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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Torrese Marine Museum

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Torrese Marine Museum

The historic building of the State Railways houses a museum dedicated to the Torre del Greco seafaring tradition, partly linked to the processing and trade of coral. It is a small but growing museu...

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Santa Maria delle Grazie

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Santa Maria delle Grazie

The art of embroidery is an ancient Sorrentine tradition, widespread along the entire coastline, and popular culture tells us that the women of the sailors' families used to spend the long waiting ...

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Villa Fiorentino

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Villa Fiorentino

From the middle of the nineteenth century, small workshops specialising in the production and trade of embroidery were set up in Sorrento, which soon became active companies on the national and int...

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Mario Maresca Naval Museum

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Mario Maresca Naval Museum

It is housed in an eighteenth-century house in the historic centre of Meta and displays the collection of Mario Maresca, a descendant of a family of seafarers, shipowners and captains of long stand...

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Museum of wooden marquetry

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Museum of wooden marquetry

The eighteenth-century palazzo houses some of the most beautiful examples of marquetry in its rooms. The four floors that make up the workshop museum display works from the fifteenth to the ninetee...

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