Les Aventures Eoliennes

The hystory of Napoli begins in the IX century BC. when the navigators of Rhode disembarked on its coasts, and became more legible between the VII and the V century BC. with the foundation of the Greek colony on the acropolis of Pizzofalcone. Successively, and thanks to the habitants of Cuma, the city was displaced more to the East and taken the name of Neapolis (new city) to distinguish it from the previous, named Palepolis. The Greek-roman city of Napoli was constructed according to an ‘ippodameo’ plan: a grid of streets and buildings disposed right-angled.
It constitutes the historic center of Napoli. The history of Napoli is perfectly legible in its urban structure that keeps the characters that embraces 25 centuries of history. The geographical situation of Napoli made it an important center of commercial and military interest to the point that during the Roman period it was conceded to keep the characters, the culture and the Greek institutions. It was subject to numerous dominations: Byzantine, Longobard, Norman, Swedish, Angevine, Aragon, Spaniard, Austrian, Bourbon and French, in which each left one indelible sign of their presence through the monuments and the real estate constructions.
It was a big European capital until the Italian unification and constitutes today one of the most important centers, again with regards to the cultures and arts. Its golf dominated by the volcano Vesuvio, its beauty and the astonishments that it procures have been sung by many visitors and poets.
Its privileged climate and the particular atmosphere of its streets, created by a mixture of fantasy, superstition, magic and fatality are inseparable of the Neapolitan reality.