Via dei Tribunali is a street in the old historic center of
Naples
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,
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.
It was the main ''
decumanus
In Roman urban planning, a ''decumanus'' was an east–west-oriented road in a Ancient Rome, Roman city or ''Castra, castrum'' (military camp). The main ''decumanus'' of a particular city was the ''decumanus maximus'', or most often simply "the ...
'' or Decumano Maggiore — that is, the main east-west street — of the ancient Greek and then Roman city of Neapolis,
paralleled to the south by the lower ''decumanus'' (
Decumano Inferiore, now called Spaccanapoli) and to the north by the upper ''decumanus'' (
Decumano Superiore) (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. The modern streets/alleys overlie and follow the ancient grid of these ancient streets.
The length of the modern ''Via dei Tribunali'' was determined by the urban expansion requirements of the Spanish starting in the early 16th century. The street runs from the church of
San Pietro a Maiella and adjacent
Naples Music Conservatory at the west end of the old city for about three-quarters of a mile, passing the central cross-road at via
San Gregorio Armeno, then crossing ''via Duomo'' near the
Cathedral of Naples
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and ending at
Castel Capuano, the former Naples courthouse (Italian: ''
Tribunale''), from which the street draws its name.
Buildings and Structures
The following are important or ancient buildings along the Street from East to West:
*Church of
Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Alfonso Maria de' Liguori
*
Sant'Antonio delle Monache a Port'Alba
*
Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella
*Church of
San Pietro a Majella
*Church of
Croce di Lucca
*
Pontano Chapel
*Church of
Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta
*
Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino
*
Palazzo Filippo d'Angiò
*Basilica Church of
San Paolo Maggiore San Paolo Maggioreo may refer to:
* San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna, church in Bologna, Italy
* San Paolo Maggiore, Naples, church in Naples, Italy
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*Basilica Church of
San Lorenzo Maggiore
*Church of
Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco
*
Church of Girolamini
*Church of
Santa Maria della Colonna
*
Duomo di Napoli (at corner of via Duomo)
*
Guglia di San Gennaro
*
Palazzo Caracciolo di Gioiosa
*
Pio Monte della Misericordia
*Church of
Santa Maria della Pace
*Church of
Santa Maria del Rifugio
*Church of
San Tommaso a Capuana
*
Chapel of the Monte dei Poveri
*
Castel Capuano
*
Guglia di San Gaetano
References
Tribunali
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