Arenaccia is a historical neighborhood or ''zona'' of the Fourth Municipality of northeastern Naples, Italy. Its name derives from the Via Arenaccia road that divides the neighborhoods of

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and

Vicaria Vicaria ( it, residence of the Viceroy), often known as Il Vasto, is one of the 30 '' quartieri'' of Naples, southern Italy, lying immediately to the east of the historical city centre (''Centro storico''). It borders the districts of Poggioreal ...

, which covers the area. The east–west boundaries are represented roughly by the

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and the Corso Malta, while the north-west boundaries are represented from the beginning and end of the Via Arenaccia. The district was created with the work of reorganization, to expand the city. A Royal Decree of 25 July 1885 approved the expansion in ten districts of the town of Naples (Arenaccia, Sant'Eframo, Vecchio, Ottocalli,

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, Miradois, Materdei,

Vomero Vomero () is a bustling hilltop district of metropolitan Naples, Italy — comprising approximately and a population of 48,000. Vomero is noted for its central square, Piazza Vanvitelli; the ancient Petraio, its earliest path up and down t ...

- Arenella,

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, and Rione Amedeo) and two suburban districts. Frank M. Snowden says of the district, "Arenaccia, Ottocalli and S. Maria delle Paludi instantly became unhygienic modern slums. To live in Arenaccia, however, denoted a position of relative privilege." Among the notable buildings in the area are the

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built by

Charles III of Spain it, Carlo Sebastiano di Borbone e Farnese , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Philip V of Spain , mother = Elisabeth Farnese , birth_date = 20 January 1716 , birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain , death_d ...

(which is named after the homonymous square,

), the Liceo Classico Giuseppe Garibaldi, and the

Teatro San Ferdinando Teatro San Ferdinando is a theatre in Naples, Italy. It is named after King Ferdinand I of Naples. Located near Ponte Nuovo, it is to the southeast of the Teatro Totò in the western part of the neighborhood of Arenaccia. Built in the late eight ...

, established around 1790. An artesian well at Arenaccia, near the Ponte della Maddalena, was completed in the year 1888. Stadio Militare dell'Arenaccia was built in 1921–1923.

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