Italia 2018 - Portici - Napoli

La verdad no sé por qué elegí Portici pero me pareció mejor por la cercanía a Napoli pero no contaba con que perdería tanto tiempo en encontrar el hotel ya que había un camino cerrado a unas cuadras y me tocó dar una vuelta. En fin, que era mejor quedarse en pompeii o en Napoli directamente pero quería evitar las grandes ciudades ya que suelen ser más peligrosas.

Me quedé en un convento (Instituto villa preziosa) que también hacía de hotel. Las monjas eran muy amables y me hicieron sentir bienvenida. ;) Fue un buen respiro para mi estar allí, me recordó mi niñez con flores, viejecitas,calma...

Solo había internet en la salita.

Habían mostradores con comida, como en Colombia, que se veían las vitrinas fuera de las tiendas para los desayunos o comidas nocturnas (arepa, empanada, papa aborrajada, chorizo, buñuelo...). Eventualmente no vas a ver a un rico comprando en un sitio de estos. :P Pero me gustó, de nuevo recordé mi niñez y fui muy feliz. 

Cuando iba en el tren desde Portici a Napoli, vi el  Castel Sant'Elmo a la lejanía y decidí que era alli a donde iría primero. Legé a la estación de Napoli y fui derechito a comprarme un tiquete desde cecina a Sarzana porque mis planes para visitar bibbona se fueron a la kk cuando llamaron de booking para decirme que el hotel se había equivocado de ubicación y estaban era en Grosseto. Mi hotel quedaba a una cuadra de la estación, era el Fragolina, quedaba en un primer piso, había que seguir el letrero justo en frente de las escaleras. Mi habitación era un mini estudio suuuuper pero el agua salía extremadamente caliente. Eran las once de la mañana cuando dejé mis cosas en la habitación y me fui de aventuras por Napoli OMG OMG OMG yooooooo  uuuuu  jamás en mi vida me lo imaginé, parecía que había saltado a las pantallas de un cine o era la prota de un libro. 😎 

La estación de metro conectaba con la de trenes, en otras palabras, era un laberinto pero ok cuando ya te acostumbras y le coges la idea y lees tres veces las señales. jajaja. 

Habían incluso escaleras eléctricas

Llegué al Castel Sant'Elmo luego de un rato sin perdida jijij. la entrada era 5 euros  que pagué contenta porque me hacía mucha ilusión. 

Lo que dice Wiki del castillo:

Castel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on a hilltop near the Certosa di San Martino, overlooking Naples, Italy. The name "Sant'Elmo" derives from a former 10th-century church, Sant'Erasmo, shortened to "Ermo" and, finally altered to "Elmo". It presently serves as a museum, exhibition hall, and offices. Documents date a structure at the site from 1275, from the era of Charles d'Anjou. Known originally as Belforte, it was likely a fortified residence, surrounded by walls, its entrance gate marked by two turrets. In 1329, using designs by the Sienese architect Tino da Camaino, king Robert of Naples enlarged the fortress described in documents as palatium in summitatae montanae Sancti Erasmi. Camaino also supervised construction of the adjacent Carthusian monastery of San Martino. By 1336, the palace was referred to as a castrum or castle, and work continued under Camaino till his death in 1343.

Me encanta el selfistick, en primer lugar porque si lo cuadras bn, parece que te están tomando la foto. jeje pero de lo contrario es complicado y sales mal. 

Preciosas las vistas, me encantan!!! AMO ITALIA!!!

El vesuvio!! 

Entré al museo que venía con los 5 euros imcluído. me gustaron las pinturas y esculturas. pude ver a algunos estudiantes de arte copiando las pinturas.

Ese culito... la verdad no sé que me pasa con ellos pero me encantan y el de Fer es wow. jaajaja

Como cuando eres virgen de ver desnudos y te encuentras a dos feos sin ropa. 

Cuando tus demonios no te dejan solo ...

Me equivoqué de estación de Funicolare. Caminé hasta la otra. 

Floooreees!

Fontana del Carciofo

Wiki sobre la fuente:

The Fontana del Carciofo or Fountain of the Artichoke is a monumental public fountain in central Naples, located in Piazza Trieste e Trento, just adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito. In the 1950s, plans were made to move the historic Fountain of Monteoliveto depicting the Spanish King to this site. However opposition to the move by the Consiglio Superiore delle Belle Arti, led the city to install this modern fountain featuring a vegetable instead and it was inaugurated in 1956.[1] The area is maintained by the adjacent Caffe Gambrinus. The Church of San Ferdinando faces the piazza.

Royal Palace of Naples

Wiki sobre el palacio:

The Royal Palace of Naples (Italian: Palazzo Reale di Napoli, Neapolitan: Palazzo Riale ‘e Napule) is a palace, museum, and historical tourist destination located in central Naples, southern Italy.It was one of the four residences near Naples used by the Bourbon Kings during their rule of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1734-1860): the others were the palaces of Caserta, Capodimonte overlooking Naples, and the third Portici, on the slopes of Vesuvius.

The palace is on the site of an earlier residence, which had housed the former viceroy Don Pedro de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca. Construction on the present building was begun in the 17th century by the architect Domenico Fontana.[1] Intended to house the King Philip III of Spain on a visit never fulfilled to this part of his kingdom, instead it initially housed the Viceroy Fernando Ruiz de Castro, count of Lemos. By 1616, the facade had been completed, and by 1620, the interior was frescoed by Battistello Caracciolo, Giovanni Balducci, and Belisario Corenzio. The decoration of the Royal Chapel of Assumption was not completed until 1644 by Antonio Picchiatti. 

Basilica Reale Pontificia San Francesco da Paola

Lo que dice Wiki sobre la basílica:

San Francesco di Paola is a church in Naples. It is located at the west side of Piazza del Plebiscito, the city's main square.
In the early 19th century, King Joachim Murat of Naples (Napoleon's brother-in-law) planned the entire square and the large building with the colonnades as a tribute to the emperor. When Napoleon was finally dispatched, the Bourbons were restored to the throne of Naples. Ferdinand I continued the construction - finished in 1816 - but converted the final product into the church one sees today. He dedicated it to Saint Francis of Paola, who had stayed in a monastery on this site in the 16th century.

Piazza del Plebiscito

Lo que dice Wiki sobre la plaza:

It is named after the plebiscite taken on October 2, 1860 that brought Naples into the unified Kingdom of Italy under the House of Savoy. It is located very closely to the gulf of Naples, and bounded on the east by the Royal Palace and on the west by the church of San Francesco di Paola with colonnades extending to both sides. Other surrounding buildings include the Palazzo Salerno and, its mirror, the Prefecture Palace (on the left arm of the church)

Statua Cesario Console

Wiki sobre Cesario:

Cesario , better known as Cesario Consul or Cesario di Napoli and also called Cesario il Valoroso (... - Napoli , 870 ), was an Italian admiral .
He commanded the fleet of the Duchy of Naples during the reign of his father, Sergio I and his brother Gregorio III , between 840 and 870.
In 846, he faced the Saracen raid against Rome, bringing the Neapolitan contingent to victory in Gaeta . Later, in the summer of 849, a fleet of ships from the Maritime Republic of Amalfi , Naples, Sorrento and Gaeta gathered in the Campana League, beating a fleet of Saracen ships that was about to disembark at Ostia with the intent of operate the sacking of Rome ( battle of Ostia ).
Cesario in 870 was imprisoned by his nephew, Sergio II , and died in prison, where he had been imprisoned for having opposed the contacts between the Duchy of Naples and the Muslim Aghlabids.
He was buried in the Catacombs of San Gennaro.

                                                                          Statue d'Umberto Ier

Fontana del gigante

Wiki sobre la fuente:

It was designed in the 17th century by Michelangelo Naccherino and Pietro Bernini for the Royal Palace of Naples, where it stood near a colossal ancient statue, and thereby gained its name. From there it was moved to the site of Palace of the Immacolatella, but in 1905, it was moved to it present picturesque site, on via Partenope, near the Castel dell'Ovo. It is also called the Fontana dell'Immacolatella.

Creo que vi un lindo gatito!!

Ovo Castle Castel dell'Ovo

Wiki sobre el castillo:

Castel dell'Ovo (in English, Egg Castle) is a seaside castle in Naples, located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who had a reputation in the Middle Ages as a great sorcerer and predictor of the future. In the legend, Virgil put a magical egg into the foundations to support the fortifications. Had this egg been broken, the castle would have been destroyed and a series of disastrous events for Naples would have followed. The castle is located between the districts of San Ferdinando and Chiaia, facing Mergellina across the sea.The Castel dell'Ovo is the oldest standing fortification in Naples. The island of Megaride was where Greek colonists from Cumae founded the original nucleus of the city in the 6th century BC. Its location affords it an excellent view of the Naples waterfront and the surrounding area. In the 1st century BC the Roman patrician Lucius Licinius Lucullus built the magnificent villa Castellum Lucullanum on the site. Fortified by Valentinian III in the mid-5th century, it was the site to which the last western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was exiled in 476.[1][2] Eugippius founded a monastery on the site after 492.

La tiendita de la tela verde me recordó a las de Colombia. Igual

Piscis

Galleria Umberto I

Wiki sobre la galería:

Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887–1891, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples — called the risanamento (lit. "making healthy again") — that lasted until World War I. It was designed by Emanuele Rocco, who employed modern architectural elements reminiscent of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. The Galleria was named for Umberto I, King of Italy at the time of construction. It was meant to combine businesses, shops, cafes and social life — public space — with private space in the apartments on the third floor.[1][2]
The Galleria is a high and spacious cross-shaped structure, surmounted by a glass dome braced by 16 metal ribs. Of the four iron and glass-vaulted wings, one fronts on via Toledo (via Roma), still the main downtown thoroughfare, and another opens onto the San Carlo Theater. It has returned to being an active center of Neapolitan civic life after years of decay.[1][2] The building is part of the UNESCO listing of the Historic Centre of Naples as a World Heritage Site.[3]

Castel Nuovo

Lo que dice Wiki del castillo:

Castel Nuovo (Italian: "New Castle"), often called Maschio Angioino (Italian: "Angevin Keep"), is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall (Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Italy. Its scenic location and imposing size makes the castle, first erected in 1279, one of the main architectural landmarks of the city. It was a royal seat for kings of Naples, Aragon and Spain until 1815.Before the accession of Charles I of Naples (Charles of Anjou) to the throne in 1266, the capital of the Kingdom of Naples was Palermo. There was a royal residence in Naples, at the Castel Capuano. However, when the capital was moved to Naples, Charles ordered a new castle, not far from the sea, built to house the court. Works, directed by French architects, began in 1279 and were completed three years later.

Fontana del Nettuno

Wikipedia sobre la fuente:

The Fountain of Neptune (also called the Medina Fountain ) is a monumental fountain of the city of Naples.Circular in shape, the fountain is surrounded by a balustrade with four diametrically opposed steps, adorned with elegant fretworked vines on which there are four lions from which water gushes, bearing between the legs the shield of the city and the Duke of Medina and of Carafa, fruits of a rehash and expansion by Cosimo Fanzago.Two sea monsters pour water into the central basin below, adorned with dolphins riding on tritons which in turn emit water: a composition due to the hand of Pietro Bernini .At the center of the fountain, on a rock, two nymphs and two satyrs hold on their head a cup on which stands a statue of Neptune with trident, by Michelangelo Naccherino , from which the water gushes.

Palazzo San Giacomo

Piazza del Gesù Nuovo

Estación de Dante

Terminé mi recorrido cansadisima, no podía más y me tomé más de un litro de agua en la estación de metro, había entrado en un supermercado cerca a la estación y aproveché para conseguir mi desayuno del día siguiente y unos cantuccini jajajajaj me encantaban!! Aquella noche comí lentejas con ensalada y leche con cereal... Estaba muy feliz y terminé de convencerme que la cultura en Colombia se parecía muchísimo a la italiana... es que me quedaba asombrada con tantas cosas parecidas, con la gente alegre y amigable.

A la mañana siguiente bien temprano, cogí un tren a las 5 pasadas con dirección a Cecina, el paisaje me dejó con la jeta abierta. No quería que pasara el tiempo, quería ir en cámara lenta en el tren.