While Naples has changed throughout the years–some may even say “cleaned-up”–there’s one neighborhood where the city’s spirit, its ammuina (cheerful confusion), hasn’t been washed away. In Rione Sanità, fruit stalls overflowing with seasonal produce stand next to those selling budget packs of red underwear, vendors incessantly shout “FRUTTA FRESCA!...

A new Italian study in 'bioinformatics' has uncovered several hitherto unknown mutations of a serious tumour in children, paving the way for new and more targeted treatment of the neuroblastoma. The malign tumour of the nervous system strikes around 15,000 children and teenagers around the world each year, and over a hundred in Italy. It is conside...

Starlight, a company within the NextEnergy Group focused on renewable asset development globally, iinitiated an innovative agri-eco-voltaics project in Italy called Land of the Sun. Agri-eco-voltaics is the process of combining solar photovoltaic systems with modern day, sustainable agriculture and territorial requalification. It has the potential...

Naples’ busy metro is probably the last place you'd expect to find a contemporary art gallery. Yet gliding on an escalator 131 feet up to Toledo station in the Spanish Quarter mimics the experience of moving underwater.  The immersive art piece “Crater de Luz” is one of more than 250 works by 80 international artists across 12 metro stops. Named on...

In Naples there is already a crib figurine of world champion Leo Messi with Argentina, signed by master Genny Di Virgilio. It took just two hours after the Albicelestre won the World Cup in Qatar against France (4-2 on penalties, after 2-2 in regulation time and 3-3 after extra time, in an endless battle between the two teams) to see Leo Messi rais...

Naples has always been a place of strong contrasts, so it is only natural that nativity scenes, the extraordinary “product” of the local artisan production, would become embroiled in this and become the basis on which all these contradictions miraculously converge and are formed. The Neapolitan tradition of nativity scenes can be traced back to the...

That of garbage is an emergency that has been trying to be fought for years now in many Italian cities. Rome and Naples are certainly the ones that suffer most from this discomfort, but the problem of garbage is also being felt in other cities. Burning every type of waste that came to the landfill, pollutes, so that is why alternative methods are b...

Naples may be known on the surface for its Baroque magnificence or for how difficult it is to drive, but those willing to dig a bit deeper will discover a vibrant contemporary art scene tucked behind its crumbling plaster facades. In addition to established institutions like Museo Madre and PAN (Palazzo delle Arti Napoli), or galleries like Thomas...

Italian archaeologists have discovered an ancient mosaic floor in the living room of a villa that once belonged to Roman emperors. The 2,000-year-old floor was uncovered at the Pausilypon, an imperial villa that was inherited by Octavian Augustus and passed down to subsequent emperors, according to a news release from the University of Naples. The...

In Naples, in the Bagnoli district, there is an interactive science museum, a place to touch and experiment as well as observe. With large spaces a stone's throw from the sea, permanent exhibitions, a training center and a rich calendar of activities and events, Città della Scienza has always been committed to promoting a new model of knowledge at...