San Lorenzo is a district of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Italy. It incorporates the precise geographical center of the ancient
Greco-Roman city, centered on the intersection of Via San Gregorio Armeno and Via dei Tribunali.
It also includes the area at the extreme east end of the historic center of the city and includes the church and street of
San Giovanni a Carbonara as well as the eastern section of
via dei Tribunali (the "street of the courthouses") once known as ''"via della
Vicaria"'', since the Vicaria (the still prominent Palazzo Ricca at the east end of the street) housed the main tribunal under the Spanish vicerealm.
The modern area is situated over archaeological ruins, some of which may be visited beneath the church of
San Lorenzo Maggiore
San Lorenzo Maggiore is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Benevento, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is a member of the Titerno Local Action Group.
Geography
San Lorenzo Maggiore covers 16.17 square kilometers of hilly land ...
. With 49,275 inhabitants on 1.42 km
2 (2001 census), 34,701 inhabitants per km
2, it is the
most densely populated neighbourhood of Naples and all Italy.
See also
References
Quartieri of Naples
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