples is the large Maschio Angioino (in the upper left quadrant of the map), the fortress ...

Besides priming Naples for the great age of the Baroque, Don Pedro is widely remembered as the viceroy who tried to institute the Spanish Inquisition in Naples in 1547--and failed. As a simple ...

Don Pedro Alvarez de Toledo was born in 1484 near Salamanca in what was not yet the modern nation state of Spain. By the time of his death in 1553, not only did Spain exist, but the New World was upon ...

I have received a few notes from people who will be in Naples over the Christmas holidays. They ask about things to do, places to go, music to hear, where to eat, etc. "What do Neapolitans do?" asked ...

Servizi: Pensione a 5 stelle a carattere familiare anche in casa, per cani, gatti e piccoli animali; parco giochi per cani, taxidog.