The heart of Napoli is actually the its historic centre, whih was declared by UNESCO as a Cultural Heritage. Naples’s old city is represented by mysterios churches, catacombs, caves, mysterious churches. During the walk through the great metropola visitors can also “admire” the fluttering laundry and the shoutig fish sellers like in the old movies.
The churches were build in the Baroque style like the palazzi of the aristocratic families. San Gennaro Cathedral is the most famous church in Naples. Each year takes places the Miracle Blood ceremony. San Lorenzo Maggiore and San Domenico Maggiore are two Gothic churches worth to be visited.
The garden of the Santa Chiara Convent with its columns, little benches, and walls that are wainscoted with beautiful colourful majolica is a wonderful place in Napoli. Under the city, which stands on tufa, is a labyrinth of caves some 80 km long. The gate to the underworld is tucked away at the Piazza San Gaetano.
The National Archaeological Museum is Europe’s most important and largest archaeological museum. Here, you can see most of the findings from Pompeii. Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte sits in an idyllic park on a hill overlooking Napoli and it contains one of Italy’s finest painting collections. National Museum of San Martino is in the large monastery complex St. Martin's Charterhouse, that includes a church, a charterhouse, beautiful monastery yards and a terraced garden, from which the visitor has a breathtaking view on the Gulf of Napoli.
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