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Axel Munthe (Letters from a Mourning City)
Axel Munthe (1857-1949), Swedish physician and psychiatrist, is best known as the author of
The Story of San Michele
, an autobiographical account of his work and life, ...
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Piazza Mercato & the Church of Santa Croce
For many centuries, Naples remained within the walls of the ancient city, referred to today as the “historic center”. The first significant expansion came under the Angevin ...
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Porta San Gennaro
I don't know the last time that walls, gates and drawbridges actually protected the city of Naples-maybe the early 1700s. Actually, the only drawbridge I know of in Naples ...
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The Legend of Palazzo Penne
Many of the buildings that you see in the historic center of Naples along
via dei Tribunali
or
Spaccanapoli
are from the 1500s and 1600s, built at a time when ...
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Naples Miscellany 18
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"Waiter, we’ve been waiting for 2,000 years! Is our table ready, yet?"
Yes, finally! Vetutius Placidus’ thermopolium in Pompeii has been totally restored ...
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Boston Legal, and the "other" Queen Caroline
This one just fell on me from deep space-Deep Space Nine, really. I was watching a rerun of that TV program the other day, and as the credits ran I was reminded of something ...
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The Palm Tree Pest in Naples
If there is an iconic tree for Naples, it is the Mediterranean Pine, the Aleppo Pine Tree (Pinus halepensis). It is on millions of postcards of Naples, and, though many of ...
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The Trianon Theater
The Trianon Theater has been attached by creditors. The rough road continues for this venue originally opened a century ago to showcase local playwrights, actors and musicians. ...
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The Quarantore Devotion in Baroque Naples
Altars produced during the Baroque in Italy were often quite elaborate, and the ones produced in Naples were particularly so, especially those used during the
Quarant’Ore
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The Wizard of Oz & Mt. Vesuvius
L. (Lyman) Frank Baum (1856-1919) was born in Chittenango, New York. He became a prolific and popular author of over 50 books for children as well as dozens of short stories ...
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