Around Naples (Italy),the travel tips website with many pics

Around Naples is a travel advice website where you can see many photos of castles, royal residences, archaeological sites and much more. There are also short tales of the past of these lands.

The Vesuvius of Naples seen from the Egg Castle
The Egg Castle
The New Castle
The Basilic of Saint Francis of Paola
in Piazza del Plebiscito
Handmade nativity scenes of Naples
in via San Gregorio Armeno
The souvenirs crafted of Naples
The fountain of Venus and Adonis
The aragonese castle in Baia
The archaeological excavation of Cumae
The archaeological of roman natural baths of Baia
The Flavian amphitheater in Pozzuoli
The local food
Mozzarella, Casatiello, Pastiera, coffee, sfogliatella, baba' etc.
The archaeological excavation of Herculaneum
The aragonese castle of Ischia

Campania-Italy and the tawn of Parthenope (900 BC)

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Sant' Antonio a Posillipo viewpoint (in Naples city)

The history of the city of Naples began almost 3000 years ago, in 900 BC., when the Greeks decided to settle these lands.
Each place tells the story of the peoples who have conquered and ruled these territories for thousands of years.
Now it's possible to visit all remains of these ancient civilizations, impressive architectural works as castles, Royal palaces, Churches and much more...
In Campania region you can visit the city of Naples, the wonderful Phlegraean Fields (with many archaeological sites),  the Royal Palace of Caserta,  the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum,  Sorrento, the Amalfi coast, the volcano mount Vesuvius and so much more.
Do you want to know more about the history of the city of Naples? let's go... 

Around Naples and the city of Caserta

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The garden and the fountains at the Royal palace of Caserta

Around Naples you can also visit the Royal Palace of Caserta, the residence of the Bourbon family, situated in the town of the same name.
In Capua city, there is the Campano amphitheatre, the second biggest in Italy and it was the arena where the gladiator Spartacus fought for his life. In the same city you can also visit the Campano archaeological museum that preserves all the artifacts found in this area.
At Santa Maria Capua Vetere city it's possible to visit the Mithraeum, the temple of the god Mithras.
Behind the city of Caserta, on the the Tifani mountains, about 10 km (eight miles) from the city, there's a small and nice old medieval village: Casertavecchia (old Caserta)... and much more...

Campania-Italy and the Phlegraean fields

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One of the archaeological sites of the Phlegraean fields, the Roman baths of Baia

In Campania-Italy, also called the region of Naples, there are the wonderful Phlegraean fields, that are rich in history and culture. In these lands it's possible to visit the archaeological excavations of Cumae with all that remains of the first ancient Greek civilization in Italy (eighth century BC).
In Pozzuoli city there is the Flavian amphitheater, the third largest in Italy after the Colosseum in Rome and amphitheater in Capua.
In Baia city you can visit the Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean fields, inside the aragonese castle, a fortress Built at the end of 1400, and the Archaeological parc of ancient Roman baths, a popular holidays destination for the Roman aristocracy at that time...and much more... 

Around Naples and the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 BC

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The excavations of Herculaneum, one of the cities destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 BC / AD.

Around Naples, you can also visit the Mount vesuvius and the roman cities who destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis.

The page dedicated to the mont Vesuvious shows you brief history of neapolitan volcano, which, in 79 AD / CE, destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis.
In this area it's also possible to visit the archaeological park of Pompeii, the archaeological site of Herculaneum, the archaeological excavations of Oplontis, in Torre Annunziata, the excavations of Stabia, in the city of Castellammare di Stabia ...and much more...

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Campania-Italy: the islands of the bay of Naples

In the enchanting gulf of Naples there are 3 wonderful islands that you cannot miss:

  • Capri, the island known all over the world
  • Procida island, small and very nice
  • Ischia island with its aragonese castle, built in 474 BC by the tyrant of Syracuse Girone I, who had the whole island as a prize for helping the Cumans to repel the Etruscan invaders.
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Il castello Aragonese d' Ischia

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View from Ischia Caslte

Around Naples' s webmaster 

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Antonio Barattiero, the web master

My name is Antonio Barattiero and I love my land, so I decided to create Around Naples website because I'd like the Campania region, especially the surroundings of Naples, to be able to become more and more popular all over the world.

I will never get tired of showing these wonderful lands to my friends and parents. Every time I retrace a fantastic tour into the art, myth, history and culture. I always feel exactly the same emotions about the first time.
It's impossible to describe the love inside my heart for these fantastic places. My goal is to make the visitors feel the same emotions.
There is so much work in this project and you will not find all that there is to visit in this region, surely. But bit by bit, every time I revisit a place, I will take new photos and create new pages of the site, in order to continue sharing with you the beauty of the Campania region in Italy.

Around Naples on a virtual journey

I will try to accompany you by holding your hands making real an unforgettable journey through photos and videos.
We would imagine how men lived in the ancient world, discovering the charm of the archaeological sites, the ruins of natural spa, the ancient castles, Naples underground, churches and museum, where we can admire the exposition archaeological finds brought to light in the archaeological sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Cumas, Baia etc. which witness the passage of ancient peoples that has now disappeared.
We will discover together these wonderful and breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape and sea.
I will tell you what you can taste local sweet and salt delicacies: the pastiera napoletana, the babà, the sfogliatella riccia, the sfogliatella frolla, the casatiello of Napoli, the tortano di Caserta, the tarallo napoletano and much...much more.

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Photo Gallery of Campiana-Itlay, the region of Naples

The saint Elmo Castle in the city of Naples
The national museum of Capodimonte, once a of the residence of Bourbon Royal family
The frescoes in the archaeological excavations of Herculaneum
The Phlegraean Fields and the viewpoint of Mount of Procida, overlooking the Gulf of Pozzuoli
The aragonese caslte of Baia in the Phlegraean Fields
The Catacombs of st. Januarius (san Gennaro), in Naples city.
The Macellum of Pozzuoli also called temple of Serapis, in the Phlegraean Fields
The archaeological museum of Phlegraean Fields inside the aragonese castle of Baia
The archaeological parc or Roman baths of Baia, in the Phlegraean Fields
Virgiliano Park, in the district of Posillipo (city of Naples), overlooking the Gulf of Pozzuoli and the Phlegraean Fields
The Royal palace of Caserta, the throne room
The archaeological parc of Cumae, the cave of the Sibyl, in the Phlegraean Fields
The archaeological parc of Herculaneum
Tthe subterranean part of Pozzuoli's amphitheatre, in the Phlegraean Fields

Around Naples with its guides to print.

In the download section you can find some PDF files soon. They are guides and travel tips. You can print them or you can download the digital version with hyperlinks to photos, videos and virtual tours.

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