The Decumano or Decumanus Superiore was one of the three main east-west roads (
Decumani
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 ...
) in the Ancient Roman city of Naples.
This street is the upper (superiore) and most Northern of the three decumani, or east-west streets, of the grid of the original Greco-Roman city of ''Neapolis''. The central main ''
Decumanus Maggiore'' is now ''Via dei Tribunali''; while the southernmost or lower ''
Decumanus Inferiore'' is now ''Spaccanapoli''. The three ''decumani'' were (and still are) intersected by numerous north-south cross-streets called ''cardini'', together forming the grid of the ancient city.
Buildings
The Decumanus Superiore is now comprised by via della Sapienza and via dell'Anticaglia, and via Santi Apostoli. Among the buildings and palaces on the road are:
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Church of Santa Maria della Sapienza
*Palazzo Bonifacio a Regina Coeli
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Church of Santa Maria Regina Coeli
*Palazzo Pisanelli
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Church of Santa Maria di Gerusalemme
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Ospedale degli Incurabili
The Ospedale degli Incurabili (''Hospital for the Incurables'') or Complesso degli Incurabili is an ancient and prominent hospital complex located on Via Maria Longo in central Naples, Italy. Part of the complex, including the remarkable pharma ...
*Roman Theater di Neapolis
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Palazzo Caracciolo di Avellino
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Church of San Giuseppe dei Ruffi
*Palazzo arcivescovile
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Church of Santa Maria Donnaregina Nuova
*Church of Santa Maria Ancillarum
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Church of Santi Apostoli
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Church of Santa Sofia
The other two decumani are closer to the coast:
Decumano Maggiore (Via dei Tribunali) and
Decumano Inferiore (Spaccanapoli), also exist in some form or other, mostly as narrow lanes.
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Streets in Naples