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Napoli (Naples)

All photos unless otherwise stated: Per-Erik Skramstad © Wondersofsicily.com

 

My favourite travel destinations are Sicily (of course), London, Svalbard, Bayreuth (Wagner Festival), New York - and Ravenna.

Naples: The Monks Cemetery at the former monastery complex called Certosa di San Martino ("Charterhouse of St. Martin"), a former monastery complex, now a museum. This is the most visible landmark of the city, perched atop the Vomero hill.

Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wonders of Sicily

 

 

Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wonders of Sicily

 

 

Death is greeting us also in Naples. Wherever we are.

Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wonders of Sicily

 

 

A cat at Certosa di San Martino.

Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wonders of Sicily

It's a dog's life in Naples.

Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wonders of Sicily

 

 

For some reason, I never got a love letter from this lady, passing my hotel.

Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wonders of Sicily

 

 

Tomb in Chiesa di Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples.

Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wonders of Sicily

 

 

Napoli blues.

Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wonders of Sicily

 

 

Detail of a tomb in Chiesa di Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples.

 

 

The Scala Chapel in Chiesa di Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples.

 

 

Detail of the crucifix by an unknown Master in the Scala Chapel in Chiesa di Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples.

 

Interior detail in Chiesa di Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples.

 

 

The aesthetics of Fascism: Detail of the bronze portal of the Palazzo Matteotti aka Palazzo della provincia in Naples, designed by Italian architects Marcello Canino and Ferdinando Chiaromonte, built in 1934-1936 during the Mussolini regime.

 

 

 

 

A street in Napoli.

 

 

Detail of one of the ships in the Naval section of Museo di San Martino Napoli, Certosa.

 

 

Ship in the Naval section of Museo di San Martino Napoli, Certosa.