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October 16th - Day 11
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October 17th - Day 12
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    Museo Cappella
Sansevero

    Castel St. Elmo
    Museo Archeologico
Nazionale
•  National Museum of
Capodimonte
    Spaccanapoli - Old
City Center

    Antica Latteria
    Brandi Restaurant
    Fantasia Gelati
    Gambrinus
    My Way
    Palazzo Petrucci
Ristonapoliita

    Hotel Chiaja

MUSEO CAPPELLA SANSEVERO

Veiled Christ
(Post Card)
Museo Cappella Sansevero, Naples

Modesty
(Post Card)
Museo Cappella Sansevero, Naples

Disillusionment (close-up)
(Post Card)
Museo Cappella Sansevero, Naples

Disillusionment
(Post Card)
Museo Cappella Sansevero, Naples

Anatomical Machines
(Post Card)
Museo Cappella Sansevero, Naples

This museum is one of the few places we visited that we considered a Wow Moment. As you can see from the pictures (they are actually post cards...no pictures are allowed) the statuary are fascinating. They are each made from a single piece of marble. Yup even Disillusionment.

If this doesn't deserve A Wow make sure you look close at the final picture. The two bodies are REAL. Here's some more info from their website:
In the Underground Chamber, housed in two glass cases, are the famous Anatomical Machines, i.e. the skeletons of a man and of a woman in upright position, with the artery and vein systems almost perfectly intact. The Machines were made by the doctor Giuseppe Salerno of Palermo, under the direction of Raimondo di Sangro. The discovery of notaries deeds and credit notes makes it possible to date these works to 1763-64. The two anatomical studies are the most enigmatic objects in the Sansevero Chapel. Still today, after about two-and-a-half centuries, it is still not known which procedures or materials were used to obtain such an exceptional preservation of the circulatory system.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Wow!!
Museo Cappella Sansevero
Via Francesco de Sanctis 19/21
80134 Naples, Italy
Tel: +39 081 5518470
         
CASTEL ST. ELMO

Waiting for tickets
Castel St. Elmo, Naples

I`m not the only one taking pictures...Smile!
Castel St. Elmo, Naples

Mt Vesuvius and Naples Harbor (east)
Castel St. Elmo, Naples

Either a lightning rod or local art
Castel St. Elmo, Naples

Castel Nuovo by the harbor
Castel St. Elmo, Naples

Boat docks and the glass domes of Galleria Emberto (middle right)
Castel St. Elmo, Naples

Our ALMOST group picture
Castel St. Elmo, Naples
 
Castel St. Elmo is prefect location for seeing the city of Naples, the harbor, Mount Vesuvius and even the Isle of Capri (behind the lightning rod/art work above). It's a little bit of a trip to get to the castle, but it's worth the hassle.
   
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE

Through the front entrance
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

The square peristyle - Pompeii
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

Athlete
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

Athlete (close-up)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

Excavation Tunnel
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

Blue vase - Remove the white to expose the blue
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

Mosaic of the House of Faun at Pompeii
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

Mosaic of the House of Faun at Pompeii (close-up)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

 

Our visit to this museum primarily focused on the items from Pompeii...and there are a bunch of them. It was interesting, but by removing the items from their natural setting takes a lot away.

There is one really fascinating picture, the fifth from the top. While it looks like a cave, it's actually a tunnel used during the excavation of Pompeii. We see Pompeii today as the ruins of a city at ground level.  This leaves us totally missing what it looked like when it was originally discovered, i.e., under a huge pile of lava. To reach any of the ruins, they had to dig in using tunnels. It seems like it would be very difficult to find anything. Talk about a shot in the dark.

Seeing Pompeii artifacts in a museum isn't the best alternative. But, if you want to see them, it's your only choice. Recommended (with that in mind).
 
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
80135 - Napoli
Tel: 039.081.44
   
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CAPODIMONTE


The star is our hotel. The droplet is the Museum.
 

The front fascade
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 

Our guide explains the statue
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 

The sacrifice of Alessandro
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 

Boy Lighting a Candle with a Brand
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 

Farnese Collection
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 

Saint George and the Dragon
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 

Royal Carriage
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 

Napoleon`s couch
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 

Salone da Ballo - Ballroom
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

 
 

From the museum website: The Capodimonte Museum originates from the extraordinary collection of the Farnese family, one of the most important of the Italian Renaissance.To this must be the variety of its collections, from painting and sculpture, stretching to the drawings, to arms, to decorative arts with a wealth of examples of great refinement, the result both of collecting Farnese is, subsequently, the courts of the Bourbons and Savoy.But, at the same time, Capodimonte was also a sumptuous palace, lived and inhabited, with luck discontinuous, the ruling families of the eighteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century.
Museo di Capodimonte
via miano 2
80131 Naples
Tel: +39 081 7499111
FAX: +39 081 7445032
         
SPACCANAPOLI - OLD CITY CENTER

A lot of choices
Spaccanapoli, Naples

And there were houses
Spaccanapoli, Naples

 

Tall ones and short ones...bless you all
Spaccanapoli, Naples
 

Animated Bakers

After leaving the Museo Cappella Sansevero we wondered back through the old city center. Along the way we
came across a bunch of shops selling figurines of all sizes and portraying just about anyone you can imagine.
 
Spaccanapoli - Old City Center
ANTICA LATTERIA

Our final dinner together
Antica Latteria, Naples

Donato is explaining something
Antica Latteria, Naples

 

Our final dinner together
Antica Latteria, Naples

Donato about to lead `I`m so glad we had this time together...`
Antica Latteria, Naples

 

Out the front window
Antica Latteria, Naples

Our last dinner together is actually sad. Our trip is over and our great tour group is breaking up.
We had a GREAT time with a GREAT group and a GREAT tour guide. There's not much more to say.
 
Antica Latteria
Vico II Alabardieri, 30
80100 Naples, Italy
Tel: +39 081 012 8775
BRANDI RESTAURANT

Dinners over so off we go
Brandi Restaurant, Naples

Others of our group having dinner
Brandi Restaurant, Naples
Brandi is located out the front door and 50 steps to the left of our hotel's front door. It's just around the corner with seating inside and out. We ate outside having a famous Margherita pizza (named Queen Margherita).

Here's the story from the Brandi website:
In 1780, the pizzeria Pietro e basta così (which means "Peter and That's Enough") started its activity in Salita S.Anna di Palazzo near P.zza del Plebiscito. Its pizza, already extremely favoured by the neapolitans, soon became famous and appreciated in the whole city.
 
For this reason a century later, in 1889, the pizzaiuolo of that pizzeria, Raffaele Esposito, was invited at Court along with his wife Maria Giovanna Brandi and asked to prepare for her Majesty the Queen Margherita Margherita Margherita Ma brand new pizza, that he named Pizza Margherita after the Queen's name.
 
Brandi Restaurant
Salita Sant`Anna di Palazzo 1-2
80132 Naples, Italy
Tel: +39 081 416928
   
FANTASIA GELATI

Fantasia Gelati - Just a tasty treat
Brandi Restaurant, Naples

This place is just a few steps down the via from our hotel.
Fantasia Gelati
via Chiaia, 186/187
80121 Naples, Italy
Tel: 081 406595
GAMBRINUS

Entrance
Gambrinus, Naples


Inside at the counter
Gambrinus, Naples

 
We didn't really have a meal here...just an afternoon treat, YUM!
 
Gambrinus
Piazza Trieste E Trento, 80
Naples, 80132
Tel: +39 081 417582
      
MY WAY

When we arrived in Naples, we still had places to go and things to do before our day was done. To give us time we grabbed a quick sandwich at the MyWay shoppe 1/4 mile from our hotel. They have a pretty good variety already made but still fresh. It's Italian fast food but when you're in a hurry it's a good choice.
 
My Way
via Chiaia 150
80121, Naples, Italy
Tel: 081402099
PALAZZO PETRUCCI RISTONAPOLIITA

After visiting the Christmas shoppes in the old city center, we stopped for good lunch. Service and food was good. The restaurant is in the back of the plaza. While there is indoor seating we ate outside. Recommended.
Palazzo Petrucci Ristonapoliita
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 5/7
Naples, Italy
Tel: +39 081 551 2460
HOTEL CHIAJA

Fredie and Denis out front
Hotel Chiaia, Naples

Looking right via Chiaia from our balcony
Hotel Chiaia, Naples

Our Room
Hotel Chiaia, Naples

Outside the front entrance
Hotel Chiaia, Naples

Hotel Founder
Hotel Chiaja
via Chiaia, 216
Naples, 80121
Tel: +39 081 415 444
FAX: +39 081 422 344