Panoramic view of the dockyard at Naples
View of the dockyard at Naples, by Caspar (Jasper, Gasper, Gaspar, Gaspare) van Wittel (Vanvitelli) (Amersfoort (1652/3 - Rome 1736). Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, ca. 1700-1718).
The royal palace is visible on the left, and the Castel Nuovo on the right. They are joined by the still existing arches, over which the Certosa di San Martino monastry looms in the distance.
Approximately the same location today.
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At the age of this painting Naples was the biggest town inside the territory of present "Republic of Italy".
ReplyDeleteHere are the top 5 at the age of the census in 1911.
Naples 563,000
Milan 490,000
Rome 464,000
Palermo 330,000
Turin 305,000
Nowadays Naples-city is the third one, after Rome and Milan, which enjoyed particular helps in the Fascist age (Rome, 1930s) and after WWII (Milan, 1950s-1960s).
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