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Things to do near Country of Naples Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Welcome to the Country of Naples, one of the most popular vacation destination in Italy. If you’are planning to visit the Country of Naples for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed. Travelers will appreciate this italian province with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details near Country of Naples. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

Naples - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa del Gesù Nuovo

The church of Gesù Nuovo, also known as the church of the Greater Trinity, is located in the square of the same name, one of the most important in Naples, and is an unmissable destination for those visiting Naples. The church is one of the largest and best known in the city, characterized by the presence of a high marble spire, Obelisk of the Immaculate, which houses works of Baroque painting and sculpture, some of the most influential artists of the well-known Neapolitan school stand out. Inside you can admire ten seventeenth-century chapels and wonderful frescoed ceilings.

Naples - Museums

Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro

The Treasure Museum of San Gennaro is located next to the Duomo and the Treasure Chapel in Naples. It is estimated that the value of the treasure of St. Gennaro is richer than that of the crown of England of Queen Elizabeth II and the Czars of Russia. The museum was inaugurated in 2003 thanks to a project funded by private companies, local institutions and European funds. The wonders exhibited in the Treasure Museum of San Gennaro demonstrate the extraordinary nature of the Neapolitan sculptors and silversmiths who were able to reconcile technical wisdom and creativity.

Pozzuoli - Parks and nature reserves

Oasi Cratere degli Astroni

It is a nature reserve that is located in the area of the Campi Flegraean and is considered the best preserved in its structure. On this crater, which is currently managed by WWF Italy, we can admire a wide variety of animal species among which stands out the tobacco darker, the grey heron, the oak mouse and many others. The flora is also rich in species such as red oak, the poplar of Canada and many other species unique in their kind.

Sorrento - Museums

Museo "Correale di Terranova"

The Correale Museum of Terranova has been located in the Correale gentilizia residence of Terranova since 1924. It was open to the public since 1989 and contains 17th century furniture and paintings by great artists such as those of Artemisia Gentileschi and Alfonso Rodriguez, which belong to the period from the 15th to 19th century. century. All the works are exhibited in 23 different rooms. Among the works are figures dedicated to the founders of the museum and also archaeological collections.

Castellammare di Stabia - Archaeological Sites

Scavi Archeologici

The Archaeological Excavations of Castellammare di Stabia have brought to light several villas and residential buildings as well as residential districts of the ancient city of Stabiae. The origins of the city date back to the 7th century BC and from historical materials it appears to have been destroyed by Silla and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The remains were found on the edge of the Poggio di Varano of several villas, including that of San Marco and Villa Arianna which is the oldest.

Naples - Churches and places of worship

Basilica dell'Incoronata Madre del Buon Consiglio

The Basilica Dell' Incoronata Madre Del Buon Consiglio is one of the best points to gain spiritual interests. It is known for its colossal church with peculiar paintings, stories about end of cholera in the area and the volcanic ash that resulted into torrential rain that destroyed lives of people and plants. It is also important for one to take note of the Sister Maria di Geshu who did note stay to see the church grow has her traces at the point.

Capri - Churches and places of worship

Certosa di San Giacomo

Count Giacomo Arcucci of Capri, a secretary to Jeanne I of Anjou, found a spot enclosed by walls in a small south facing coastal valley called Sama or Lama where he laid the charterhouse foundation. It dates back to 1371 and it is believed that it was built on remains of previous sixth Villa of Tiberius and Roman buildings. Today its home to a museum holding a number of large statues from the Roman age. This statues were recovered from the sea floor of Grotta Azzurra cave in 1964.

Capri - Museums

Villa San Michele

The museum house of a famous physician from Sweden known as Axel Munthe, Villa San Michele is the perfect Mediterranean island retreat. It’s filled with white colonnades open clear to blue skies, rooms adorned with a fascinating collection of archeological findings and antiques from diverse periods in history. It was built at the turn of the 20th century on the grounds of one of Tiberius’s ancient villas. The villa and its surrounding grounds sit on top of the so called Phoenician steps built by first Greek settlers between Anacapri and Capri.

Naples - Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Como

Palazzo Como was built in 400. At its origins, the palace in 1292, was owned by the vicar of Charles II of Anjou, Riccardo Como d'Albignano. In 1454 it was enlarged by Giovanni and Fabio Como. Next to the building, a garden was purchased and the Aragonese coat of arms was added by the Como, for gratitude and recognition. Today it is home to the Gaetano Filangieri Civic Museum. Inside there are paintings, sculptures, relevant collections of art and, moreover, weapons, majolica, porcelain, books, archival documents.

Pozzuoli - Archaeological Sites

Necropoli Romana

It is a very important monument for the large number of tombs. The buildings were built in the ancient gates of Pozzuoli at different ages and from ancient times they have been transformed into Christian cemeteries. Some of these buildings today are used as cellars or olive trees for sheep and goats. The presence of the numerous semicircular cavities is explained by the fact that the pagans used cremation for the dead. Some tombs still have the interior decoration intact, but almost all the tombs over time have been tampered with or subject to theft.

Lacco Ameno - Parks and nature reserves

Giardini Botanici Termali Negombo

The Negombo Botanical Thermal Gardens were created by Duke Luigi Silvestro Camerini who settled himself to Ischia in 1946. The Garden was designed by Ermanno Casasco and houses plants from Brazil, Australia, Japan and South Africa. There are also contemporary artistic works such as Arnaldo Pomodoro's “The Arch in Heaven”. The Spa hosts the waters that flow at a temperature of 40 °C, particularly indicated in the treatment of osteo-articular diseases.

Anacapri - Walls, towers and gates

Torre Damecuta

The Damecuta Tower is located 150 m above sea level and was initially built to protect the city from attacks by Saracen pirates. The construction has always been surrounded by an enormous amount of vegetation and shrubs typical of coastal areas. In addition, the latter is also part of the homonymous Villa. It is a typical beauty and characteristic not to be missed for those who are passionate about antiquities and pirate stories, being also in excellent condition.

Naples - Castles, palaces and mansions

Reggia di Portici

The Royal Palace of Portici was built between 1738 and 1742, at the behest of Charles III of Bourbon. The palace also became the seat of the Herculanense Museum, where the finds of Herculaneum are located, today kept in the National Archaeological Museum. The structure consists of two wings that connect from a large courtyard. In the building there are also many decorations, mosaics and columns, which were found during the excavations of Herculaneum.

Capri - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di Castiglione

The Castiglione Castle was probably built between the 10th and 11th centuries on the homonymous hill. It was renovated in the twelfth century by the will of Charles of Anjou, thus becoming a directorial property. The structure is composed of a quadrangular plan with forced and crenellated walls and its edged nougats. At the center of the fortress there was also a chapel dedicated to the Madonna della Libera. Since 1952 the Castle was destined for public homes, after the restoration carried out by Duke Roberto Caracciolo.

Castellammare di Stabia - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello Angioino

The Angevin Castle was built around the tenth century at the behest of the Duke of Sorrento. Some historians, however, also attribute the construction to Charles I of Anjou from whom it takes its name. In the following centuries it had several renovations becoming also the seat of the garrison of mercenary soldiers. Within its walls there was the cathedral that housed the bishops of the diocese. The structure consists of powerful walls with towers and towers joined together through a wall with relative side openings.

Naples - Churches and places of worship

Trinità degli Spagnoli

The Church of the Holy Trinity of the Spaniards of Naples, was established in 1573. Thanks to the Trinitarian fathers, it underwent the first renovations and renewals, which were completed in 1788. In addition, the interior was also restored and expanded with decorations. In the French decade, the church was deprived of all its works and furnishings. The only survivor of the depredations was the seventeenth-century painting that portrays the Most Holy Trinity with Our Lady of the Remedy.

Naples - Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Colonna di Stigliano

This building is located in the heart of the city of Naples. It was built at the end of the 16th century by Giovanni Zevallos. At the end of the 19th century, the building was purchased by the Banca Commerciale Italiana. The renovation was done by the architect Platania, and since 1898 the building continues to act as a bank office. The building and the original courtyard are built in Art Nouveau style. Of great interest, is the staircase of honor, where the neoclassical decorations of the great painters are located.

Naples - Archaeological Sites

Terme di Agnano

The Terme di Agnano, are dating back to Greek times, but the ruins that we still find today, are purely Roman. Towards the end of the 19th century, the entire area was reconsidered, reevaluating the ancient sulphurous springs and those of therapeutic waters. In 1911 they were opened to the public. Over the years the structure has undergone various restorations and modifications, which have brought to light archaeological remains of the ancient Roman baths.

Nola - Museums

Museo Storico Archeologico di Nola

The Historical Archaeological Museum of Nola is located in the building where the Canossian Convent was first located. After the restoration, carried out at the behest by the Municipal Administration, an exhibition path of the ancient city of Nola was integrated. The staging takes place in five times, from the origins: 8th — 7th century BC until the rule of Rome in Ancient Campania. A special room is dedicated to prehistory that documents the inhabitants of the Bronze Age buried by the Vesuvian eruption.

Acerra - Museums

Museo della Maschera, del Folklore e della Civiltà Contadina

The Museum of Mask, Folklore and Peasant Civilization is located in the old castle, owned by the feudal lords of the city. In the halls you can see the tools of agricultural work, the domestic environments of the houses and also the methods used by farmers while cooking food and working bread. A room is dedicated to ancient Liburia, which created the history of origin of the mask of Pulcinella. The building also contains a library and video library, 12 exhibition rooms, kitchens and the Monument to Pulcinella by Gennaro d'Angelo.

Naples - Museums

Museo D. A. Pignatelli Cortes e Museo delle Carrozze

The Pignatelli villa was erected in 1826. In 1952, Princess Rosina Pignatelli donated to the Italian State the villa and her art collection, provided that the museum that would have founded bears the name of her husband, Diego Aragona Pignatelli. The villa, inside it also houses the Museum of Carriages, with an interesting collection of Italian and French carriages dating from the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the '900.

Naples - Museums

Museo dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte

The Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory was established in 1812 at the behest of King Joachim Murat. In the same structure there is also the headquarters of the Astronomical Museum of Capodimonte, which is composed of three important cores: the Museum of Astronomical Instruments, which contains a collection of dated instruments from the '800 to '900; the Bamberg Pavilion, dedicated to the precise measurement of time; the Repsold Pavilion, with the equatorial refracting telescope that is the emblem of the Naples Observatory.

Naples - Museums

Museo Civico Gaetano Filangeri

The Gaetano Filangieri Civic Museum in Naples preserves a collection with more than 3,000 objects, offering a great vision of the Neapolitan artistic scene. In addition, the Museum houses a large collection of applied arts, paintings and sculptures dating from the 15th to the 19th century, a library and a historical archive of about 30,000 volumes from the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries. You can also admire the collection of paintings from the seventeenth century, by the greatest Neapolitan artists.

Naples - Museums

Museo di Paleobotanica ed Etnobotanica dell'Orto Botanico

The Museum of Paleobotanica and Ethnobotany of Naples is located in the Castle, a building dating from the 16th to 17th century. The two sections of the museum are: the Paleobotanic and the Ethnobotanical one. In the first section, the Paleobotanic one, fossil finds are collected that demonstrate the evolution of terrestrial plants from the Silurian, 400 million years ago to the present day. The ethnobotany section, on the other hand, exposes collections of objects in plant material from Mexico, the Amazon, Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines.

Naples - Museums

Museo di Paleontologia

The Museum of Paleontology was founded in 1932 and is located at the “Center of Museums Natural Sciences” of the Federico II University of Naples. The museum offers the public various collections: fossil fish from Giffoni Vallepiana, Pietraroia and Castellammare di Stabia, of mammals and marine and flying reptiles. Since 1996, the museum has been enriched with a fossil specimen of Allosaurus fragilis from North America, in excellent state of preservation.

Naples - Museums

Museo Storico Musicale

The Historical Musical Museum of Naples is located in the library of the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella. In the museum are kept ancient and precious instruments such as Stradivari's harpetta, or the splendid strings, the keyboard instruments, among them the precious fortepiano, the harpsichord of Catherine II of Russia, the pianos by Mercadante and Thalberg. Of particular interest is the very rare collection of autograph manuscripts, musical editions of the 16th century and opera librettos belonging to the Library.

Naples - Museums

Museo Nazionale della Ceramica Duca di Martina

The Duke of Martina Museum since 1927 has been located in the Villa Floridiana in Naples. The Museum houses over 6000 works of Western and Eastern manufacturing, dating back to the period from the 12th to the 19th century. It is one of the largest collections of decorative arts, and divided over three floors, the section of oriental art objects has recently been opened, including the fine collection of Chinese porcelain dating back to the Ming and Qing times.

Bacoli - Castles, palaces and mansions

Baia - Castello di Baia

The Aragonese Castle was built by Alfonso of Aragon at the end of the fifteenth century for the defense of the Gulf of Pozzuoli from the Moors. The building consists of a series of fortifications linked together. The castle has a strategic position that allows for a wide view that prevented the enemies from approaching. The castle of Baia is home to the Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields for its dominant position compared to the archaeological sites of the Phlegraean Campi.

Striano - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa matrice di Striano - Parrocchia di San Giovanni Battista

The mother church of San Giovanni Battista is the main place of parish Catholic worship of Striano in the province of Naples in the Diocese of Nocera Inferior-Sarno. Home to the master parish located in the central Piazza IV Novembre, represents the historical and religious heart of the city. The establishment of the Church of San Giovanni dates back to the Middle Ages. The bubble of the Archbishop of Salerno Alfano I of 1066 shows the boundaries of the Diocese of Sarno and the Municipalities that are under his jurisdiction including Striano.

Striano - Walls, towers and gates

Porta Civica di San Nicola

Owned by the Municipality of Striano and bound by law 1/6/1939 n.1089, the Arch of San Nicola is located in Via Palma and is the only surviving door of the city walls that enclosed the ancient village. The latter dates back to the Middle Ages and is presented with isolated masonry mixed with Sarno stone and Vesuvian stone base, about 8.50 meters high, including battlements, with round arch passage approx. 4.20 meters wide. It was erected in the second half of the fifteenth century under the Orsini, Counts of Nola, when the village was surrounded by walls and equipped with two access doors.
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