FAI Spring Days 2014: the sites opened in Naples

The FAI 2014 Days involve an entire weekend and include the opening of numerous sites also in Naples and in the rest of Campania

"2 days to admire Italy, 365 days to save it": this is the slogan of the FAI Spring for the 2014, which will take place on 22 and 23 March 2014

This is the twenty-second edition of the event organized by the Italian Environment Fund with the aim of raising awareness among the population of the surrounding environment and artistic heritage too often underestimated.

Since its first edition, the FAI Days have managed to involve both citizens and places of art: in fact, they are far beyond that 7 million the people in Italy who have participated over the years and at least 750 the open and open places open to free contribution.

With the organization of these two intense days, the FAI wants both to protect the Italian environmental and artistic heritage, and to make accessible the places that are normally closed or little visited. It is about sites present in all regions, Including Campania, and that for an entire weekend will be available to the entire population.

The FAI website also makes available your own App, freely downloadable from the various online stores, to allow anyone to quickly and effectively consult the list of sites closest to their place of residence.

Not only that, during the FAI Spring Days, will be set up many projects that will involve schools and younger ones. In this way, the students will be sensitized on the Italian artistic and cultural heritage of which they will be in the future users and who will have the responsibility to protect.

Last year, the FAI Days provided for the opening of 18 sites between Naples and the province, and over 50 locations in the rest of Campania.
L'list of sites this yearinstead, it foresees the opening of the following palaces, monuments and churches:

Palazzo Ischitella historic apartment

One of the first palaces built on the Riviera di Chiaia, it was sacked and damaged by the revolutionaries during the Masaniello revolt. It was then sold to the Pinto y Mendoza family, Princes of Ischitella.
Guided tours by the Ciceroni Apprentices: Tito Livio Middle School, G. Gigante Middle School, C. Pavese Liceo.

Schedule:

Saturday: 9.00 - 13.00 hours
Sunday: 9.00 - 13.00

Address: Riviera di Chiaia, 270

State Archives

It is located in the monastery of the SS. Severino and Sossio and was born, in the Napoleonic period, as the General Archives of the Kingdom.
Guided tours, also in English and French by the Apprentices Ciceroni: Liceo Sannazaro and Liceo Pansini.

Schedule:

Saturday: 9.30 - 15.00 hours
Sunday: 9.30 - 15.00
Last entry 14.30 hours

Address: Piazzetta Grande Archive, 5

Church of the SS. Apostoli

Probably founded by the Neapolitan bishop Sotero on the ruins of an ancient pagan temple dedicated to Mars or Mercury.
Guided tours, also in English and French, by the Ciceroni Apprentices: Liceo Vittorini, Liceo Mazzini and Liceo Galilei.

Schedule:

Saturday: 9.30 -16.30 hours
Sunday: 9.30 -16.30 hours

Address: Largo of the Holy Apostles

Monumental complex of Carminiello to the Mannesi

From the rubble of the church of Santa Maria del Carmine ai Mannesi, destroyed by air raids, this monumental complex was found thanks to excavations in 1983-84.
Guided tours by the Ciceroni Apprentices: Liceo Sannazaro, Liceo Pansini and Liceo Pimentel Fonseca.

Connected event: Friday 21, 9.00 hours - 13.00 opening reserved for schools by reservation only on the site FaiPrenotazioni

Timetables:

Saturday: 9.00 - 13.00 hours
Sunday: 9.00 - 13.00

Address: Fondaco del Gelso ai Mannesi (adjacency Duomo)

Complex of Santa Caterina da Siena and Archivio della Solitaria

The first news about this convent dates back to 1613, when some nuns of the Teresian order lived there. It is currently the seat of the Faculty of Letters of Suor Orsola Benincasa.
Guided tours, also in English, by the Ciceroni Apprentices: Liceo Mazzini, Liceo Galilei, Liceo "De Sanctis, Liceo Labriola and Scuola Media Carlo Poerio.

Connected event: Sunday 23, 11.00 - 23.00 hours, at the Church of San Rocco, Riviera di Chiaia, 254, as part of the Re.crea project, Violoncelliade: dialogues between music and poetry, curated by Luca Signorini and Nicola Dal Falco

Timetables:

Saturday: 9.30 - 14.00 hours
Sunday: 9.30 - 14.00

Address: Via Santa Caterina da Siena, 38

Palazzo Marigliano

Formerly Palazzo De Capua, it was later bought by the great judge of the civil court Francesco Saverio Marigliano del Monte.
Guided tours, also in English and French, by the Ciceroni Apprentices: Margherita di Savoia High School, Liceo Comenius, Liceo Vittorini and Liceo De Nicola.

Timetables:

Saturday: 9.30 - 16.30 hours
Sunday: 9.30 - 16.30

Address: Via San Biagio dei Librai, 39

Anton Dohrn Zoological Station

Founded in 1872 by the German naturalist and zoologist Anton Dohrn, it had and has the purpose of spreading basic research and is still today one of the most authoritative scientific institutions built in the post-unification period.
Guided tours by the Ciceroni Apprentices: G. Galilei High School, Liceo Umberto I and Liceo Mazzini.

Timetables:

Saturday: 9.30 - 16.30 hours
Sunday: 9.30 - 16.30

Address: Villa Comunale

Villa Lucia (Exclusive entrance for FAI members)

The name derives from the favorite of King Ferdinand I, Lucia Migliaccio, Duchess of Floridia, to whom the entire building was dedicated.
Guided tours by the Ciceroni Apprentices: Viale Acacias middle school and Sannazzaro high school.

Timetables:

Saturday: 9.30 - 16.30 hours
Sunday: 9.30 - 16.30

Address: Vimaretto Cimarosa, 9

Villa Rosebery (Admission only for FAI members, possibility to register on site)

It is one of the most important examples of neoclassicism in Naples and is located in Posillipo. Currently it is the Neapolitan residence of the President of the Republic.
Guided tours by the Ciceroni Apprentices: Liceo Sannazaro, Liceo Umberto I, Viviani Media School, Vittorini High School, Liceo Galilei, Liceo Comenius and Liceo De Nicola.

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