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Naples is the third largest city in Italy, located some 10 km to the south-west from Poggioreale. The capital city Rome is in 250 km to the north-west. According to the latest census, the population of Naples is about 959,500 people, making it the third largest city in Italy. Thousands of tourists visit Naples every year to see its roman catholic cathedrals and art museums and galleries.

The nearest airport Capodichino (IATA: NAP) is about 10 km away.

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1. Naples Cathedral
The Cathedral of Naples (or Duomo) is the main church of Naples, southern Italy. It is dedicated to San Gennaro (St. Januarius), the city's patron. The church houses a vial of the Saint's blood that is brought out twice a year, on the first Saturday in May and 19 September, and usually liquefies. According to legend if the blood should fail to liquefy, then something bad will happen to Naples.

2. Museo di Capodimonte
The Palace and Museum of Capodimonte Шаблон: In it is a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy, formerly the summer residence and hunting lodge of the kings of the Two Sicilies. It houses the main museum and art gallery of the city. " Capodimonte" means " top of the hill" and the palace was originally just outside the city, which has now expanded to surround it, and somewhat cooler than the city in summer.

3. Gesù Nuovo
Gesù Nuovo (Italian New Jesus) is the name of a church and a square in Naples, Italy. They are located just outside the western boundary of the historic center of the city. The existence of the square is a consequence of the expansion of the city to the west beginning in the early 1500s under the rule of Spanish viceroy Pedro Alvarez de Toledo. The square is marked by three prominent landmarks:

4. Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo (Italian: " Egg Castle" ) is a castle in the Italian city of Naples. The edifice is located on a small island, the Megarides, where colonists from Cumae founded the original nucleus of the city in the 6th century BCE. In the 1st century BCE the Roman patrician Lucius Licinius Lucullus built a magnificent villa Castellum Lucullanum on the site. Fortified by Valentinian III in the mid 5th century, it was the place where the last western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was exiled…

5. غاليريا أومبرتو الأول
Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887–1891, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples — called the risanamento (lit. " making healthy again" ) — that lasted until World War I. It was designed by Emanuele Rocco, who employed modern architectural elements reminiscent of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. The Galleria was named for Umberto I, Kin…

6. Castel Nuovo
Castel Nuovo (Italian: " New Castle" ), often called Maschio Angioino, is a castle in the city of Naples, southern Italy. It is the main symbol of the architecture of the city. Castel Nuovo has been expanded or renovated several times since it was first begun in 1279.

7. Royal Palace (Naples)
The Royal Palace is a palace in Naples, southern Italy. It is one of the four residences used by the Bourbon Kings of Naples during their rule of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies (1730-1860): one is in Caserta, another on the Capodimonte hill overlooking Naples, and the third (now the site of the agricultural department of the University of Naples) is in Portici on the slopes of Vesuvius.

8. Catacombs of San Gennaro
The Catacombs of San Gennaro are underground paleo-Christian burial and worship sites in Naples, Italy, carved out of tuff, a porous stone. They are situated in the northern part of the city, on the slope leading up to Capodimonte  & #91; it& #93; consisting of two levels, San Gennaro Superiore, and San Gennaro Inferiore. The catacombs lie under the Rione Sanità neighborhood of Naples, sometimes called the " Valley of the Dead" The site is now easily identified by the large church of Madre del…

If you have seen everything in Naples already, take a look on the outskirts of the town. If you are around, try one of the following places:

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Naples Cathedral

The Cathedral of Naples (or Duomo) is the main church of Naples,

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Museo di Capodimonte

The Palace and Museum of Capodimonte Шаблон:In it is a grand Bourb

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Gesù Nuovo

Gesù Nuovo (Italian New Jesus) is the name of a church and a square

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Castel dell'Ovo

Castel dell'Ovo (Italian: 'Egg Castle') is a castle in the Italian

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غاليريا أومبرتو الأول

Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern

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Castel Nuovo

Castel Nuovo (Italian: 'New Castle'), often called Maschio Angioino,

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Royal Palace (Naples)

The Royal Palace is a palace in Naples, southern Italy. It is one of

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Catacombs of San Gennaro

The Catacombs of San Gennaro are underground paleo-Christian burial

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Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus

The Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus are underground paleo-Christian

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San Domenico Maggiore

San Domenico Maggiore is a church in Naples, southern Italy, located

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Naples National Archaeological Museum

The Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico

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Macellum of Naples

The Macellum of Naples was the macellum or market building of the

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Piazza Dante (Naples)

Piazza Dante is a large public square in Naples, Italy, named for the

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Secret Museum, Naples

The term Secret Museum or Secret Cabinet (Gabinetto Segreto)

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UNA Hotel Napoli

starting $182

B&B Hotel Napoli

starting $96

Hotel Nuovo Rebecchino

starting $61

Hotel Garibaldi

starting $93

Centro Antico Bed and Breakfast

starting $81

Napoli Garibaldi Square

starting $73

Bed & Breakfast Napoli Centrale

starting $42

Bed & Breakfast Il Golfo

starting $70

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