Spaccanapoli ( Naples-Splitter)
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Starts from : Via Pasquale Scura (Quartieri Spagnoli) - Ends to Via Giudecca Vecchia ( district of Forcella)
Length : about 2 km
What to visit in Spaccanapoli :
- Piazza del Gesu' Nuovo and Chiesa del Gesu Nuovo (1500s)
- Chiesa di Santa Chiara (1500s)
- Palazzo Filomarino (1300s)
- Piazza San Domenico Maggiore
- Piazzetta Nilo and Statua del Nilo (3rd century AD)
- Palazzo Diomede Carafa (palazzo Sant Angelo 1200s)
- Via San Gregorio Armeno and Chiesa di San Gregorio Armeno (1579)
History of Spaccanapoli
When the city was enlarged towards the west, the original decumanus was extended as far as the hill of S. Martino , and it is from this vantage point looking down at "Spaccanapoli" that the effect of this division is most striking. Along this straight line are many of the most noteworthy monuments in the city . At the beginning of the original decumanus, starting at Piazza del Gesu' at the site of the Spire of the Immaculate Virgin, the Church of Gesu Nuovo (or Palazzo San Severino) , and the Church and Monastery of Santa Chiara and heading east, you immediately cross a street named via Costantinopoli, built along the line of the original Greek west wall of the city.
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Into the old city now, you pass the Filomarino Palace , which retains in its structure traces of the numerous renovations undergone during the centuries. The portal is by Sanfelice, and it is here that Italy's greatest modern historian and philosopher, Benedetto Croce , lived and worked. Further on, at Piazza San Domenico Maggiore is the Church of the same name. The church has been altered several times and has lost its original 14th century appearance, but it still retains the Gothic doorway and wooden door. Attached to the church was the convent which the Dominicans transformed into a center of study and culture and where Thomas Aquinas taught. Inside the church is the 13th century crucifix that tradition says spoke to Aquinas.
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Immediately after Piazza San Domenico Maggiore is the small Piazzetta Nilo . Here was the Alexandrian "Egyptian" quarter of Greek Naples and the ancient statute of the river Nile, venerated by the Alexandrians, is still to be found there. Here is where the ancient Temple to Isis probably stood. The modern street now takes the name of via S. Biagio dei Librai (book-shops); as you continue, the Palazzo Santangelo or well known Palazzo Diomede Carafa is on the right, erected by Diomede Carafa in the middle of the 15th century. It is one of the most interesting Renaissance buildings in Naples, containing elements of Florentine architecture mixed with others of Catalan derivation.
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The decumanus now crosses via San Gregorio Armeno, famous for the church of that name . It is one of the oldest in Naples, built on the site of the ancient Temple to Ceres. For centuries the street has been well known for the figurari who have their workshops here. These are the artisans who construct the small figures and models for traditional Neapolitan manger scenes at Christmas. Spaccanapoli then crosses via Duomo, just south of the Cathedral (Duomo) and finishes shortly thereafter as it passes the line of the old Greek east wall.
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