AIWC Naples Walking Tour EAST OF THE CITY WALLS

Name: AIWC Naples Walking Tour EAST OF THE CITY WALLS
Start: 2024-09-21T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-21T13:00:00+02:00
Location: Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 80142 Napoli NA, Italia

Schedule

Sat Sep 21 2024 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 80142 Napoli NA, Italia | Napoli, CM

The new AIWC Naples Historical Walking Tour “East of the City Walls” will start with a visit to the San Pietro ad Aram church, where St. Peter is said to have converted and baptized the first Neapolitan saints, St Candida and St Aspreno. Passing through Porta Nolana, the city gate in the 15th-century Aragonese walls, we will enter the district known as “Le Paludi”, “The Swamps”. It is said that the legendary Sebeto river once flowed here, across the eastern plain and into the sea under the Maddalena bridge. We will visit the church of Sant’Anna alle Paludi and hear the legend behind the church's dedication to that saint. We will note some buildings of particular historical and/or architectural interest, and finish our walk on the historic Ponte della Maddalena, the Magdalene Bridge, now just a tract of road but a place of great historical importance where battles and miracles took place during its long history. NOTE: This walking tour will take place well outside the city's historical centre, and participants will need to use their imaginations to visualize how the area once appeared and how it changed over the centuries! Although it is a peripheral area, it is rich in history, often mixed with legend...
PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO AIWC NAPLES MEMBERS and their guests!
A donation of 5 euro is requested.
ADVANCE BOOKING IS REQUIRED! Message our Facebook page or Email [email protected]. Or book by message to the FB group AIWC Naples Community, if you are a member. When you book, please give name, number of participants and contact info (email and phone no.).
MEETING TIME & PLACE: 10 a.m. at Piazza Garibaldi, in front of the stairs that go down to the Galleria Garibaldi (the end of Piazza Garibaldi that is close to the statue of Garibaldi at Corso Garibaldi)