There's always that moment when you need to buy a gift, and the budget says one thing while your heart says another....
A friend sees you tense and gives you a "Stai sciuoto!" (stay loose!) with a pat on the shoulder. In those two words...
The longest guide of the year to get your gift right: ideas sorted by recipient and budget, with Neapolitan spirit...
Bourbon lilies and De Crescenzo's little red horse: the story of the symbols of the Regno delle Due Sicilie and of a...
There's a noise in the old house, an object that disappears and then reappears, a coin found on the floor. In Naples...
Sizes, fabrics and prints explained plainly, with the honesty of someone who really wears 'a maglietta' (Neapolitan...
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...
It's a leavened baked dessert, originally from Poland, as mentioned, and called babka ponczowa. Later, French pastry chefs gave it the name baba, which was, finally, transformed by Neapolitans into "babà"(...)
Lingua di Procida is a Neapolitan pastry originally from Procida, often found in the best pastry shops in Naples too.
“Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi” (Christmas with your family, Easter with whoever you like) says the proverb – though in Naples this simply doesn't hold true. Easter, in fact, like any self-respecting festivity, is marked by historic rites and traditions, and must be spent strictly with the family.
An artery linking Agnano, and therefore Pozzuoli, to Fuorigrotta, Soccavo and Vomero, travelled every day by an endless number of people heading to work, school or the nearby University of Monte Sant'Angelo: we're talking about Via Terracina, a road that, until not so long ago, wasn't even "split" by the compulsory junction now found on Via Cinthia, and which hides ancient stories
We saw it with the ancient Thermal Complex located in Fuorigrotta, on Via Terracina, and we realise it again in Pozzuoli, where the marvellous Flavian Amphitheatre stands, second in capacity only to the Colosseum and the Campanian Amphitheatre of Capua, thanks to a cavea that could hold up to 40,000 spectators(...)
Work on the “Palatinum Castrium” began in 1329 and was completed, under the reign of Joan of Anjou, in 1343, thanks to designs first drawn up by Tino da Caimano, the Tuscan architect who also designed the well-known Certosa di San Martino (Charterhouse of San Martino), and, after his death, by Attanasio Primario and Francesco di Vico(...)
The project, entrusted to the innovative and skilled hands of Luigi Vanvitelli, called for, besides the construction of the Royal Palace itself, the completion of an aqueduct (today’s Carolino Aqueduct), a park, the redevelopment of the surrounding urban area and the building of a grand avenue leading all the way to the city of Naples (this last part was only partly carried out).
Villa Floridiana is a site of historic and artistic interest in Naples. The complex was once part of the buildings used by the Bourbon royals and, since 1927, has also housed the Duca di Martina National Ceramics Museum.
Of the three islands in the Campania archipelago, Capri is the most fascinating, drawing huge numbers of tourists and, above all, famous faces. For first-time visitors, there are certain things you simply must do and see.
For some time now, however, there has been a non-profit association dedicated to defending and protecting true Neapolitan pizza around the world, made according to the ancient traditions and customs of Naples: the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana(...)
