The Statue of the Nile is back and restored
Friday, 13 November 2015
From November 15, 2014 Napoli’s “body” is back . The famous statue of the god Nile, called the Body of Naples, was returned to the city after a restoration done at the expense of citizens. More than 2200 people have, in fact, participated in fundraising to restore the city’s famous statue. The celebration started with
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Music for Museums in Naples
Friday, 13 November 2015
Music for Museums in Naples, classical music concerts in the city museums “Music X Museums” comes back this year aimed at giving space to the music in the beautiful frames of ten museums in southern Italy and particularly in two Neapolitan museums, the National Archaeological Museum and the Royal Palace The initiative will run until
Excavations new opening
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Until the Sixties Rione Terra was still the lively center of the city; over the centuries the new buildings had created a stratification covering the Roman city. The underground archaeological path through the Roman excavations of Rione Terra, closed since 2009, has now been reopened, bringing to light the ancient fortress of a city that
The Jewels of the vault
Thursday, 12 November 2015
The Archaeological Museum showcases one hundred masterpieces have never been exhibited and stored from a long time in the warehouses. Statues and busts of Roman times, coming from Herculaneum, Pompeii, Cuma, Pozzuoli and Baia, now return to see the light and will be exhibited in an architectural glass and plexiglass furniture placed in the northern
Majolicas of the King
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Following the recent donation Droandi Carafa, the Museum of San Martino is displaying a selection of testimonials and personal memories of the Carafa family. The rich collection consists of fans, album of drawings, miniatures, majolica plates, but above all drawings and projects for dishes both for diplay and for service, designed and made by Pompeo
From Darkness to Light
Thursday, 05 November 2015
The halls of the Royal Palace of Quisisana in Castellammare di Stabia host the exhibition “From darkness to light.” They display artifacts from the country villas of ager stabianus and luxurious domus built on the hill of Varano, explored for the first time in the eighteenth century and finally brought to light only in 1950.In
Exhibition Pompei e l’Europa 1748-1943
Wednesday, 04 November 2015
An exhibition that evokes the history of the Vesuvian city in a constant comparison between the art and the excavations, a dialogue between archaeologists, art historians, architecture and literature, called to tell the rediscovery of Pompeii. The exhibition, placed in a wooden pyramid structure, designed by Francesco Venezia within the ‘amphitheater, evokes the history of
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Wine & Thecity 2015
Wednesday, 04 February 2015
Wine & Thecity was born in Naples in 2008 as the first “off wine fair”. Nowadays it is a moveable feast, an event widely and in motion, a review of urban creativity that reinvents itself every year. It is a collective action that networks creative minds and puts in motion the city of Naples. Actions
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Obey in Naples
Wednesday, 04 February 2015
After the great success of the exhibition of Andy Warhol, with over 45,000 visitors, the PAN | Palazzo delle Arti Napoli houses since December 6, 2014 and until February 28, 2015, Shepard Fairey, one of the most celebrated street artist Americans. Author of the most influential of the contemporary scene, Shepard Fairey, better known by
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Augustus Exhibition
Wednesday, 04 February 2015
The exhibition “Augustus in Campania. From Octavian to Divo Augustus. 14-2014 AD “, organized by the Archaeological Superintendency of Naples, funded by the Region of Campania, and in collaboration with the Superintendence of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae, has been inaugurated at the National Archeological Museum in Naples on Dec. 19 2014 and will be open
Geothermal cooking and guided tours at the Solfatara Crater in Pozzuoli
Wednesday, 04 February 2015
In a scenario composed of the typical smoke emanating from the volcano, illuminated by a fascinating light, visitors will experience a journey of culture and science, between magic and reality. The guided tour lasts about 2 hours, through bubbling mud and fumaroles. A geothermal cooking experience will be offered at the end inside the crater,