It is back to talk about Piazza del Plebiscito a Napoli and targeted works a enhance the face of this important symbolic place of the city, also creating a Museum of the Hypogeum in the basement of the square.
This is what was planned by the new council of Mayor Manfredi who declared that by the end of this year the works will be completed and this museum which has been talked about for some time will finally be inaugurated.
The municipal administration, at the end of a meeting also held in the presence of the prefect Claudio Palomba, the councilor for urban planning Laura Lieto, the superintendent of Cultural Heritage Luigi La Rocca and the Fondo Edifici di Culto of the Agenzia del Demanio, discussed also ofillumination of the colonnade improvement of decoration of the square.
The new lighting of Piazza Plebiscito
One of the objectives is certainly to improve public lighting of the square thanks to the collaboration with the Citelum company.
We will work on the imposing colonnade of the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola and all the lighting along it will be enhanced, certainly giving a much more suggestive aspect to the whole square.
We remember that before, on certain occasions of celebration or various tributes, the colonnade was illuminated and the appearance of the whole place has benefited a lot, so when the lighting is final it will be a show.
The underground Museum of the Hypogeum
A large hypogeum was found four years ago, that is, one underground space, of about one thousand square meters under the square and since then works have been frequently planned to make it accessible to the public.
It was built in the nineteenth century by the will of the French general and King of Naples Gioacchino Murat, after which the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola was erected by the subsequent King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand I.
The Underground Museum, according to the statements of the administration, will open by the end of 2022 and currently the Superintendency of Public Works has already started work. The Museum will consist of a central hall and four other surrounding rooms connected to it by some corridors. It will be accessed from a room located under the colonnade and also from the back of the church.
Probably it will also be connected to the Bourbon Gallery.
The decoration of the square
At the request of the director of the Royal Palace of Naples, Mario Epifani, the decoration of the square will also be improved. Indeed, with the help of social services, a solution will be found for help homeless people who sleep close to the facades of the Royal Palace, which overlooks Piazza Plebiscito.
Their health will also improve because it is very dangerous to sleep outdoors, especially in this period when temperatures are very low and, at night, even very close to freezing.
