Spaccanapoli is the straight and narrow main street that traverses the old, historic center of the city of Naples, Italy. The name is a popular usage and means, literally, "Naples splitter". The name is derived from the fact that it is very long and from above it seems to divide that part of the city. This street is the lower (''Decumanus Inferiore'') and southernmost 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 northernmost or upper '' Decumanus Superiore'' is 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. Today, the street officially starts at Piazza Gesù Nuovo and is officially named ''Via

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''. Moving east, the street changes name to ''Via S. Biagio dei Librai'' and then crosses ''Via Duomo'' (named for the

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) and moves beyond the confines of the old center of town. Spaccanapoli is the main promenade for tourists as it provides access to a number of important sights of the city. These include: * Santa Chiara *

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* San Biagio Maggiore * Santi Filippo e Giacomo *

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* San Domenico Maggiore *

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*Palazzo Petrucci *Palazzo Pinelli *

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entry on Palace. * Palazzo del Panormita * Palazzo Filomarino della Rocca *Palazzo di Sangro *Palazzo di Sangro di Casacalenda * Palazzo Marigliano *Piazzetta Nilo with the Nile God statue * Palazzo of Monte di Pietà, Naples

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