Discovering the palaces, churches, museums and other historical places of Naples with the FAI Marathon 2015 initiative
The initiative of the Italian Ambiete Fund is back, FAI Marathon and, for the 2015 edition, for the first time the events will be entrusted to the young people of the FAI.
It will take place throughout Italy 18 October 2015 and of course also Napoli will be involved with events, itineraries and guided tours in the cultural places more interesting than its rich historical and archaeological heritage. As with any edition, members of the FAI will be able to enjoy some facilitations, while contributing to the cause for the redevelopment of the Italian historical heritage.
What is FAI Marathon
The FAI Marathon is a project born in 2012, in collaboration with the Lotto Game, and it is a national event to support the fundraising campaign "Let's remember to save Italy". The initiative, whose full name is "FAImarathon. With the Gioco del Lotto and the FAI, an Autumn FAI Day to discover a different Italy“, Provides a series of views with free contribution in 130 Italian cities that participate with more than 500 sites open.
Special events are also planned and, thanks to the collaboration of thousands of volunteers, the artistic, landscape and social heritage of our cities will be highlighted even more. The visits include entries also in churches, courtyards, palaces, gardens e theaters normally little or even not at all accessible to the public.
FAI Marathon 2015 program in Naples
Cabinet of the Duke
Palazzo Saluzzo di Corigliano - Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, 12
On the second floor of the headquarters of the University of Oriental Studies of Naples, is a palace of rococo taste completely covered with mirrors. It is enriched by allegorical figures made by Bartolomeo Granucci.
Exclusive opening for FAI members.
Hours: 10.00 16.00-
Casa Giuseppe Zevola
Via Atri, 3
Open exclusively for FAI members, it was the home of the Neapolitan painter, poet and philosopher Giuseppe Zevola. You can admire baroque mirrors and family furniture and the depiction of Philosophy personified by a woman with numerous drawers in her belly, symbols of knowledge. Narrative readings as special events.
Hours: 10.00 16.00-
Church of San Giovanni in Carbonara
via Carbonara, 20
La Church of San Giovanni a Carbonara, founded in 1343 is one of the most important in Naples and stands on a staircase at the foot of which is the entrance to the lower church of the Baroque period, Consolazione a Carbonoara. To mention the funeral monument to King Ladislaus. A concert of classical music as a special event.
Open to all with guided tour.
Hours: 10.00 16.00-
The Lazzaretto room in the former Peace Hospital
via Tribunali, 226
It is part of the Complex of Santa Maria della Pace and includes the church of the same name and theformer Hospital of the Hospital Friars of Saint John of God. Between the fifteenth and the eighteenth, the Stanza del Lazzaretto housed lepers, plague victims and other infected patients to treat them.
Hours: 10.00 16.00-
The works of art of Nathalie de Saint Phalle
Spinelli di Laurino Palace - Via Tribunali, 362
A writer of French origin living in Naples since 1993, Nathalie de Saint Phalle has created a place of art in two apartments in the Palazzo Spinelli in Laurino, frequented by national and international artists. You can admire the collection of Ph, catalogs, books, musical instruments and other works, in addition to the headquarters of a virtual collector, where the works are placed "in storage" by artists including Giuseppe Zevola, John Giorno and Beatrice Caracciolo.
Exclusive opening of FAI members.
Hours: 10.00 16.00-
Palazzo Venezia
Via Benedetto Croce, 19
Open to all for guided tours, the Palace was Donato by King Ladislaus I in 1512 to the Serenissima Republic of Venice as a residence for the consuls general in Naples. After a series of sales and remakes, he took over theneoclassical appearance of today. Interesting is the courtyard preceded by an atrium on which is the emblem.
Hours: 10.00 16.00-
Park of King Ladislaus
Via Cardinale Seripando
It is a garden of extreme historical importance attached to the Church of San Giovanni a Carbonara. Aranci, medlar, lemons, apricot trees e vine they enrich it and it was cultivated by the monks. Of Roman model, it is an example of ancient hortus conclusus. Special events: concert of Neapolitan popular music and botany laboratory.
Open to all with guided tour.
Hours: 10.00 16.00-
Advantages of enrolling in the FAI
FAI members will be able to visit many of the places included in the initiative exclusively and new members will have unique benefits for October. In fact, for the whole month there will be reduced rates online, reserved and free admissions and you will be able to skip the queues in open places. More information in the FAI website.
Information on FAI Marathon 2015
When: 18 October 2015
Where: palaces, gardens, churches of Naples
Price: free entry with free contribution. Some visits are reserved for FAI members
Info: FAI Marathon site
