San Lorenzo is a district of

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, Italy. It incorporates the precise geographical center of the ancient

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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 San Giovanni a Carbonara is a Gothic church in Naples, Southern Italy Southern Italy (, , or , ; ; ), also known as () or (; ; ; ), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern Regions of Italy, regions. The term "" today mostly ...

as well as the eastern section of

via dei Tribunali Via dei Tribunali is a street in the old historic center of Naples, Italy. It was the main ''decumanus'' or Decumano Maggiore — that is, the main east-west street — of the ancient Greek and then Roman city of Neapolis, paralleled to the sou ...

(the "street of the courthouses") once known as ''"via della

Vicaria Vicaria (), often known as Il Vasto, is one of the 30 '' quartieri'' of Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 wit ...

"'', 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 km² (2001 census), 34,701 inhabitants per km², it is the most densely populated neighbourhood of Naples and all Italy.

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Quartieri of Naples {{Campania-geo-stub

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