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|   Montesanto Funicular - Naples, Italy
in Public Funiculars and Incline Railways The Montesanto Funicular is a true funicular: an inclined railway with two passenger cars connected via cables, operating in concert. posted by:  RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/17/2023 last visited: never |
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|  Belvedere San Martino - Naples, Italy
in Cityscapes From this terrace in front of the Certosa e Museo di San Martino there is a superb view overlooking the city of Naples, the bay of Naples, Vesuvius and the mountains beyond. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/18/2023 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.5 km |  Certosa di San Martino - Naples, Italy
in Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries The Certosa di San Martino ("Charterhouse of St. Martin") is a former monastery complex, now a museum. It is a very prominent landmark of the city, perched atop the Vomero hill that commands the gulf. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/17/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.5 km |  Porta Sciuscella (Port'Alba) - Naples, Italy
in Italian Cultural Heritage The Port'Alba is the remnant of one of the city gates in Naples, Italy. It is located on the northwestern edge of Piazza Dante, just north of Vanvitelli's colonnade, which obscures the bastion into which the gate was carved. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/11/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.6 km |  Chiesa del Gesù Nuovo - Naples, Italy
in Baroque Architecture The Church of Gesù Nuovo is one of the most important and largest churches in the city, among the highest concentrations of Baroque painting and sculpture, on which some of the most influential artists of the Neapolitan school worked. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/19/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.8 km |  Roman baths in the Santa Chiara Monastery - Naples, Italy
in Ancient Roman Civilization Tucked behind the Santa Chiara Montestary Museum is a 1st century AD Roman thermal bath complex, the most complete and intact example of a Roman era spa in Naples. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/17/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.8 km |  Santa Chiara and the Allied bombing of Naples - Naples, Italy
in World War II Sites The Church of Santa Chiara was destroyed in the raid on 4 August 1943, by 400 American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of the Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) which targeted the Axis submarine base at Naples. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/19/2023 last visited: never |
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|  National Archaeological Museum - Naples - Campania - Italy
in 1000 Places to See Before You Die The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is an important Italian archaeological museum, particularly for ancient Roman remains. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/04/2023 last visited: 08/12/2023 |
 view galleryNE0.8 km |  Signs of Zodiac - Salone della Meridiana in Naples Archeological Museum - Naples, Italy
in Signs of Zodiac The hall takes its name from the sundial, which was built between 1790 and 1793. The signs of the zodiac are integrated into the sundial. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/20/2023 last visited: 01/03/2024 |
 view galleryNE0.8 km | Museo Archeologico Nazionale a doppio cortile - Napoli, Campania in Italian Cultural Heritage "The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is an important Italian archaeological museum, particularly for ancient Roman remains." posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/04/2023 last visited: 01/03/2024 |
 view galleryNE0.8 km |  Salone della Meridiana in Naples Archeological Museum - Naples, Italy
in Sundials The hall takes its name from the sundial, which was built between 1790 and 1793. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/16/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE0.8 km |  Mosaic Collection at Museo Archeologico Nazional - Naples, Campania, Italy
in Mosaics The Mosaic Collection is composed of pavements and rarer wall mosaics that come mainly from Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae. posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Campania, Italy date approved: 03/15/2014 last visited: 01/03/2024 |
 view galleryE0.8 km |  Sacristy of San Dominico Maggiore and The Arogonese Coffins - Naples, Campania, Italy
in Grave of a Famous Person The Arogonese Coffins are located in the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore, which was constructed in the 14th century. The gallery houses 42 coffins including nobles such as Alphonse of Aragon, Fernando I, and Fernando II. posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/08/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE0.8 km | Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli - Naples, Campania, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The National Archeological Museum's collection from the destroyed Roman towns of Pompeii, Stabaie and Herculaneum began when excavations started in 1738. Highlights include famous mural paintings, mosaics, statues and ceramics. posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Campania, Italy date approved: 03/19/2014 last visited: 04/16/2023 |
 view galleryNE0.8 km |  Atlas Statue at Museo Archeologico Nazional - Naples, Campania, Italy
in Atlas Statues The Farnese Atlas in Naples' Museo Archeologico Nazional is the oldest extant depiction of Atlas from Greek mythology, and the oldest view of the Western constellations, possibly based upon the star catalog of Hipparchus. posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Campania, Italy date approved: 03/16/2014 last visited: 08/26/2018 |
 view galleryE0.8 km |  San Domenico Maggiore - Naples, Campania, Italy
in Roman Catholic Churches San Domenico Maggiore was built in 1283 by King Charles II of Angevin. It is the spiritual home of the Dominican Order in the Kingdom of Naples, as well as the seat of the Parthenopean University. posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Campania, Italy date approved: 03/18/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE0.8 km |  Hercules at Museo Archeologico Nazional - Naples, Campania, Italy
in Epic Beings and Creatures Hercules at Rest is larger than life, just like the hero himself. Of marble, it is a Roman copy carved in the late 2nd or early 3rd centuries AD from a Greek original of the second half 4th century BC. posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Campania, Italy date approved: 03/19/2014 last visited: 01/03/2024 |
 view galleryE1 km |  Spire of San Domenico - Naples, Italy
in Obelisks The Spire of San Domenico is a Baroque plague obelisk located at the Piazza di San Domenico Maggiore in Naples, Italy. posted by:  neoc1 location: Campania, Italy date approved: 12/31/2019 last visited: 01/03/2024 |
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in Statues of Religious Figures A bronze statue of St. Dominic of Guzman is located on top of the Spire of San Domenico located in the Piazza di San Domenico Maggiore in Naples, Italy. posted by: neoc1 location: Campania, Italy date approved: 12/19/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryE1 km | Spire of San Domenico - Naples, Italy in Baroque Architecture The Spire of San Domenico is a Baroque plague obelisk located at the Piazza di San Domenico Maggiore in Naples, Italy. posted by: neoc1 location: Campania, Italy date approved: 12/19/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryE1 km | Spaccanapoli - Naples, Italy in 1000 Places to See Before You Die Spaccanapoli is a street and a districts of Naples that is famous for its vibrant street life. posted by: neoc1 location: Campania, Italy date approved: 02/19/2020 last visited: 01/03/2024 |
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in Wikipedia Entries a museum located on Piazza Museo in Naples, Campania, Italy posted by: oiseau_ca location: Campania, Italy date approved: 08/12/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE1 km |  National Archaeological Museum of Naples - Naples, Campania, Italy
in History Museums a museum located on Piazza Museo in Naples, Campania, Italy posted by: oiseau_ca location: Campania, Italy date approved: 08/12/2023 last visited: 01/03/2024 |
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|  Via Paolo Emilio Imbriani - Naples, Campania, Italy
in Your Name Here As we were strolling the bustling streets of Naples' historic centre, we came upon Via Paolo Emilio Imbriani which, for a guy with the first and middle name of Paul Emile, was a neat surprise! posted by: Trail Blaisers location: Campania, Italy date approved: 03/19/2014 last visited: 10/30/2019 |
 view gallerySE1 km |  LAST -- Painting by Caravaggio - Naples, Italy
in Last of its Kind The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula is the last documented painting by the great Caravaggio (1571–1610). Palazzo Zevallos in via Toledo n° 185 is where you can find this painting. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Campania, Italy date approved: 04/18/2023 last visited: never |
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