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31. Convento S. Antonio dos Ca- 32. Convento dos Desterro. 

 puchos. 33. Collegio dos Nobres. 



9. Naples (Plate 40). 



Naples, or Napoli, the capital city of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, is 

 celebrated for its beautiful situation on a magnificent bay, encircled by the 

 Capes Miseno and Campanella, and the islands of Capri, Ischia, and Procida. 

 The city, with its population of 370,000 inhabitants, is one of the largest, 

 and at the same time one of the most beautiful in Europe. It is indeed true, 

 that the streets are generally only from six to eight paces wide, and that the 

 houses are very high, having sometimes as many as eight stories, but some 

 streets are conspicuously broad and regular ; amongst these, the street 

 Toledo is the most important, as well as the liveliest. Some of the principal 

 points and squares in the city are : the Chiaja, a fine street along the sea, 

 with the Villa Reale, a royal pleasure castle ; the squares Largo di Castello, 

 Largo dello Spirito Santo, with the equestrian statue of Charles IIL ; the 

 Piazza di Santa Lucia, and the Market Place, termed Largo del Mercato. 

 The principal buildings are the Royal Palace, adjoining the Arsenal andCastel 

 Nuovo on the great harbor ; the Palace Capo di Monte on a mountain 

 before the city, with Observatory and Library ; the Finance Palace ; the 

 Archbishop's Palace ; the great Grain Magazine ; the great Poor House, 

 and the Theatre San Carlo, the largest in Italy, with six tiers of boxes. 

 Amongst the churches and chapels, over two hundred in number, may be 

 mentioned the Church of St. Francis of Paula, although many others are 

 more or less eminent for their interior decoration, antiquity, paintings, 

 sculpture, &c. Among the collections of science and art, is the Museo 

 Borbonico, in the Palace degli Studi, consisting of a rich gallery of 

 paintings in eight halls, and a still richer collection of antiques. Six castles 

 protect and command the city ; among them, Castel St. Elmo, in the highest 

 part of the city, connected by a bridge with the Castel Pizzo Falcone ; 

 Castel Nuovo, the former royal residence, now containing an artillery 

 school ; the Castello dell' Uovo on an island in the harbor, connected with the 

 main land by a bridge ; and the Castello Capuano, which likewise served as 

 a royal residence for a time, and now contains the Supreme Court of 

 Justice. 



Explanation of the Plan. 



Public Squares and Gates. E. Largo delle Pigne. 



F. " de' Miracoli. 



G. Piazza de Tribunali. 

 H. Largo fuori la Porta Capuana, 



I. " Ponte della Maddalensu 

 K. Piazza del Marcato. 



A. 

 B. 



Porta di Constantinopoli. 

 " Medina. 



C. 



" Suscella. 



D. 



" di San Gennaro. 





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