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ITINERARY 2 THE OLD CITY

Aristotle, one of the most famous Greek philosophers, said : "the harmony is in the contrast..." and Naples well represents this idea through its "decumani", Superior, Inferior and Major. The "decumani" bring the tourists from the Greek and the Roman town to the Medieval one, then towards the Renaissance to the unification of Italy. The "Decumani" are 3 broad straight-roads according to the plan of Ippodamo from Mileto. They run from east to west and are cut perpendicularly by 20 smaller roads called "cardines". Where the "decumani" and the "cardines" meet each other, the "insulas", part of town, rich of private noble and public sacred buildings, are. It determined the privation of the spaces between nobility and clergy.

- Decumano Maggiore : Church of the Gerolomini.
- Pio Monte Misericordia : Church of Pio Monte della Misericordia with the masterpiece by Caravaggio - Art gallery.
- S. Gregorio Armeno : with the Church and the cloister.
- S. Lorenzo Maggiore : The Church of San Lorenzo Maggiore and the archaeological excavations.
- S. Pietro a Maiella : The gothic church.
- Chiesa del Gesù : strongly characterized by the baroque style.
- Piazza del Gesù : where the Decumanus begins.
- Santa Chiara : the church and the majolica tiled cloister.
- Guglia di S. Domenico : the spire of S. Domenico was erected in 1657 as votive offering after the 1656 plague.
- Cappella San Severo : alchemy and magic of the Prince.
- S. Angelo al Nilo : with the sign of Donatello.
- Duomo : the religion through two thousand years.

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