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Many Italian cities proudly remember the days when they were independent republics: Naples, on the other hand, remembers its days as a royal capital, the splendid administrative and political center of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, successively governed by the house of Anjou, the Aragonese, and the Bourbons. This city, once "the third city of Europe," today is one of the least visited major cities of the continent. The same vibrant atmosphere and magnificent buildings found in Paris or London are also here.
This book is a topographical anthology that recreates for today's tourist the drama, history, and life of a city through buildings and locations that still exist today. An irreplaceable companion, it brings the past of Naples alive for the modern traveler. Excerpts from chronicles, memoirs, biographies, letters, and novels refer to the most significant and beautiful buildings and the lives of travelers and residents of this renowned city.
This is a guide to the lost glories of royal Naples: the departure of Bourbon King Francis II in 1860, as the Risorgimento movement brings the unification of Italy. It records the tumultuous and blood-soaked days of Angevin queens Joanna I and II, as well as the rebellion led by the young fisherman Masaniello. The artistic life of the city known to Petrarch, where Caravaggio, Ribera, and Giordano painted, and which attracted diverse visitors such as Nelson and Lady Hamilton, Casanova, Goethe, Mozart, John Evelyn, and Angelica Kauffman, among countless others.
The glamorous world of the royal family - their palaces overlooking the legendary beautiful Bay of Naples, the balls and court ceremonies - is described, as well as the numerous, saturated slums of the Spanish quarter and the beach with tarantella dancers, iced watermelon vendors, pockets, and the sounds of Neapolitan songs. Naples is still, as always, a city of provocative contrasts: sunshine and grime, grandeur and decay, joy and despair. The slums and crime rate have deterred many, but those who persist will discover, through this enlightening guide, the hidden glories of this famous city.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Desmond Seward
- Publisher
- Little Brown Book Group
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
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- Type
- Testimonial
- Theme
- World History, Historical Archives
- Language
- English
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- Cover
- Soft
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- ISBN-13
- 9781472142306
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