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Things to see in Naples – page 5
Page 5 of 6 of historic places in Naples.
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The town
Naples (Italian: Napoli; Neapolitan: Napule) in Italy is an ancient port on the Mediterranean sea. With just short of a million citizens, is the third most populous municipality. Metropolitan Naples is one of Italy's largest metropolitan areas, at three million citizens.
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541 places
Villas and palaces 332
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Palazzo Pacanowski Villa Bianca Palazzo di Nocera Palazzina Paradisiello Villa Tropeano Villa Volpicelli Palazzo Capece Zurlo Palazzo Cilento De Horatiis palace Villa Forquet Villa Ferri Villa Majo Palazzo Caracciolo di Forino Palazzo Caracciolo di Gioiosa Palazzo Caracciolo di San Vito Palazzo del Circolo della Stampa Palazzo Fasulo Palazzo Giura Palazzo in via Tribunali 276 Palazzo in vico Sedil Capuano 21 Palazzo Montemajor Villa Addeo Villa Amalia Villa Arata Villa Bracale Villa Campbell Villa Chierchia Villa Cilento Villa Colonna Bandini Villa La Riccia Villa Paudice Villa Percuoco Villa Procaccini Villa Raiola Scarinzi Villa Sant'Anna Villa Savarese Villa Vittoria Palazzo Caracciolo di Roccaromana Palazzo della Borghesia Palazzo Petriccione di Vadi Palazzo Terralavoro alla Sanità Palazzo Leva Asilo Filangieri Sessa Palace Dipendenza Villa Spinelli Palazzo in vico Purgatorio ad Arco 13 Palazzo Loffredo Palazzo Pisanelli Villa Cristina Villa Il Capriccio Villa La Duchesca Villa Luisa Villa Nasti Villa Pignatelli di Monteleone Palazzo della Fondiaria Villa Morabito
Museums 103
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Museo Archivio/Laboratorio per le Arti Contemporanee Hermann Nitsch Casa Morra Complesso Monumentale dell'Annunziata Ruota Museum Complex of the Most August Confraternity of Pilgrims Musei Universitari di Mineralogia, Zoologia ed Antropologia ARCA - Museum of Contemporary Religious Art Lia Rumma Gallery Mu - Casa Museo Murolo Museo delle Torture Fondazione Morra Museo di paleontologia del Centro musei scienze naturali Museo etnopreistorico Naval Museum of Naples PLART - Plastica e Arte di Maria Pia Incutti Paliotto Museo San Domenico Maggiore Museo di Bibliografica Museo Universitario delle Scienze e delle Arti Galleria Borbonica Museo di Napoli Museodivino Jago Museum
Archaeological sites 38
Abbeys and monasteries 28
Historic theatres 18
Fortresses and towers 12
Lighthouses 1
Getting there
By plane: Naples International Airport (Aeroporto Internazionale di Napoli) (NAP IATA, also known as Capodichino Airport). Works for connecting the airport to Naples Metro system were expected to be completed in 2027, but check.
From the airport you can take a bus for €5 (called Alibus) which has two stops only: Stazione Centrale (Central station) and Piazza Municipio, near the main ferry port (molo Beverello). You can buy your ticket on the bus. The ticket is valid for further public transport trips, up to 90 min after validation. Further connections are listed on the official airport website. Beware of (legal) taxi drivers on the way to the Alibus stop, who claim to charge the same price as the Alibus, but actually also charge for children and go only once the minivan is full.
If you have time to spare, you can take the 3S bus that will take you to the same stops as the Alibus for less. The difference is that the Alibus has limited stops, but the 3S will take you to the backstreets leading to the Stazione, continuing all the way to the port and a shopping district. Also, the Alibus is air conditioned whereas most 3S buses are not.
Beware of illegal, unauthorized taxis and of anyone who may approach you directly. Authorized taxis are clearly visible at the exit; fixed fares exist for a number of destinations, and must be clearly shown in the cab.
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
As a UNESCO World Heritage site, the historic centre of Naples hosts a huge number of architectural landmarks.
Churches and religious structures: Cappella Sansevero. A chapel built in 1590, it contains sculptures and other works of art by some of the leading Italian artists of the 18th century, like the extraordinary Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino. It also has a high scientific interest because it hosts the anatomical machines, a still mysterious experiment by Raimondo Di Sangro, a prominent Renaissance scientist. In addition, in the basement there are two human vein models, looking like plastination. San Francesco di Paola (Municipio 1 ). One of the main churches in Naples. The place was planned by King Joachim Murat of Naples (Napoleon's brother-in-law) as a tribute to the emperor. When Napoleon was dispatched, Ferdinand I of Bourbon continued the construction but converted the final product into the church one sees today. The church is reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome. The façade is fronted by a portico resting on six columns and two Ionic pillars. Inside, the church is circular with two side chapels. The dome is 53 metres high. Gesù Nuovo.
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