Via dei Tribunali is a street in the old historic center of
Naples,
Italy.
It was the main ''
decumanus
In Roman urban planning, a decumanus was an east–west-oriented road in a Roman city or castrum (military camp). The main decumanus of a particular city was the Decumanus Maximus, or most often simply "the Decumanus". In the rectangular street gr ...
'' or Decumanus Maggiore — that is, the main east-west street—of the ancient Greek and then Roman city of Neapolis, paralleled to the south by the lower ''decumanus'' (
Decumano Inferiore, now called Spaccanapoli) and to the north by the upper ''decumanus'' (
Decumano Superiore) (now ''via Anticaglia'' and ''Via della Sapienza''). The three ''decumani'' were (and still are) intersected by numerous north-south cross-streets called ''cardini'', together forming the grid of the ancient city. The modern streets/alleys that overlie and follow the ancient grid of these ancient streets.
The length of the modern ''Via dei Tribunali'' was determined by the urban expansion requirements of the Spanish starting in the early 16th century. The street runs from the church of
San Pietro a Maiella
San Pietro a Majella is a church in Naples, Italy. The term may also refer to the adjacent Naples music conservatory, which occupies the premises of the monastery that used to form a single complex with the church.
The church stands at the west ...
and adjacent
Naples Music Conservatory at the west end of the old city for about three-quarters of a mile, passing the central cross-road at via
San Gregorio Armeno
San Gregorio Armeno ("St. Gregory the Armenian") is a church and a monastery in Naples, Italy. It is one of the most important Baroque complexes in Naples. The church is located on a street of the same name just south of Via dei Tribunali and a f ...
, then crossing ''via Duomo'' near the
Cathedral of Naples
The Naples Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Napoli; nap, Viscuvato 'e Napule), or Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary ( it, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, links=no), is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the s ...
and ending at what was, until quite recently, the main Naples courthouse (Italian: ''
Tribunale''), from which the street draws its name.
Buildings and Structures
The following are important or ancient buildings along the Street from East to West:
*Church of
Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Alfonso Maria de' Liguori
Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Alfonso Maria de' Liguori (formerly church of Santa Maria della Redenzione dei Captivi) is a Roman Catholic church located in via San Sebastiano #1 in the historic center of Naples, Italy. It rises on the South-East ...
*
Sant'Antonio delle Monache a Port'Alba
Biblioteca di Ricerca Area Umanistica (BRAU) is the university library of the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici of the University of Naples Federico II.
It was established in 2009 but Neapolitan Baroque building dates back to 1564, designed by Pao ...
*
Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella
*Church of
San Pietro a Majella
San Pietro a Majella is a church in Naples, Italy. The term may also refer to the adjacent Naples music conservatory, which occupies the premises of the monastery that used to form a single complex with the church.
The church stands at the west ...
*Church of
Croce di Lucca
*
Pontano Chapel The Pontano Chapel or Cappella dei Pontano is a Renaissance-style chapel in central Naples, Italy, on Via Tribunali, just in front of and obscuring the left lower façade of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta.
The chapel was ...
*Church of
Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta
*
Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino
*
Palazzo Filippo d'Angiò
*Basilica Church of
San Paolo Maggiore
*Basilica Church of
San Lorenzo Maggiore
*Church of
Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco
*
Church of Girolamini
*Church of
Santa Maria della Colonna
*
Duomo di Napoli
The Naples Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Napoli; nap, Viscuvato 'e Napule), or Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary ( it, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, links=no), is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the s ...
(at corner of via Duomo)
*
Guglia di San Gennaro
*
Palazzo Caracciolo di Gioiosa
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*
Pio Monte della Misericordia
*Church of
Santa Maria della Pace
*Church of
Santa Maria del Rifugio
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*Church of
San Tommaso a Capuana
*
Chapel of the Monte dei Poveri
*
Castel Capuano
*
Guglia di San Gaetano The Spires of Naples ("spire" in Italian: ''guglia''; plural, ''guglie'') are monumental columns in the historic center of the city of Naples, Italy.
These ''plague columns'' were built to celebrate the end of, or deliverance from, the plague. Th ...
Tribunali
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