Art and Culture

Roberto Rossellini’s journey to the South: Naples, Pozzuoli, Cumae, Torre del Greco, Pompeii, Capri

The discovery of beauty and rediscovered love: a journey 'into' the south, made up of art and amazing landscapes, reflecting the inner investigation of the director, Roberto Rossellini, and the Joyce couple (Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders), the protagonists of Viaggio in Italia (1953). We follow the path traced by Katherine, discovering Naples and its territory, through crowded streets full of sounds, smells and joy, or in legendary and mysterious places, and Alex, who chases the intoxication of the senses so as not to deal with feelings that also emerge in contact with unusual realities. From the Neapolitan seafront, with the Hotel Excelsior and the Fountain of the Giant, to a walk along Via Chiaia, a street of commercial activities and aristocratic residences; to the National Archaeological Museum, which recounts the most ancient history of the South, of Naples, Herculaneum and Pompeii; to the Fontanelle cemetery, an affirmation of popular religiosity and the profound relationship between the living and the dead. And then there are the topical places of memory such as the Solfatara in Pozzuoli, the Antro della Sibilla and the Temple of Apollo in Cumae; the Vesuvian cities of the Golden Mile: modern, such as Torre del Greco, and ancient, such as Pompeii in 79 AD; and Capri, one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean.

Number of stages
7
Overall length
35.9 KM
Average journey time
11 Hours 50 Minutes
Recommended mean of transport
All transporters

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Hotel Excelsior

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Hotel Excelsior

Via Partenope, a promenade ideal for walking and cycling, is a succession of breathtaking views towards the sea and meeting places, restaurants and bars on the upstream side. In the area opposite C...

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Fontana del Gigante

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Fontana del Gigante

In early 1600, architect Domenico Fontana was in Naples to build the city's new Royal Palace. To close the perspective of the corner towards the sea of the large space in front of the façade...

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National Archaeological Museum of Naples

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National Archaeological Museum of Naples

It is the oldest archaeological museum in Europe and one of the most important in the world for the richness of its collections and the history behind its creation. It occupies the Renaissance buil...

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Fontanelle Cemetery

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Fontanelle Cemetery

CURRENTLY THE FONTANELLE CEMETERY IS CLOSED - FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAPLES DIRECTLYThe steep Fontanelle creek on Materdei hill leads to a picturesque place, the...

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Sybil ’s Cave

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Sybil ’s Cave

The most famous monument in ancient Cumae, from Virgil's Aeneid to the present day, is the cavern of the Cumaean Sibyl. It is a dark and disturbing place with 'a hundred doors' (the side openings t...

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Temple of Apollo

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Temple of Apollo

Amidst the reeds on the shore of Lake Avernus, in a romantic and mysterious landscape, stands the Temple of Apollo: a large octagonal hall, covered by a monumental dome, which according to legend i...

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Solfatara

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Solfatara

Called by the ancients "Hephaestus' agora" or "Vulcan's hole", it was described in the first century A.D., already famous for its sulphurous vapours, by Petronius in the Satyricon. It is the still ...

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