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In its 2,500-year history, Naples has witnessed numerous wars, revolutions, natural disasters and invasions. Over the past couple of months, however, Neapolitans experienced something almost entirely new: silence. Italy was the first European country to institute a strict nationwide lockdown to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. In the souther...

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The Royal Woods of Capodimonte is the largest public park in the city of Naples. It has an extension of 134 hectares with about 400 plant entities classifiable in 108 families and 274 genera. The woodland belongs to a hunting lodge that in 1738 became the Royal Palace of Capodimonte, today completely dedicated to the role of Museum. It occupies the...

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Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Religious Ministries Department conducted a food drive to help provide much needed assistance to members of the local Italian community.  While Italy has moved into the second phase of its response to COVID-19, many of its citizens are still feeling the financial strain caused by the pandemic. For many local Ital...

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Caprettone wine, tagged today as Vesuvio Caprettone DOP, takes its name from the homonymous vine. This autochthonous clone naturally selected in a winery located between the municipalities of Torre del Greco and Trecase, was the vine historically grown on the slopes of Vesuvius. History of Caprettone The name Caprettone refers to a nickname given t...

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From the frescoes of Pompeii to the art installation by Gian Maria Tosatti at the Madre Museum. From the ancient catacombs to the masterpieces of the Baroque era. The beauties of Naples are available on your screens thanks to this project realized by Google Arts and Culture in collaboration with the main Italian Museums and Cultural Institutions an...

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When you think of Italy’s most memorable dishes, its beloved pizza will most likely be among your top five, if not top three, favourites. It’s an ultimate comfort food that has become an ever-growing obsession around the world. But what is it that makes pizza from Italy so special, and where do you find the very best? Like so many of the country’s...

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A light in the shadow of Vesuvius. Zero new infections and zero deaths of people with coronavirus in 24 hours in Naples. This is what is reported in the daily report of the municipality of Naples (Napoli) updated at 11 am today, Monday 20 April. Therefore, the number of positive cases of coronavirus altogether registered in Naples city since the b...

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JUST SOUTH OF THE COAST of Posillipo, one of the most famous quarters of Naples, what looks like a pair of small islands turns out to be just one, with the two huge rocks connected by very a thin stone arch. Seen from the sea it’s a wonderfully odd sight, and yet this bizarre bridge is not the only unusual thing about Gaiola Island.  The cursed fam...

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What is typically the busiest time of year in Italy has arrived: Easter weekend, when Italian families travel across the peninsula to see friends and relatives and take in the country’s treasures. Capodimonte is always bustling at Easter. Last year, lines stretched throughout the palace courtyard for the museum’s Caravaggio exhibition. This year, C...

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Angelo Picone lowers a wicker basket full of food to the ground on a rope, leaning over his rustic balcony, verdant with pot plants.“If you can, put something in. If you can’t, take something out,” Picone, a Naples street artist, merrily hollers to bemused passersby in the alleyway below. Picone’s simple message is resonating in a country trying to...

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