In Naples, a graduation is never a private affair: it's a neighbourhood celebration. Here's how to choose an original...
The strongest card on the green table becomes, in Naples, the most elegant way to say who really calls the shots....
Born poor in Terra di Lavoro, Michelina Di Cesare chose the maquis and the rifle against a newly united Italy. A...
When the air turns crisp, in Naples people don't just reach for a hoodie: they reach for a piece of identity. Here's...
The City Council has allocated €50 million for the redevelopment of the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, ahead of...
At the fifth edition of Pizza Maxima, the Oscars of Italian pizza, Franco Pepe confirms his title as Best Pizzeria in...
When the means are few, so is the result. Let's discover the most realistic Neapolitan saying there is.
One word, ‘scugnizzo’ (Neapolitan street kid), and it holds the whole of Naples inside it. We tell you how the year's...
At the market, at the counter, in the family: there's always someone who complains and gets more. It's the sharp...
Who San Gennaro was, the miracle of the blood that liquefies, and the feast on 19 September. Plus that close,...
The Materdei quarter is rich in history and places tied to Neapolitan tradition; the name comes from the church of Santa Maria Materdei (St Mary Mother of God), of Renaissance origin. The newer part belongs to the Avvocata quarter, while the older section, ending at Via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi, belongs to the Stella quarter.
The monastery of Sant’Eframo Nuovo is also known as the monastery of the Immaculate Conception at Fonseca (Immacolata Concezione a Fonseca), and it is a monumental building in Naples located in the Materdei district, more precisely on Via Matteo Renato Imbriani. The history of this building is a very troubled one: no one could ever imagine, in fact, what it houses today.
The Sacred Temple of Scorziata, also known as the church of the Presentation of Mary at the Temple of Scorziata, is located in the historic centre of Naples, in vico Cinquesanti. The conservatory, with its adjoining church, was founded in 1579 by three Neapolitan noblewomen: Giovanna Scorziata and Lucia and Agata Paparo.
The Sferisterio of Fuorigrotta is an enormous structure that many will surely remember with a smile. Today it is nothing more than a heap of rubbish, but it was once used for Basque pelota sporting competitions in Naples. It stands along Via Fuorigrotta, on the right-hand side, shortly before entering the Laziale tunnel.
This is a genuine necropolis whose labyrinthine tunnels stretch out beneath the Rione Sanità (Sanità district). It seems incredible that one of the most colourful, noisy and lively places in the whole city should conceal, beneath its very pavement, such a macabre and extraordinary reality.
This year it turns a remarkable 795 years old, making it the oldest secular, state-run university in the world. This, too, like many other records, is a distinctly Neapolitan achievement, since we’re talking about the University of Naples “Federico II”.
San Gennaro is important to the people of Naples, but so is Santa Patrizia, whose blood liquefies just like that of the patron saint of Naples(...)
Christmas has now arrived and every Neapolitan knows that, during this period, there are areas of the city that become almost impassable: one of these is certainly San Gregorio Armeno, the famous street in the historic centre that, during the Christmas period, is literally besieged by tourists and locals alike(...)
A famous proverb says "paese che vai, usanza che trovi" (when in a new place, follow its customs): in the case of Italy, we could adapt it to "region che vai, usanza che trovi", especially where Christmas traditions are concerned(...)
In Naples, the day of the Befana is deeply felt: the city dresses up for the arrival of the famous old woman who, on the night between the 5th and 6th of January, fills the stockings of the well-behaved with sweets and treats... leaving, for the naughtier and more capricious ones, only coal and onions.
