Discover the colors and flavors of the Spanish Quarters

Every large city has a neighborhood that distinguishes it - Bagaria for Palermo, Navigli for Milan, Trastevere for Rome, the Bronx for New York - and Naples also has its "Quartieri", an abbreviation for Spanish Quarters.

It is a historical part of the city made up of three different neighborhoods (San Ferdinando, Avvocata and Montecalvario) which arose around the 16th century to host the Spanish troops and which over time has remained immune to the subsequent transformations of the city, enclosing and guarding the inside it is a nucleus of historical and artistic importance of the city. It is among these alleys that you can still grasp the Neapolitan authenticity: a mix of tradition, history, lifestyle between sacred and profane.

For those who want to have a 360 degree image of the Quartieri Spagnoli you can rely on the Insolitaguida cultural association which organizes a narrated walk with the unequivocal title "Quartieri Spagnoli: between colors and flavours".

For those who want to have a 360 degree image of the Quartieri Spagnoli you can rely on the Insolitaguida cultural association which organizes a narrated walk with the unequivocal title "Quartieri Spagnoli: between colors and flavours".

 A journey of approximately two hours within one of the most characteristic areas of Naples which will lead to the discovery of unique places, opposing art expressions such as votive aedicules, a symbol of popular devotion, and artistic murals, a symbol of social redemption.

Framing everything are the particular lamps installed at various street corners by the famous architect-designer Dalisi, transforming the Quartieri Spagnoli into an open-air museum.

There will be no shortage of anecdotes and curiosities relating to the neighborhood such as petechial typhus and the culture of the "vascio", a typical Neapolitan home.