Un giorno in Napoli

View of the Bay of Naples
(from the 30th floor of the Ambassador Hotel)

A photo-essay: twenty-four hours in Napoli....

Buon giorno...

Mosaic on the floor of the Galleria Umberto

Galleria Umberto

Side streets of the Spanish Quarter

The opera tonight: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'

Napolitani

Gambrinus, the cafe where 'O sole mio was composed

Piazza del Plebiscito (with Pantheon lookalike)

View of Vesuvio

The Royal Palace

Vesuvio and the Bay of Naples

Memorial to al soldati

Santa Lucia

Buena sera....

Neapolitan pizza in Santa Lucia

Maestro Giovanni Fummo

Capodimonte Museum:

The museum houses the collections Farnese and Bourbon which are the main parts of the museum of Capodimonte. The origin of the Farnese collection must be political action and the cultural choices of Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), who, even before he became pope under the name of Paul III, he had cultivated the interest in collecting art and antiques.

Museo Capodimonte

Museo Capodimonte

And to finish a day in Napoli, of course a visit to the newly-restored Teatro San Carlo to hear a rousing Neapolitan version of Verdi's 'Rigoletto'.

Teatro San Carlo, the oldest Opera House in Italy

The boxes of Teatro San Carlo

Buona notte di Napoli....