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Via Toledo is an ancient street and one of the most important shopping thoroughfares in the city of
The street was mentioned by Stendhal, who wrote:
FR: "8 mars 1817. - Je pars 'de Naples'' Je n'oublierai pas plus la rue de Tolède que la vue que l'on a de tous les quartiers de Naples: c'est, sans comparaison, à mes yeux, la plus belle ville de l'univers."
EN: "8th March, 1817. - I'm leaving 'Naples'' I will no more forget the Via Toledo than 'I will'' the view that one has of all Naples's neighbourhoods: it is, in my opinion, beyond compare: the most beautiful city in the universe."
Via Toledo is an ancient street and one of the most important shopping thoroughfares in the city 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
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. The street is almost long and starts at Piazza Dante and ends in Piazza Trieste e Trento, near Piazza del Plebiscito
Piazza del Plebiscito (; nap, Chiazza d''o Plebbiscito) is a large public town square, square in central Naples, Italy.
History
Named after the plebiscite taken on October 21, 1860, that brought Naples into the unified Italian unification#Creat ...
.
History
The street was created by Spanishviceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning " ...
Pedro de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Villafranca in 1536, who entrusted Ferdinando Manlio
Ferdinando Manlio (died in 1570) was an Italian sculptor, architect and urban planner of the Renaissance, active in Naples. He trained under the sculptor Giovanni da Nola.
From 1540, he led the rebuilding of the Basilica of the Santissima Annu ...
, an Italian architect.
Over the centuries, the reputation of the street was enhanced through being a stop on the Grand Tour.
On 15 May 1848, the street was the scene of the repression of Neapolitan liberals who defended the recently established constitution.
Between the 1930s and the '50s, the street was modified by the construction of taller buildings, especially near the area of Piazza Carità.
From 18 October 1870 to 1980, the street was called "Via Roma", to celebrate Italian unification.
In 2012, "Toledo" metro station opened, and the street became closed to traffic from Via Armando Diaz to Piazza Trieste e Trento.
The street was mentioned by Stendhal, who wrote:
FR: "8 mars 1817. - Je pars 'de Naples'' Je n'oublierai pas plus la rue de Tolède que la vue que l'on a de tous les quartiers de Naples: c'est, sans comparaison, à mes yeux, la plus belle ville de l'univers."
EN: "8th March, 1817. - I'm leaving 'Naples'' I will no more forget the Via Toledo than 'I will'' the view that one has of all Naples's neighbourhoods: it is, in my opinion, beyond compare: the most beautiful city in the universe."
Monuments
The street is one of the most important tourist destinations of the city, with a large number of religious and monumental buildings, connecting two important city squares. Heading from Piazza Trieste e Trento toward Piazza Dante, the main sites of historical and architectural interest on the street are: *Galleria Umberto I
Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887–1890, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples—called t ...
;
* Palazzo Barbaja;
* Palazzo Berio;
* Palazzo del Banco di Napoli;
* Palazzo Zevallos;
* Palazzo della Banca Nazionale del Lavoro;
* Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Toledo;
* Palazzo Buono;
* Palazzo INA;
* Chiesa di San Nicola alla Carità;
* Palazzo del Conservatorio dello Spirito Santo;
* Palazzo Doria d'Angri;
* Basilica dello Spirito Santo;
* Palazzo de Rosa.
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