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Naples

The city was originally colonized around 725 B.C. The Greek colonizers reached the coast and founded Cumae, which in a short time controlled the bay. Around 650 B.C. Cumae founded Palaepolis (old city) an turned it into the new Cumaean foundation of Neapolis (new city), around 470 B.C. In the old city Neapolis soon replaced Cumae in the control of the bay, which is now known as the Bay of Naples.

Under Roman control, some military colonies were founded; Puteoli (Pozzuoli) had a strong commercial position and replaced Neapolis as the most important port of Campania. Degraded to the level of Roman municipality in 90 B.C., Neapolis stuck proudly to its Greek origin, and even retained Greek as its official language.

Castel Nuovo

Around 350, after the legalization of the Christian religion, the Greek Roman core of Naples underwent many changes with the building of churches and monasteries. In 476 Romulus Augustulus, the last Emperor of the Roman Western Empire, died here in the "Castrum Lucullanum" (the present Castel dell'Ovo).

Between 763 and 1139 the city, was a cultural center and an important trade center with the East. Naples was later annexed to the Kingdom of Sicily by the Norman Ruggiero II until 1266. Palermo was the capital of the Kingdom, but Naples was the main cultural center. From 1266 to 1503, Naples replaced Palermo as capital of the Kingdom of Sicily (now also called Kingdom of Naples)

The city was still shaken by dramatic events such as the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631, the revolution led by Masaniello in 1647, the plague that killed one third of the people in 1656 and an earthquake in 1688.

On September 7, 1860 the triumphal entry of Giuseppe Garibaldi freed the city from the Bourbon control and on October 21st 1860 Naples was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy under Victor Emanuel II.

With such a complex and prestigious history dating back to the ancient Greeks, Napoli has grown into the third largest city in Italy, filled with buildings and artwork that tell the story of its unique past.

• Central Napoli

Piazza del Pebliscito

The center of Neapolitan life revolves around the Piazza del Pebliscito; semicircular piazzas headed by the church of San Francesco di Paola and at the other end the Palazzo Reale. To the left side is the Teatro San Carlo. Behind the Palazzo Reale and within a short walking distance to the Castel Nuovo built in 1282.

Capella di San Severo

Traveling north the next site is the grand church of Santa Chiara on Via Benedetto Croce. Also look for the church of Gesu Nuovo in the piazza on the same street. On Via B. Croce is the church San Domenico Maggiore, next to it you�ll find the Capella di San Severo. Also in this area across the street in piazzetta Nilo is the Church Sant�Angelo a Nilo.

Around the corner on Via San Giorgio Armeno is the church San Giorgio Armeno. Next to that, the Church of San Lorenzo Maggiore. On your way to Via del Duomo and stop at The Church of Girolamini with its connecting Quadreria dei Girolamini housing an impressive collection of artwork.

• North East Napoli

The Duomo di San Gennaro, dedicated to the patron saint of Napoli, is a 14th century cathedral that underwent numerous changes over the years. The church and its chapel contain the relics of the saint who was martyred in 305 A.D.

Porta Capuano

Heading east you will end up at the Castle Capuana, the one time home of Federico II, which today has been turned into a courthouse. The castle stands in Piazza de Nicola, also in the piazza is Italy�s most elaborate gateway or Porta, the Porta Capuana completed in 1490.

Walking the streets of Napoli, it is easy to see the enormous catholic following; there is at least one church per "strada" in the old city. Each one has a unique quality and taking a moment to look in any of them could uncover a treasure not described in any book.

• Northern Napoli

Museo Archeologico

The most impressive sight in all of Napoli is not a church nor palazzo, but the Museo Archeologico Nazionale. It occupies a group of 16th century buildings that were originally intended to house the royal cavalry. Today it houses the most impressive Greco-Roman collection in the world. Sculptures, mosaics, silver, ivory, and clay objects, mostly recovered from Pompeii and Ercolano, highlight the museums collection.

• Outskirts (#24 bus line)

Museo Capodimonte

Not far from the Museo Archeologico, on the outer edges of the city, is the Museo di Capodimonte. Originally the Palazzo Capodimonte, named for the ruling family of Napoli, it overlooks the entire city from high above. Inside the Museo Capodimonte an impressive art collection, mostly comprised from the Farnese family. Many of the Renaissance portraits by such artists like Giovanni Bellini and Titian depict various members of the family. Also on the outskirts of the town are the Catacombe di San Gennaro, the original burial place of the saint, dug out of volcanic rock. His remains were transferred in the 6th century.

Restaurants in Naples

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53
Bellini
Brandi
Bruno
Calamaro
Cantina di Triunfo
Cantinella
Casa Basca
Chiacchierata
Cicciotto
Ciro a Mergellina
Ciro a Santa Brigida
D'Angelo - Santa Caterina
Dante e Beatrice
Delicato
Don Salvatore
Dora
Ettore
Europeo
Fenestella
Fila
Gallo Nero
Girulà
Giuseppone a Mare
Hotel Cavour
Hotel Holiday Inn - La Cesta
Hotel Parker's - Bellevue
Hotel Vesuvio - Caruso
Leon D'Oro
Mimì Alla Ferrovia
Opera
Oro di Napoli
Osteria Della Mattonella
Palummella
Poeta
Rosiello
Rosolino e Il Posto Accanto
Sacrestia
San Carlo
Sbrescia
Sica
Taverna Dell'Arte
Taverna È Mare

Name of restaurant: 53
Address: Piazza Dante 53
Tel: 0815499372
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 40.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: BELLINI
Address: Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli 79-80
Tel: 081459774
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Seafood and pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: BRANDI
Address: Salita Sant'Anna di Palazzo 2
Tel: 081416928
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 50.000 to 80.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: BRUNO (IL CAINO)
Address: Riviera di Chiaia 162
Tel: 081664297
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 40.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria, typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: CALAMARO
Address: Viale Campi Flegrei 30/a
Tel: 0815704387
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 50.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: CANTINA DI TRIUNFO
Address: Riviera di Chiaia 64
Tel: 081668101
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 50.000 Lire
Description: Typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: CANTINELLA
Address: Via Cuma 42
Tel: 0817648684
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 80.000 to 120.000 Lire
Description: Seafood

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Name of restaurant: CASA BASCA
Address: Via Rocco Galdieri 6
Tel: 0815752053
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 60.000 to 90.000 Lire
Description: Foreign cuisine (Basque)

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Name of restaurant: CHIACCHIERATA
Address: Piazzetta Matilde Serao 37
Tel: 081411465
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 40.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: CICCIOTTO
Address: Calata Ponticello a Marechiaro 32
Tel: 0815751165
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 40.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Seafood

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Name of restaurant: CIRO A MERGELLINA
Address: Via Mergellina 18-23
Tel: 081681780
Fax: 081667756
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 80.000 to 120.000 Lire
Description: Seafood

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Name of restaurant: CIRO A SANTA BRIGIDA
Address: Via Santa Brigida 71-73
Tel: 0815524072
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Seafood and pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: D'ANGELO - SANTA CATERINA
Address: Via Aniello Falcone 203
Tel: 0815789772
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: DANTE E BEATRICE
Address: Piazza Dante 44-45
Tel: 0815499438
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 40.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Typical Napoletana cuisine

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Name of restaurant: DELICATO
Address: Largo Sermoneta 34-37
Tel: 081667047
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 80.000 to 120.000 Lire
Description: Seafood and pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: DON SALVATORE
Address: Via Mergellina 5
Tel: 081681817
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: DORA
Address: Vico Palasciano 28-29
Tel: 081680519
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 50.000 to 80.000 Lire
Description: Seafood

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Name of restaurant: ETTORE
Address: Via Santa Lucia 56
Tel: 0817640498
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 50.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria, typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: EUROPEO
Address: Via Marchese Campodisola 4
Tel: 0815521323
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 40.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria, typical Napoletana fare

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Name of restaurant: FENESTELLA
Address: Calata del Ponticello a Marechiaro 23
Tel: 0817690020
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 80.000 to 120.000 Lire
Description: Seafood and pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: FILA
Address: Via Nazionale 6/d
Tel: 081206717
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 50.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: GALLO NERO
Address: Via Tasso 466
Tel: 081643012
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: GIRULÀ
Address: Vico Vetriera a Chiaia 7/a
Tel: 081425511
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 40.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: GIUSEPPONE A MARE
Address: Via F. Russo 13
Tel: 0815756002
Fax: 0815756002
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Seafood

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Name of restaurant: HOTEL CAVOUR
Address: Piazza Garibaldi 32
Tel: 081283122
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 50.000 to 80.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: HOTEL HOLIDAY INN - LA CESTA
Address: Centro Direzionale, Isola E-6
Tel: 0812250111
Fax: n/a
Rating: 3 stars
Average price: 60.000 to 90.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: HOTEL PARKER'S - BELLEVUE
Address: Corso Vittorio Emanuele 135
Tel: 0817612474
Fax: 081663527
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 80.000 to 120.000 Lire
Description: Typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: HOTEL VESUVIO - CARUSO
Address: Via Partenope 45
Tel: 0817640520
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: LEON D'ORO
Address: Piazza Dante 48
Tel: 0815499404
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 50.000 Lire
Description: Typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: MIMÌ ALLA FERROVIA
Address: Via Alfonso d'Aragona 21
Tel: 0815538525
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 60.000 to 90.000 Lire
Description: Typical Napoletana cuisine

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Name of restaurant: OPERA
Address: Via Pallonetto Santa Chiara (Palazzo Carafa)
Tel: 0815527383
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 50.000 to 80.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine and typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: ORO DI NAPOLI
Address: Via Santa Lucia 21
Tel: 0817642661
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 60.000 to 90.000 Lire
Description: Seafood, meats, and varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: OSTERIA DELLA MATTONELLA
Address: Via Nicotera 13
Tel: 081416541
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 50.000 Lire
Description: Typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: PALUMMELLA
Address: Via Piedigrotta 9
Tel: 081682245
Fax: n/a
Rating: 3 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 50.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria

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Name of restaurant: POETA
Address: Piazza Salvatore Di Giacomo 133/135
Tel: 0815756936
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 50.000 to 80.000 Lire
Description: Pizzeria, varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: ROSIELLO
Address: A Posillipo, via Santo Strato 10
Tel: 0815752341
Fax: 0817691288
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 80.000 to 120.000 Lire
Description: Seafood and typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: ROSOLINO E IL POSTO ACCANTO
Address: Via Nazario Sauro 5
Tel: 0817649873
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Seafood

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Name of restaurant: SACRESTIA
Address: Via Orazio 116
Tel: 081664186
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 100.000 to 150.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: SAN CARLO
Address: Via Cesario Console 17/19
Tel: 0817649757
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 60.000 to 90.000 Lire
Description: Varied cuisine

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Name of restaurant: SBRESCIA
Address: Rampe Sant'Antonio a Posillipo 109
Tel: 081669140
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Seafood

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Name of restaurant: SICA
Address: Via Bernini 17
Tel: 0815567520
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 30.000 to 50.000 Lire
Description: Typical Napoletana cuisine

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Name of restaurant: TAVERNA DELL'ARTE
Address: Rampa di San Giovanni Maggiore 1/a a Mezzocannone
Tel: 0815527558
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 40.000 to 60.000 Lire
Description: Typical Campana fare

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Name of restaurant: TAVERNA È MARE
Address: Via Posillipo 19/a
Tel: 0815751045
Fax: n/a
Rating: 4 stars
Average price: 70.000 to 100.000 Lire
Description: Seafood

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