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Naples a Travellers Companion
Taschenbuch von Desmond Seward
Sprache: Englisch

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An indispensable companion for the modern traveller who wishes to discover and relive the drama, history and life of Naples, a vibrant city full of contrasts

Many Italian cities look back with pride to the days when they were independent republics; Naples, on the contrary, remembers its days as a royal capital, the brilliant administrative and political centre of The Kingdom of The Two Sicilies. Once 'the third city of Europe', today it is something of a hidden gem amongst the continent's great cities. The same bustling lively atmosphere and magnificent buildings that one finds in Paris or London exist here.

This topographical anthology brings the past of Naples vividly to life for the traveller of the present. Extracts from chronicles, memoirs, biographies, letters and novels refer to the most important and beautiful buildings in and around Naples, as well as the lives of travellers to and residents of this famous city. This is a guide to the vanished glories of royal Naples: the departure of the Borbone King Francis II in 1860 as the Risorgimento movement brought about unification of Italy. It records the turbulent and bloodstained days of the Angevin Queens Giovanna I and II; the artistic life of the city that Petrarch knew, where Caravaggio, Ribera and Giordano painted, and which attracted such diverse visitors as Nelson and Lady Hamilton, Casanova, Goethe and Mozart among countless others. The dazzling world of the Borbone royalty, their palaces overlooking the legendarily beautiful Bay of Naples, is described as well as the pulsing, overcrowded slums of the Spanish quarter.

Naples is still, as it always has been, a city of challenging contrasts: sunlight and squalor, grandeur and decay, gaiety and despair. Its slums and its crime-rate have deterred many, but those who persist will discover, through this illuminating guide, the hidden glories of this famous city.

An indispensable companion for the modern traveller who wishes to discover and relive the drama, history and life of Naples, a vibrant city full of contrasts

Many Italian cities look back with pride to the days when they were independent republics; Naples, on the contrary, remembers its days as a royal capital, the brilliant administrative and political centre of The Kingdom of The Two Sicilies. Once 'the third city of Europe', today it is something of a hidden gem amongst the continent's great cities. The same bustling lively atmosphere and magnificent buildings that one finds in Paris or London exist here.

This topographical anthology brings the past of Naples vividly to life for the traveller of the present. Extracts from chronicles, memoirs, biographies, letters and novels refer to the most important and beautiful buildings in and around Naples, as well as the lives of travellers to and residents of this famous city. This is a guide to the vanished glories of royal Naples: the departure of the Borbone King Francis II in 1860 as the Risorgimento movement brought about unification of Italy. It records the turbulent and bloodstained days of the Angevin Queens Giovanna I and II; the artistic life of the city that Petrarch knew, where Caravaggio, Ribera and Giordano painted, and which attracted such diverse visitors as Nelson and Lady Hamilton, Casanova, Goethe and Mozart among countless others. The dazzling world of the Borbone royalty, their palaces overlooking the legendarily beautiful Bay of Naples, is described as well as the pulsing, overcrowded slums of the Spanish quarter.

Naples is still, as it always has been, a city of challenging contrasts: sunlight and squalor, grandeur and decay, gaiety and despair. Its slums and its crime-rate have deterred many, but those who persist will discover, through this illuminating guide, the hidden glories of this famous city.

Über den Autor
Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at St Catherine's College, Cambridge. He is the author of numerous studies and biographies.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Kunst
Produktart: Reiseführer
Region: Europa
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472142306
ISBN-10: 1472142306
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Seward, Desmond
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Maße: 198 x 127 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Desmond Seward
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.02.2020
Gewicht: 0,227 kg
Artikel-ID: 113922259
Über den Autor
Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at St Catherine's College, Cambridge. He is the author of numerous studies and biographies.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Kunst
Produktart: Reiseführer
Region: Europa
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472142306
ISBN-10: 1472142306
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Seward, Desmond
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Maße: 198 x 127 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Desmond Seward
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.02.2020
Gewicht: 0,227 kg
Artikel-ID: 113922259
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