The opening of the show is carried on 3 and 4 June with the French dance “The Doucer perméable de la rose” on choreographies by Paco Decina and “Cold sweats” of Giancarlo Sepe inspired by the characters of “Vertigo” of Hitchcock, “the story of a criminal offense, whose secrets are revealed in half of the show (and the film) to focus on the sentimental, of obsessions and delusions of a person abandoned by the object of his love”, as explained the author and director. The closure on 27 and 28 June it is entrusted, as well as “The method” to work by Jordi Galceran directed by Lorenzo Lavia, to an appointment absolutely Neapolitan which guarantees a writer whom Maurizio De Giovanni, a story which is staged by Andrea Renzi, actor and director. [charme-gallery]

L'articolo Back the Napoli Teatro Festival: 60 shows 3 to 28 June proviene da Charme.

Once the defensive bulwark of the Anjourulers ofNaples, a venue for the elegant receptions of the Aragonese royal family and the stronghold of the Spanuish viceroys, Castel Sant’Elmo now forms a monumental hill side museum complex along with the underlyng San Martino Chartherhouse. It is from here, looking down between the blue sky and blue sea, that stands the squat figure of Castel dell’Ovo, old prison last king of Rome, Romulus Augustulus.On the tiny island of Megaris, where the exhausted Siren Parthenope finally reached the shore, stands one of Naples’ oldest and most beautiful castles.

The castle’s history is entiwined with that of the poet, alchimist and magician Virgil, long considered the protector of the city during Middle Ages. Some claim that the term “Ovo” refers to its oval layout, but Neapolitans believe the other story, according to which Virgil cast a spell on an egg which he then placed in a sealed metal casket and hid in the castle’s deepest dungeons. Opinion differs here as some claim the egg was buried in a niche, others say it was sealed in a glass jug and the walled in but they all agree that the egg holds the key to the fate ofNaples. When an arch collapsed during the reign of Joan I, the queen had to swear that she had replaced the “mysterious” egg in order to prevent the outbreak of panic in the city. Just beyond here Castelnuovo (better known as Maschio Angioino), a beautiful castle.

Built in 1279 by the Charles I of Anjou, founder of the French dynasty inNaples, the castle was the residence of the royal family and the venue for a particularly intense political and cultural court life. In 1294 the castle’s main hall witnessed what Dante called the “grand refusal”, the abdication of the Pope Celestine V on December 13, and the appointment of the successor Boniface VIII on Christmas Eve. Other stories tell of the mysterious disappareance of prisoners from the Fossa del Miglio dungeons and huge crocodile which apparently entered the castle at night, through a trapdoor, to devour prisoners. Some say that Queen Joan used the crocodile to dispose of unwanted lovers. Alfonse of d’Aragon besieged theAnjoucastle and captured it on 12 june 1442 to become the new King of Naples and under Alfonse the magnanimous, the city lived its renaissance.

The short-lived Aragonese reing saw the reconstruction of the castle and the addition of a monumental triumph arch carved in marble above the main entrance. and here we are, finally, in Castel Capuano, where the poet Petrarch stayed in 1370 and also where Queen Joan II is said to have poisoned her lover. On the borders of the kingdom, in Ischia and Bacoli here the last fortress of Parthenope: the Aragonese Castle of Ischia and the Baia Castle Built on an ancient magma “bubble” more than 100 metres high, the magnificent castle in Ischia Ponte and the stone bridge linking it to the mainland were built by Alphonse of Aragon on the same site as Hiero of Syracuse’s 474 BC fortress.The castle incorporates a monastery, the 18^th century baroque church of the Immacolata, the remains of the cathedral where Princess Vittoria Colonna married Ferrante d’Avalos marquis of Pescara in 1509, the Clarisse Convent with its cemetery and stone chairs where the nuns’ bodies were placed to dry and drain and the castle gardens served by a narrow trail dug out of the rock.  Also the Baia Castle was built from Alphonse of Aragon. The first stone being laid in 1495 to defend Pozzuoli from the Moorish pirates. Today it became the Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields.

L'articolo Stone sentinels to guard the town proviene da Charme.

Vomero, Castel Sant’Elmo and  San Martino

We see the stronghold which dominates the city: Castel Sant’Elmo, the building on the hill wanted by don Pedro de Toledo as a defense, erected on the Norman Belforte tower. There stands San Martino district, with the homonymous chartreuse hosting a museum, among Art Noveau palaces.

Is possible to get there on foot thanks to the rampe del Petraio, from Corso Vittorio Emanuele, near Suor Orsola Benincasa complex, or taking the 414 steps of Salita della Pedamentina, a long staircase excavated into tufa, which brings directly into the heart of Naples connecting Vomero with Montesanto district, in Pignasecca, the Neapolitan bazar.

On the hill, where shopping is a must, there are the luxurant gardens of Villa Floridiana, hosting the Museo nazionale della ceramica Duca di Martina; the church San Gennariello al Vomero, with treasures like Stefano Macario paintings and the basreliefs showing the martyrdom of San Gennaro; the elegant via Scarlatti; the geometric symmetries of piazza Vanvitelli and piazzetta Fuga.

Have a nice walk, then. Into history, tradition, and taste.

L'articolo From Decumani to Vomero, wonders to be discovered on foot – Fifth tour proviene da Charme.

“A work for the Castle”
Castel Sant ‘Elmo, via Tito Angelini, Naples
Visits: Saturday, September 27 and Saturday 4 and October 11, 2014 from 12.00 to 18.00
Info and reservations: info@lejardin-napoli.com

L'articolo The secret garden of Castel Sant ‘Elmo reveals its beauty to the public proviene da Charme.

Within the walls of the fortress that stands on the heights of Vomero, will host the event Ianus, named for the god to whom, it is said, was dedicated to the hill where the castle.
It is an event organized in collaboration with The song of Partenope, Vocational Training Centre for Dance – “Dance Company”, Association of Project Museum; Bereshit Association, Association of the Company Tumblers; Caracol Association; with the contribution of Naples Kayak and sponsored by the City of Naples Department of Youth Policy, which will fill the castle of music, theater, literature, dj and dancing.
Artists and musicians will enliven therefore the halls of the impressive building, with events dedicated to children and adults throughout the evening.
But not over here because we remember that we are in the fall and then in the harvesting period and for those who want to experience the thrill of the grape harvest organic, the appointment is in the gardens of the Certosa di San Martino to discover the ancient strains of the fruit of the vine, such as cornicella and catalanesca, thanks to the support of society gardens of the South.
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Space to symphonic music with appointments expected in Floridiana, organized by the “Mystic Gulf” and the Directorate of Museum and still in the green Pignatelli Museum continues with the musical performance “Songs and epistles of pure love and profane , “followed by a guided visit to the Museum of Carriages.
And in the tour of the treasures of Naples, could not miss the Museum of Girolamini, where you can visit the exceptionally solemn hall of the sacristy.
And if you’re still not sated the “feast” cultural awaits a brace of appointments in the wonderful surroundings of the town of Caserta, where you can enjoy the splendid Reggia di Caserta and make a stop at the Palatine Library, which houses the correspondence of Luigi Vanvitelli his brother Urbano, along with some precious volumes’ 700.
Finally to close in the best way, it is strongly recommended a trip in the charming blue island, where for the first time will be on public display in the chapel of San Bruno of Certosa di San Giacomo of Capri, two paintings made ​​by the German KW Diefenbach, dedicated to the figure of Christ.

“European Heritage Days”
20-21 September 2014

Museo di Capodimonte, Via Miano, Napoli 2, tel: 0817499111
“The Battle of Pavia and the Vandalia”
Opening hours: 19.00 and 21.00

Castel Sant ‘Elmo, via Tito Angelini, 22, Naples, tel: 0812294401
“Ianus”
For info and reservations: 3346077812, Email: info@progettomuseo.com

Certosa and Museum of San Martino, Largo S. Martino, 5, tel: 0812294541
“Harvest in Certosa.’s Oldest vineyard of the monks”

Museo Duca di Martina, Villa Flordiana
“Conversations and Concerts in Floridiana”, 20.30

Museo Pignatelli, via Riviera di Chiaia, 200, tel: 0817612356
“Songs and epistles of pure love and profane” 21.30

National Monument Girolamini, Via Duomo 142 Naples
“The Sacristy of Girolamini”
Hours 16:30 to 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Reservations required: tel: 0812294571, e-mail mn-gir@beniculturali.it;

The Royal Palace of Caserta, via Douhet, 2 / a, tel: 0823277468
“Hidden Places.’s Elliptical vault and attics”
Reservations required: tel.0823 448084; e-mail caserta@civitamusea.i
Start of visits: 10.30

Royal Palace of Caserta
“Flipping Vanvitelli.’s Letters to his brother Luigi Vanvitelli in the Palatine Library Urbano di Caserta”

Capri, Charterhouse of St. Giacomo, Via Certosa, 1, Capri, tel: 0818376218
“Diefenbach and the sacred in the chapel of San Bruno”
Hours: 20.00-24.00

L'articolo Travel through the beauty of Naples and its priceless treasures reserve proviene da Charme.

The restoration made by Cosimo Fanzago during the 17^th century transformed the old monastery into a stunning religious complex. Between the 16^th century and the 18^th century, there worked the best architects and artists of the period – painters, sculptors, artisans of marble, wood and minor arts – like Fanzago, Spadaro, Ribera, Stanzione, Caracciolo, Sanmartino, Lanfranco, Solimena, and Vaccaro brothers. They enriched it with works of art, altars, and décors. During the Grand Tour, the chartreuse dedicated to San Martino, probably because of a chapel in his honour, was a favoured destination of men of letters and travellers in search of inspiration and knowledge.

The sumptuous Baroque church with marbles, sculptures, and the enchanting choir. The majestic cloister, with a Doric-Tuscan colonnade, statues all along the open gallery, the camellia garden. The amazing cloister “dei Procuratori”, with terracotta tiles and majolica floor made by Giuseppe Massa. The three-levels garden: the highest used to host the monks’ herbarium; the vegetable garden in the middle; the lowest with vineyards, reserved to the monks’ walk.[charme-gallery]The extraordinary room with the carriages: the oldest one, the “Carriage of the city”, was made in golden wood and enriched with paintings and valuable fabrics between the 17^th and the 18^th century. It went out for the last time in 1861, when Naples ceased to be the capital of the Reign of the Two Sicilies. There’s also the carriage which belonged to Queen Maria Cristina of Savoy, dating between the 18^th and the 19^th century.

During the restorations of 1886, made by Alberto Avena, royal and viceroyal coats of arms were put on the walls. Some of them come from Porta Medina, destroyed in 1873, and arrived to San Martino in 1889; the Bourbon of the Two Sicilies coat of arms comes from the door of Castel Nuovo. There is also the Colonna della Vicaria, originally put at the entrance of Castel Capuano, where, during the 17^th and 18^th century, insolvent debtors were humiliated, like in the 17^th century painting “Il Tribunale della Vicaria”.

Since 1866 the National Museum of San Martino exhibits the best Neapolitan cribs (like the spectacular 18^th century Presepe Cucciniello), arms and memorabilia of the Reign during different epochs. There are even ships, like the royal Bourbon dinghy, a Savoy dinghy, and a caique given to Ferdinand of Bourbon by Sultan Selim III.

Certosa di San Martino
Piazzale San Martino, 5 – Naples
Ph.+39.081.5586408
Open: mon-sun h.8.30-19.30, thu closed

www.polomusealenapoli.beniculturali.it/museo_sm/museo_sm.html

L'articolo History, architecture, and charming views proviene da Charme.

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A separate section, curated by Marcello Sorgi, is dedicated to the history of Radio told through the voice of the protagonists with many rare and unpublished materials put on display.
Still, there are nine thematic interactive stations that offer the visitor a selection of ninety years of radio programs, interactive Radiocorriere a column, relics such as the Bird of radio programs and documents, as the booklet on the “Standards for the preparation of a radio drama, written in 1973 by Carlo Emilio Gadda.
If you move, then, in the central exhibition space, you will be waiting a television set of the seventies, which was rebuilt in collaboration with the Museum of Radio and Television of Turin.
And finally, many surprises again with new songs such as the original sketches of costumes for “Joan, Grandmother of the Black Corsair”, illustrated plates with the characters for “The Four Musketeers” Nice and Morbelli, games boxed game shows, the manuscript original script of the film by Ermanno Olmi “the tree of Wooden Clogs” (1978) and won the Golden Lion at Venice in 2013 by Gianfranco Rosi with the film “Holy Gra”.
At the end of the exhibition, there will be a section that documents the activities of the CRIT-Centre for Research and Technological Innovation of RAI, the origins of planning the future of technology.
In short, a show not to be missed!

“1924-2014. Rai says Italy”
25 June-27 July 2014
Castel Sant ‘Elmo via Tito Angelini, 22, Naples
Every day 10:00 to 19:00; closed on Tuesdays
Free admission, contacts and info: 0812294401

L'articolo Ninety years of history in the Rai exhibition at Castel Sant ‘Elmo proviene da Charme.

L'articolo In Naples, the second leg of the exhibition on 200 years of the Carabinieri proviene da Charme.

But we see in detail the program by 1 May. And let’s start from Benevento, where you can admire the impressive Roman theater, the ancient building dating back to the second century and was built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian.
Still, always staying near the Apennines hinterland of Campania, we point out another interesting destination: the former Bourbon prison of Avellino from the original hexagonal structure,designed by De Fazio, with the consent of King Ferdinand I and realized in 1832 in the capital of Irpinia, now the headquarters of the Superintendent of BAP Irpino Avellino and the new Museum of the Risorgimento.

But it did not end there, because to throw open its doors will also be the ancient Domus Via degli Orti in Santa Maria Capua Vetere (the ancient Capua), a precious example of the Roman house, where they are still perceivable traces of the original structure.
We now move from the Vesuvian area and specifically in Pompeii, for a tour of the ancient archaeological excavations and the typical Roman houses buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD and then brought to light in modern times.

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And once in place, must is the archaeological site of Oplonti ,a few miles from Pompeii, in what today is the center of the modern town of Torre Annunziata ,and what was once the Roman city of Oplontis, buried for much of the rubble volcanic explosion of Vesuvio, but for which you have retrieved impressive testimonials and lush as the extraordinary patrician villa of Poppea and the rustic villa not far Lucius Crassius Tertius.

Another day, another race! This time we stopped in the charming Blue Island, admiring the unparalleled beauty of the Carthusian Monastery , the oldest monastery in Capri, whose foundation dates back to the second half of ‘300, as evidenced by the remarkable fresco above the portal of access to the church.

Let us now return to the city of siren Partenope and discover the routes that we reserve the beautiful Naples.
It starts with the National Archaeological Museum, then continue with the Museum of San Martino and so the view at Castel Sant ‘Elmo,  where you can admire the magnificent view of the Gulf.
And to keep us company in this day of celebration, will also be the majestic halls of the Royal Palace, the Museum of Villa Pignatelli and the monumental complex of the Girolamini remember that includes the solemn church, the picture gallery and library.
This and much more will be open free of charge during the day tomorrow. Just an opportunity not to be missed!

State museums with free admission to the 1st of May
1 May 2014 , complete program on:http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Comunicati/visualizza_asset.html_984356857.html

L'articolo Free tours in the museums of Campania for the celebration of May 1st proviene da Charme.

The meeting is part of the third edition of the exhibition on contemporary art and is part of a cycle that after exploring the artistic experiences of the 80s, now initiates a confrontation with the modern artists on the national scene who are considered the heirs of new forms of visual expression.

Thereby, the so-called “street art”, a trend increasingly popular in recent times which finds its highest expression in the techniques of Graffiti and Urban Art.

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It all works around the result of a common feeling that arises and develops from its relationship with urban spaces that become an integral part of the material on which the artist works. To moderate the meeting with their valuable contribution will be Olga Scotto di Vettimo an art historian and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and Mario Francesco Simeone, art historian and journalist who will meet with Iabo, a young artist, exponent of the birth and development of the movement from urban art in Naples.

The event represents an opportunity to understand and investigate the emerging art forms through a kind of direct interaction and stimulating, assisted by discussions, presentations, meetings with artists, visits to the museum and video projections.

“From graffiti to street art, open hypothesis”
Thursday, March 27th, 17:00 Museum ‘900, via Tito Angelini 22 Naples

L'articolo The new forms of art, presented in Castel Sant ‘Elmo proviene da Charme.