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...
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.
