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 Car Hire & Driving in Naples, ItalyWelcome to Naples Car Hire, Italy; available at Naples Airport.Naples and Campania region Southern Italy Car HireThe capital of Campania, Naples is one of the few European cities of the ancient world that has never been completely extinguished and that you can still visit in your hire car today. Founded by Greeks, Naples was the much prized booty of foreign invaders and Imperialists; most prominently the Normans, Hohenstaufen, French and Spanish. For centuries Naples has dominated the Italian south – the Mezzogiorno, or land of the midday sun. The problems of poverty, crime and unemployment are magnified here, but there is also an attractive, rude ebullience that you will find on a visit in your hire car. The ancient history of Campania is associated with the Etruscans and the Greeks, whose gigantic ruins can be seen at Paestum. Next came a time of great prosperity under Roman leadership; archaeological evidence of this still exists at Benevento and Santa Maria Capua Vetere, which you can visit in your hire car. The hinterland, with its rich well-cultivated plains, is eclipsed by the Amalfi coastline with its breathtaking views and the dramatic seaboard of the Cilento, which you can see from your hire car. The mountains interior of Campania is remote and unvisited, containing small towns that were settled by the Greeks, developed by the Romans and often abandoned in the wake of malaria and Saracen attacks, the remains of which you can visit in your hire car. Naples Car HireMany of Naples’ gems of art and architecture can be found in the north east of Naples, including the Museo Archeological Nazionale and its Roman treasures from Herculaneum and Pompeii, which you can visit in your hire car. The buildings provide a wide range of architectural styles from the French-Gothic of the Duomo, which you will find on the Via Duomo in your hire car, to the Florentine-Renaissance style of the Porta Capuana, which you will find on Piazza Enrico de Nicola in your hire car with the Castel Capuano. Other places in the northeast of Naples that you may wish to visit in your hire car includes the San Giovanni a Carbonara, which you will find on Via Cabonara in your hire car and holds a great and rare success story in the annals of Neapolitan building restoration. Originally built in 1343 it suffered damage in 1943 and was pitifully neglected until recently renovated and re opened. The Cappella Sansevero, which you will find on Via Francesco de Santis in your hire car, is equally worth a visit while in this area of Naples. This small chapel is the burial sepulchre of the Prince of Sangro di Sansevero and possesses both Christian and Masonic symbolism, giving the chapel an unusual character. Central Naples equally holds plenty for you to visit in your hire car including San Lorenzo Maggiore, which you will find on Via Tribunali in your hire car. This mainly 14th century Franciscan church was built during the reign of Robert the Wise of Anjou. For Naples, San Lorenzo Maggiore is a rare Gothic edifice. Its nave and the apse ambulatory have a magnificent period simplicity, which you will see on a visit in your hire car. San Gregorio Armeno is located on Via San G Armeno and worth a visit in your hire car. Benedictine nuns still preside over this church. The convent attached to it earned a reputation for luxury since the nuns, traditionally from noble families, were accustomed to lavish living, which continued here. Museo Filangieri, which you will find on Palazzo Cuomo in your hire car is housed in the 15th century Renaissance Palazzo Cuomo. Founded in 1881, the original museum collections put together by Prince Filangieri were destroyed during World War II. The new collection which you can now visit in your hire car while in Naples, contains interesting and varies objects, including porcelain, embroidery, manuscripts, Italian and Spanish arms and objects from local archaeological excavations. Sant’Angelo a Nile, which you will find on Piazzetto Nilo in your hire car is a 14th century church which contains a fine work of Renaissance sculpture, the Tomb of Cardinal Rinaldo Brancaccio. Another place you can visit in your hire car while in central Naples is the San Domenico Maggiore, a gothic church which contains some of the finest Renaissance monuments and sculptures in Naples. The 14th century church of Santa Chiara, which you will find on Via Benedetto Croce in your hire car was badly bombed during World War II, but the reconstruction uncovered the original Provencal-Gothjc structure, so is definitely worth a visit in your hire car while in Naples. Finally in central Naples you can visit Sant’Anna e San Bartolomeo dei Lombardi, which you will find on Via Monteoliveto in your hire car. Built in 1411 and restored after bomb damage from World War II, this church is a repository of Renaissance art. The area south of Via Diaz is home to Naples’ castles and royal palace as well as the densely packed Spanish Quarter which you can visit in your hire car. On the outskirts of the old town of Naples are a number of museum in historic buildings which you can also visit in your hire car, including Castel Nuovo on Piazza Municipio was built in 1279-82amd was once the main royal residence. Museo Nazionale di San Martino, which you will find on Largo di San Martino in your hire car, was founded in the 14th century as a Carthusian monastry and accessible only by funicular railway. The Museo Principe di Aragona Pignatelli Cortes, situated lower down, in the Chiaia neighbourhood, on Riviera di Chiaia and is worth a visit in your hire car. Housed in a Neo-Classical Villa the collection includes porcelain, period furniture, paintings and sculptures. If you take your hire car to the Via Toledo in Naples you will find the Galleria Umberto I. Once a focus for fashionable Neopolotans, the arcades of the gallery were built in 1887 and rebuilt after World War II. Still handsome, though tatty, they face Italy’s largest and oldest opera house, the Teatro San Carlo, which was built in 1737 and you can also visit in your hire car while in Naples. The Palazzo Reale, which you will find on Piazza Plebiscito in your hire car. Begun by Domenico Fontana for the Spanish Vinceroys in 1600. Naple’s royal palace is a handsome edifice with great halls filled with furniture, tapestries, paintings and porcelain and worth a visit in your hire car while in Naples. Another place to visit in the southeast of Naples is the Villa Floridiana, which you will find on Via Cimarosa in your hire car. Set in handsome gardens, this Neo-classical villa houses the Museo Nazionale della Caramia Duca di Martina which is famous for its collection of ceramics. Moving on, the Museo di Capodimonte, which you will find on Parco di Capodimonte in your hire car. Begun in 1738 by the Bourbon king Charles II as a hunting lodge, the Palazzo Reale di Capodimote houses this museum and its magnificent collections of Italian paintings. There is also a gallery of 19th century art, largely from southern Italy. The Catacombs of San Gennaro are located near the church of San Gennaro in Moenia in Naple, which you will find on Via di Capodimonte in your hire car. The small church was founded in the 8th century, and is adjoined by a 17th century workhouse. Two tiers of catacombs dating from the 2nd century penetrate the tufa, and there are mosaics and early Chritian frescoes. Finally in the southeast of Naples is the Castel del’Ovo, which you will find on Via di Capodimonte in your hire car. Away from the centre, this castle, begun in 1154, occupies a small island facing, and joining, the Santa Luscia district; once the site of Naples’ shellfish market. Pompeii is one of the most famous sites you can visit in your hire car while in Naples. An earthquake in AD 62, which shook Pompeii and damaged many buildings, was merely a prelude to the tragic day in AD 79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii in 6 meters (20ft) of pumice and ash. Excavations in 1748 revealed a city petrified in time; in some buildings paintings and sculptures have survived, and graffiti is still visible on street walls. A sight that you really should visit in your hire car while in Naples. Italy Car HireHome of opera, Ferrari and designers like Giorgio Armani, Prada and Gucci; Italy is a place of diversity and culture, all free to be explored in your hire car. From the snow capped peaks of the Alpes in the north, through to the unique and magical city of Venice in the northeast of Italy, whose streets are full of water, the central Tuscany region of Italy, full of evocative landscapes; peaceful and timeless, and the main wine making region of Italy; Florence, its capital, is a great art centre. Italy’s capital Rome is home of one of the greatest amphitheatres, the Colosseum, which was commissioned in AD 72, you will also find the Vatican City here in your hire car, the world capital of Catholicism and the world’s smallest state, occupying just 43ha (106 acres). The south of Italy is rich in archaeological remains, such as the famous Pompeii. Italy also includes the beautiful islands of Sicily and Sardinia, equally worth a visit in your hire car. See our links to Venice Car Hire, Florence Car Hire, Rome Car Hire, Naples Car Hire, together with Alghero, Cagliari, Olbia for Sardinia Car Hire and Catania and Palermo for Sicily Car Hire, for details of what you may see on a trip to these places in your hire car while exploring Italy.
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