 Introduzione
Come Si Arriva By Plane
Naples Capodichino Airport offers connections to all Italian cities and major European destinations with traditional or low-cost airline companies. From the airport the “Alibus” shuttle service takes you directly to the port of Naples “Molo Beverello”. The nearest Intercontinental Airport is Rome's Fiumicino, with the possibility of getting to Naples by air besides the train.
By Train
The Central Station of Naples is well connected to all of Italy. For times consult the Trenitalia site. When you reach the station you must continue by taxi or bus to Beverello Wharf or take metro Line 2 up to Mergellina, for boarding.
By Sea
Many hydrofoils and ferries leave from Naples to three ports in Ischia; some make a stop at the island of Procida. In Naples there are two ports for departures: from Beverello Wharf depart the ferries and hydrofoils to Ischia Porto, Forio and Casamicciola and from Naples Mergellina hydrofoils leave for Ischia Porto and Forio. Companies in charge of providing these services are: Caremar, Alilauro and Snav.
By Car
By car, when you reach the motorway exit, you should take the Naples ring road and proceed towards Pozzuoli until you reach the Via Campana junction. Then follow the signs for the port of Pozzuoli (departures for Pozzuoli and Caremar ferries), or else carry on down the motorway to the “Scali Marittimi” exit and follow the signs for Beverello quay (departures for Lauro and Caremar ferries and Lauro and Caremar hydrofoils).
History and Culture
Puteoli was the great emporium for the Alexandrian grain ships, and other ships from all over the Roman world. It also was the main hub for goods exported from Campania, including blown glass, mosaics, wrought iron, and marble. The Roman naval base at nearby Misenum housed the largest naval fleet in the ancient world. The apostle Paul landed here on his way to Rome, from which it was 170 miles distant. Here stayed for seven days (Acts 28:13, 14) then began his journey by the Appian Way to Rome.
Puteoli was the location for a spectacular stunt (in 37 AD) by the eccentric Caligula, who on becoming Emperor ordered a temporary floating bridge to be built using ships as pontoons, stretching for over two miles from the town to the famous neighboring resort of Baiae, across which he proceeded to ride his horse, in defiance of an astrologer's prediction that he had "no more chance of becoming Emperor than of riding a horse across the Gulf of Baiae.
Saint Proculus (San Procolo) was martyred here with his companions in the fourth century, and is the city's patron saint. The seven eagle heads on the coat-of-arms for the town of Pozzuoli are said to represent seven of these martyrs.
Chiese e Musei
The Cathedral of San Procolo incorporates several columns of the ancient Temple of Augustus.
Antiquariam
In the last ordering the Flegreo Antiquarian contained numerous sculptures, coming from registrations, marbles from the Amphitheater of Pozzuoli and the outskirtses. The materials e' be deposited near the National Museum of Naples as a result of intensifying itself of the bradisismo.
Historical buildings and monuments
Amphitheatrum Flavium, the third in size in Italy after the Colosseum and the Capuan amphitheatre. It was built probably by the same architects who designed the Colosseum, slightly later of the latter, during the reigns of Vespasianus and Titus. It could contain up to 20,000 spectators. In the subterraneans are remains of the cogs used to raise the cages housing the wild animals for the spectacles. The structure has elliptic plan, measuring 147 x 117 meters. The area proper measures 72.22 x 42.33 m.
The Macellum or Temple of Serapis
Among the temple ruins, the most important are those of the Temple of Serapis, which was at once a temple and an establishment of therapeutic baths; there remain the cella and many of its columns, also sixteen bath-rooms for baths in the mineral water that flows near by.
It is considered as the city's symbol. The name derives from the finding of a statue of the god Serapis in 1750. It includes three majestic columns in cipolin marble, which show erosion from mollusc when the soil's level was lower that in current times.
Baia: Historic Village
Baia is a small inlet fishing village created by a volcanic eruption. Its approx 10 mins by car from Bacoli, or 30mins from Pozzuoli. This whole area is positively oozing history. Most of the houses are built into, or unfortunately on top of ruins.
Places of Interests
500m/550yd north of the tomb of Pergolesi, on the sea, is the so-called Serapeum, an ancient market (macellum), which preserves some columns of its colonnade. Southwest of the Serapeum are baths. In the harbor to the northwest remains of a temple with 14 columns and a sculptor's workshop were discovered on the sea-bed.
Solfatara
It is a shallow volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near Naples, and is part of the Campi Flegrei volcanic area. It is a dormant volcano, which still emits jets of steam with sulphurous fumes.
Sanctuary of San Gennaro (St. Januarius)
It is one of the two places in which the alleged miracle of the liquefaction of the saint's blood occurs, together with the Cathedral of Naples.
Lake Averno
The name is derived from Greek, and means “Without Birds”, referring to the absence of birds due to the sulfur gas that sprung from it. Nearby are the Temple of Apollo, the Grotto of the Cumaean Sibyl and Cocceiu's Grotto, a gallery carved by the Romans to connect Lucrino to Cumae. The latter was damaged during World War II and is no more visitable.
Lake Lucrino
This lake is in the Omonymous Frazione, not far from the former. It was also considered an infernal place, due to similar volcanic phenomena. It was a renowned resort in Roman times, including the villa of Cicero, which later held the remains of emperor Hadrian after his death. It is also cited in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia (ix, 25) as the home of a dolphin who had made friends with a child. According to Pliny, when the child fell ill and died, the dolphin died of broken heart also. The tale is considered the first known Urban legend.
Eventi
November 16 is celebrated as the official feast day for Saint Proculus. St. Proculus was affectionately nicknamed 'u pisciasotto ("the pants-pisser") because November 16 was often a day of rain. The townspeople also celebrated his feast on the second Sunday in May.
Festa di San Gennaro - May, September, December
On the first Sunday in May, on 19 September and on 16 December each year, thousands gather in the Duomo for the Festa di San Gennaro to pray that the saint's blood, held in two phials, will liquefy: a miracle said to save the city from potential disasters.
Maggio dei Monumenti - May
Other important festivals include Maggio dei Monumenti, the city's premier cultural event. Occurring every May, it offers a month-long menu of exhibitions, concerts, dance performances, guided tours and much more.
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