Napoli

Area archeologica di San Lorenzo Maggiore

Napoli

Area archeologica di San Lorenzo Maggiore
The most ancient phase of the archaeological area of San Lorenzo Maggiore is represented by the V century B.C. Greek agorà. During the Roman period, exploiting the upslope, the square was extended on ..

Basilica di San Francesco di Paola

Napoli

Basilica di San Francesco di Paola
Built for the will of Ferdinando IV di Borbone in the semicircle of the famous Piazza del Plebiscito, it was started in 1816 and completed around 1836 based on a project of Pietro Bianchi. The basilic ..

Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore

Napoli - Napoli

Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore
Built for will of the Angevine Charles II between the end of the XIII and the beginnings of the XIV century, where once there was an early Christian church, it is an extraordinary example of French go ..

Basilica di Santa Chiara

Napoli

Basilica di Santa Chiara
Erected between 1310 and 1328, it was probably built by Gagliardo Primario. The 1943 bombing destroyed most part of the original Gothic style construction, as for the Baroque style transformations don ..

Campi Flegrei

Bacoli (NA)

Campi Flegrei
The Phlegrean Fields occupy the coastal strip that stretches out from the north of Naples to the Monte di Procida and that, in 2003, became Regional park of the Phlegrean Fields. A land of volcanoes a ..

Scavi di Ercolano

Ercolano (NA)

Scavi di Ercolano
The legendary foundation of Hercolanum is ascribed to Dionysius of Halicarnassus to Heracles, as he was returning from Spain. It covered a 20 hectares surface, for a population of around 4000 inhabita ..

Scavi di Pompei

Pompei (NA)

Scavi di Pompei
On a rocky tableland formed by an ancient eruption stands the city of Pompeii that, due to the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 A.C., was buried under 60 feet of ash and pumice. The city can be actually ..

Salerno

Area Archeologica di Paestum

Capaccio Paestum (SA)

Area Archeologica di Paestum
Paestum, named Poseidonia during the Greek age, was founded at the beginning of the VI century B.C. by a group of Achaeans coming from Sybaris, who settled in the fertile plain on the south bank of th ..

Duomo di Salerno

Salerno

Duomo di Salerno
Built around 1080 by Robert Guiscard and dedicated to S. Matteo, whose mortal remains are preserved in the crypt, the Dome stands on a multi-layered area: on a early Christian Church built on the ruin ..

Scavi di Velia

Velia - Ascea (SA)

Scavi di Velia
The ancient Elea-Velia was born around the year 540 B.C., thanks to the exiles coming from the Greek city of Focea, today’s Turkey; in 88 B.C. it became a Roman municipium. The city occupies an area o ..

Caserta

Basilica benedettina di S. Angelo in Formis

S. Angelo in Formis - Capua (CE)

Basilica benedettina di S. Angelo in Formis
It is one of the most significant expression of Romanesque architecture, and it preserves an important series of frescoes of the Byzantine school of Campania. It was built in the X century on the rema ..

Reggia di Caserta

Caserta (CE)

Reggia di Caserta
Realized by Luigi Vanvitelli for king Charles of Bourbon in 1752, the Royal Palace is characterized by a Majestic rectangular building with four courtyards connected by galleries and by a broad park w ..