The charm of the history and beauties of Napoli they often leave visitors speechless. Stanley Steward, a reporter for the British newspaper Telegraph, knows something about it. After visiting her, in fact, Steward crowned Naples most beautiful city in Italy.
A passionate city
But what struck the English journalist so much as to define Naples city most beautiful in Italy? Steward has certainly let himself be kidnapped by beauties and contradictions of the Campania capital, a city full of wonders, but also chaotic and in some dilapidated areas. There passion of the Neapolitan people broke into the cold heart of an Englishman, used to living the big city with order and rigor, but without the typical warmth of the Neapolitan city.
Il Archaeological Museum of Naples he literally entranced Steward, thanks to the richness of the collections belonging to the Farnese family and the finds from the archaeological site of Pompeii. In particular, he focused on a very particular wing of the museum, namely the Secret Cabinet. Here the most direct expression of sexuality is returned with a whole series of very explicit finds that form an almost unique collection of its kind. The representation of sexuality expressed in such a strong way brings it back to one modernity of antiquity which had been lost in the Middle Ages.
Napule is a thousand culur
The image of Naples transmitted by Steward does not deny the negativity of the city, but encloses them in a 'romantic perspective of a free metropolis, with its own strong identity. In fact, its great artistic heritage must be celebrated as much as the city must be described in its own more remote, raw and degraded corners. In every corner, in fact, the English journalist is able to read the history of the city, which was born as the Greek Partenope up to the many Baroque reconstructions.
And obviously also the culinary aspect cannot be overlooked when we talk about the Campania metropolis, which is known worldwide for its traditions, which melancholy also result in the monotony of a center that grows over the years but in the end always remains tied to its cornerstones. There pizza, above all, but also the almost obsessive rituality of coffee, which marks the moments of the day of the Neapolitans in a precise and distinct way. But also the confectionery, with the sfogliatella that steals the show from all the other products, or the secular culture of fry are fixed points of Neapolitan culture. And it is in this context that the minds of Neapolitan history conceived masterpieces such as the San Carlo, the oldest opera house in Europe.
Stanley Steward's looks like an ode to one city, which has to look back to project itself forward. Whether or not it is the most beautiful city in Italy remains a very subjective fact, which divides the opinion of those who visit it. Certainly this journalist has warmed his heart between the passion of the Neapolitans and history re vic and is city.
