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Secret Naples Valerio Ceva Grimaldi

Secret Naples By Valerio Ceva Grimaldi

Secret Naples by Valerio Ceva Grimaldi


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Let Secret Naples guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Naples travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city.

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Secret Naples: A guide to the unusual and unfamiliar by Valerio Ceva Grimaldi

Let Secret Naples guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Naples guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.

Now in its fourth edition, Secret Naples features more than 250 secret and unusual locations.

Inside Secret Naples: A calcified lizard in a church, vestiges of a former brothel, a "hole" that cures headaches, a bunker turned art gallery, a customised Vespa from the Second World War, remarkable secret private collections, extraordinary old libraries unknown to Neapolitans, a Greek watchtower in a theatre, a rare clock that measures the equation of time, the bars of a chapel door that resonate like a xylophone, a mysterious phallic symbol in San Gennaro catacombs, a little-known museum with a section dedicated to Punch, a unique anatomical model dating from the 18th century, a raft ride 20 metres below Piazza del Plebiscito ...

Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Naples holds many well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to local residents and travellers who know where to step off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who think they are familiar with Naples or who want to discover another side of the city.

About Valerio Ceva Grimaldi

Maria Franchini - guide and lecturer on the monuments of Campania for fifteen years, was born in Naples. A journalist and the author of several books, she is passionate about Neapolitan culture and is also a specialist in Roman civilisation. She works for the Italian Cultural Centre in Paris, where she runs courses in the Neapolitan language, gives lectures and organises seminars on her favourite subjects. http://www.sgdl-auteurs.org/maria-franchini/index.php/

Valerio Ceva Grimaldi Pisanelli di Pietracatella, 38, belongs to an old noble Neapolitan family. A journalist by profession, he worked on the staff of the governor of the Province of Naples, Professor Amato Lamberti, then for the Assessorato all'Ambiente del Comune di Napoli. He also spent two years with Rai TV's Gap programme. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Notizie Verdi and deputy editor of Terra, the first environmental daily with a wide distribution. He has published numerous articles and surveys on the City of Naples. If you would like to visit some of the places in the guide, accompanied by the author, email him at: [email protected]

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CIN2361954869G
9782361954864
2361954869
Secret Naples: A guide to the unusual and unfamiliar by Valerio Ceva Grimaldi
Used - Good
Paperback
Jonglez
2024-01-31
256
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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