Travel Reference
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Mercato di Porta Nolana
(Porta Nolana; 8am-6pm Mon-Sat, to 2pm Sun; R2 to Corso Umberto I)
Bellies
rumble greedily at this colourful street market, one of the city's best. The market's name-
sake is medieval city gate
Porta Nolana
, which stands at the head of Via Sopramuro. Its
two cylindrical towers, optimistically named Faith and Hope, support an arch decorated
with a bas-relief of Ferdinand I of Aragon on horseback.
Below and beyond it, the
mercato
is an intoxicating place, where bellowing fishmon-
gers and
frutti vendoli
(greengrocers) collide with fragrant delis, bakeries, and a growing
number of ethnic food shops. Expect to find anything from buxom tomatoes and mozza-
rella to crunchy
casareccio
bread, cheap luggage and bootleg '80s compilation CDs.
MARKET
Chiesa di Sant'Angelo a Nilo
Offline map
( 081 420 12 22; Vico Donnaromita 15; 8.30am-1pm & 4.30-6.30pm Mon-Sat,
8.30am-1pm Sun; Dante)
This modest 14th-century church contains one of the first
great art works to grace the Neapolitan Renaissance - the majestic tomb of Cardinal Bran-
caccio, the church's founder. Although considered a part of Naples' artistic heritage, the
sarcophagus was actually sculpted in Pisa by Donatello, Michelozzo and Pagno di Lapo
Partigiani. Taking a year to complete, the sculptured marvel was shipped to Naples in
1427.
CHURCH
Complesso Monumentale
dei Girolamini
( 081 44 91 39; Via Duomo 142; church 9.30am-noon Mon-Sat, 9.30am-2pm Sun,
cloister & art gallery 10am-12.30pm Sat; C55 to Via Duomo)
The richly baroque
Ch-
iesa dei Girolamini
features two facades; the more-imposing 18th-century option can be
admired from Piazza dei Girolamini on Via dei Tribunali. The real highlights, however,
are next door in the 17th-century convent. The first is the beautiful main
cloister
, com-
plete with faded majolica tiles. The second is the upstairs
art gallery
, featuring local
greats like Luca Giordano, Battista Caracciolo and Giuseppe de Ribera.
CHURCH, GALLERY
MUSEUM
MADRE
