Spacious and green: this is the first impression of the rectangular Piazza del Municipio (Town Hall Square). From here, you look at Vesuvius in the background, like in a painting.
Part and parcel of this beautiful square are the Town Hall (now the seat of the Municipal Administration), constructed in the period 800 to house the ministries of the Bourbons, the Church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, the Teatro Mercadante, the Castel Nuovo and the Porto. The importance of the Town Hall Square is that it is a link between the west and east of the city, is the main gateway to the city of Naples from the sea.