This world-class museum houses the Farnese collection of
antiquities from Lazio and Campania and the incredible treasures of
Pompeii and Herculaneum. Notable among these collections are...
The Chapel of San Gennaro is accessed from the south aisle of
the Cathedral of Naples. This 13th-century Gothic building is
dedicated to the patron saint of the city. Tradition tells the
story of...
This museum occupies a restored 18th-century palace perched on
the city's hills, and its artworks are arranged by collections and
not chronology. The Farnese and Bourbon rulers amassed...
In the year 79 AD Mount Vesuvius' fiery temper erupted in
volcanic lava, burying the Roman city of Pompeii. The most
evocative testimony to its victims is the 'frozen people', plaster
casts of the...
The well-preserved Greek temples of Paestum are arguably the
best of their kind in the world, easily rivalling those of Sicily
and Athens. The city was founded by its Greek colonists in the...
Capri's beauty captured the imagination of the Roman Emperor
Augustus in 29 BC, and continues to draw admiring crowds to its
picturesque banks. Ferries and hydrofoils transport travellers...
For anyone with even the smallest interest in human history, the
Sassi de Matera - located in the region of Basilicata, about 156
miles (250km) east of Naples - are a stone-cold must-see...
An emblematic tourist attraction, the Blue Grotto (Grotta
Azzurra) is reason enough for any visitor to Naples to make the
short trip across to the island of Capri. A world-famous sea cave,
the...
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