Starting from Piazza Bellini, where you still can see a portion of the Greek walls of Naples, you will skirt the Music Academy, with the chance to be accompanied by the rehearsals of the young Neapolitan musicians.
You will continue to Via dei Tribunali, the Decumano Maggiore of ancient Neapolis, but also one of the most lively and rich streets of Naples.
You will immediately meet the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore at the Pietrasanta, with its ancient Romanesque bell tower and the Pontano Chapel, jewel of the Neapolitan Renaissance.
Along via dei Tribunali, you will stop at one of the most mystical and fascinating places in the city: the hypogeum of the church of St. Mary of the Souls of Purgatory, where one of the oldest and longest-lived cults of Neapolitan devotion was born.
You will be waiting a few steps away from the Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore, an Angioino jewel that still makes visible the paleo-Christian foundation of the city, concluding at the Cathedral: crossing its white imposing facade, you will enter a place where all the Neapolitan eras, from the late Gothic Angioino to the baroque... On a journey between former vows and relics, the most important for all Neapolitans will stand out: the apolla with the blood relic of San Gennaro, the patron saint of the city.
- Piazza Bellini: the heart of the historical city, that still shows a portion of the greek walls of Naples
- Naples’ Music Academy: one of the most famous in the Southern Italy with a very fascinating story
- Via dei Tribunali: the Main decumanus of the greek Neapolis is nowadays a lively street
- Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta: with its ancient bell tower, it gets the traces of a mysterious legend and… even a roman “chessboard”!
- Pontano Chapel: one of the most beautiful Renaissance gems of the city
- Church of Purgatory: the baroque church hides a mysterious and unique lower floor…
- Piazza San Gaetano: the ancient forum of the Roman Naples
- San Lorenzo Maggiore Church: under its gothic angevin face, you’ll find the portions of a very roman city!
- The Virgin with a Gun by Banksy: this work, by the most famour street artist worldwide, is kept and preserved here
- The Cathedral: the main church of the City, you’ll see the ancient layers of the history of the Neapolitan devotion
- San Gennaro Chapel: inside the Cathedral, this baroque chapel keeps the Relic of the Holy Blood of our Patron Saint, San Gennaro
- Spaccanapoli: the lower decumanus, so called “spaccanapoli” because it shares the old town in two parts – the upper and the lower one
- Bar Nilo: very near to the beautiful sculpture of the God Nile from Egypt, in this tiny caffè bar you’ll taste one of the best coffee in town… And you’ll see the “relic” of Maradona!
- Piazza San Domenico Maggiore: you’ll get surprise finding a big square in the middle of those narrow streets!
- Church of San Domenico Maggiore: it gives the name to the omonymous square, this big Church is a casket of the historical and artistic traces of Napoli
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