Naples, in Italy. The art, the history, the monuments.
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THIS PAGE IS ON NAPLES HISTORY. Notes on the history, art and culture of Naples.
The ancient writers have handed down old stories of mermaids : Partenope, Ligeia and Leucosia, defeated by Orfeo during a singing contest, and were turned into rocks.
The name of the city comes from the first mermaid.
Another story is that of Ulysses, who was not enchanted by the mermaids’ singing; they died by jumping off the cliffs of the gulf. One of them, Partenope, was believed to have been found on the islet of Megaride, where, later the Castel dell’Ovo was built.
In the page dedicated to the history the following arguments are found:
Neapolis. Cumaen. Mount Echia. Pizzofalcone. Phoenicians. Rhodos. Palepoli. Cumae. Samnites. Decumani. Cardines. Ippodamo of Mileto. Greeks. Romans. Rome. Claudius. Baia. Posillipo. Greco-Roman ruins. Naples Underground. Acqueducts. Miseno. Anticaglia street. The Greek theatre. Duomo (The Cathedral). Campi Flegrei (The Flegrean Fields). The amphitheatre of Pozzuoli. The Thermal Baths of Baia. The Neapolitan Crypt. The Church of Piedigrotta. The Tomb of Virgil.
The Republican age. The Middle Ages. Cocceio. Seiano. Coroglio. Pozzuoli. The Roman Empire. Caesar. Cicero. Lucullus. Aeneid. The Villa of Publio Vedio Pollione. Romolo Augustolo. The Western Roman Empire. The islet of Megaride. Castel dell'Ovo (The Egg Castle). The Eastern Roman Empire. Justinian. General Belisario. The Byzantines. The Ostrogoths. The Longobards. Duke Stephen. The Greek agorà. The Roman forum. The Church of San Paolo Maggiore. The Church of San Lorenzo Maggiore. Monterone hill. The Church of S.S. Severino and Sossio. The State Archives. The Normans. Roger II, King of Sicily. King William I il Malo. King William II il Buono. Henry VI of Swabia. Tancredi. Frederick II. University of Naples. Manfredi. Charles of Anjou. The battle of Benevento. The Angevins. Castel Nuovo. Castel Capuano. The Church of Carmine. Piazza Mercato. Corradino of Swabia. Campus Oppidi. Piazza Municipio. Maschio Angioino. French architects. Pierre de Chaulnes. Pierre d'Angicourt. Giorgio Vasari. Giovanni Pisano. The Palatine Chapel. Giotto. Gothic Churches. Santa Chiara.
King Charles of Anjou. Queen Giovanna (or Joan) I of Anjou. Andrew of Anjou. King Louis of Hungary. Charles of Durazzo. Louis of Anjou. Queen Giovanna (or Joan) II of Anjou Durazzo. Ladislao of Durazzo. Alphonse V of Aragona. The Aragons.
The Arch of Castel Nuovo. Luciano Laurana. Pisanello. Guglielmo da Majano.
Pietro da Milano. Guglielmo Sagrera. Tuscan, Lombard and Catalan artists. Porta
Capuana. Cardinal Brancaccio. Donatello. Diomede Carafa. Pontaniana Academy.
Charles VIII. Consalvo of Cordova. Ferdinand the Catholic. The French. The Spaniard.
France. Spain. The Spanish quarters. Via Toledo. Pedro of Toledo. The Royal
Palace. Domenico Fontana. The Austrian dominion. The Bourbon. Charles III of
Bourbon, (Don Carlo of Bourbon). Phillip V. Charles VII of Naples. Ferdinand VI.
Ferdinand IV. The Parthenope Republic. The French occupation. Joseph Bonaparte.
Joachim Murat. The Bourbonic restoration. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The
Risorgimento. Giuseppe Garibaldi. The Sabaudian kingdom.
In the page dedicated to the monuments the following arguments are found:
The Churches of Naples. The Cathedral Church. Temples of Apollo and Neptune.
Basilica of Santa Restituta. Bishop Stephen. King Charles I of Anjou. Charles II.
Alphonse I of Aragona. Enrico Alvino. Treasure of San Gennaro. Plague epidemic of 1526. The Succorpo of San Gennaro. Carafa Chapel. Tommaso Malvito. Neapolitan
renaissance art. Emperor Costantino. Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte. Santa
Chiara. Robert of Anjou. Giovanni and Pacio Bertini. The Domenicans. Saint
Michael Archangel Church. Church of San Domenico Maggiore.The Sacristy of San
Domenico Maggiore. The Arches containing the corpses of noble Aragons. King
Alphonse I of Aragona. The Church of Gesù Nuovo. The palace of Roberto
Sanseverino. Novello of San Lucano. The Altare maggiore. The Great Fresco of
Francesco Solimene "The driving of Eliodoro from the temple". The Church of San
Lorenzo Maggiore. The castles of Naples. Castel dell'Ovo. The islet of Megaride.
The castrum luculianum. Virgil. Medieval legend. Odoacre. Romolo Augustolo.
Castel Nuovo. King Charles of Anjou. Alphonse of Aragona. Franciscan monks.
Church of Santa Maria La Nova. The Palatina Chapel. Frescoes by Giotto.
Guglielmo Sagrera. Aragons architect. The Triumphal Arch. The Guard Tower. The
Middle Tower. The Neapolitan Renaissance. Porta Capuana. Giuliano da Majano.
Castle Capuano. Sant'Elmo Castle. The Vomero. Robert d'Anjou. Belforte. The
Kings' Palaces. Naples Royal Palace. The Viceroy count Lamos don Ferrante Ruiz
de Castro y Andrada. Domenico Fontana. King Phillip II of Spain. Residence of
Bourbon kings. The statues of the kings. Roger the Norman. Frederick II of
Swabia. Charles I of Anjou. Alphonse of Aragona. Charles V. Charles of Bourbon.
Joachim Murat. Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoia. Charles III. Capodimonte. The
Farnese collection. Ferdinand IV.
Per gli utenti di lingua italiana rimandiamo ad alcuni siti di approfondimento sulla città di Napoli.