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The red lighthouse at the Port of Naples, situated at the end of the San Vincenzo breakwater, and the statue of Saint Januarius giving his blessing

The green lighthouse at the Port of Naples, situated at the end of the breakwater

Panoramic view of the city of Naples, dominated by Mount Vesuvius, a volcano 1,281 metres high

Vesuvius, an active explosive volcano standing 1,281 metres tall, famous for the eruption of 79 AD that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum

A panoramic view of the city and the sea, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius

Boats moored at the Port of Margellina – Sannazzaro, along Via Francesco Caracciolo

Via Francesco Caracciolo and a blue quay at the port of Margellina – Sannazzaro, with many boats moored there

Some fishing traps in Via Francesco Caracciolo (Margellina district) and the port of Sannazzaro

The Port of Sannazzaro (Margellina) as seen from Via Francesco Caracciolo, with many tourist boats moored there

Via Francesco Caracciolo, Margellina area, and a stall selling seaside goods

Buildings on Via Margellina, with the Vomero hill in the background

The façade of Margellina railway station on Corso Vittorio Emanuele, built in 1927 to a design by Gaetano Costa, featuring a light blue clock supported by stucco angels

Taxis parked outside the Central Station in Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi

Central Station in Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi and the FS skyscraper

The skyscrapers in Block A of the Centro Direzionale, in the Poggioreale district, were opened in 1995 and were designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange

A detail of the Campania Regional Council building within the Centro Direzionale

The Basilica of St Francis of Paola in Piazza del Plebiscito, designed by the Swiss architect Pietro Bianchi

Piazza del Plebiscito and the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola, commissioned by Ferdinand I, with its colonnade of marble and lava stone

The large glass dome with an iron framework at the Galleria Umberto I, 57 metres high, as seen from Via San Carlo and designed by the engineer Paolo Boubeè

The entrance to the semi-elliptical colonnade of the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola in Piazza del Plebiscito, commissioned by Joachim Murat in 1809

Piazza del Plebiscito and the statue of a lion at the start of the colonnade of the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola

Stone statue of a lion at the start of the colonnade in Piazza del Plebiscito and a view of Piazza Carolina

The Basilica of St Francis of Paola in Piazza del Plebiscito and its imposing hemispherical dome (53 metres high)

The lantern in the dome of the Basilica of St Francis of Paola, surmounted by a metal cross

The statues adorning the colonnade in Piazza del Plebiscito

The Doric columns that flank Piazza del Plebiscito and the neoclassical Basilica of San Francesco di Paola, designed by the architect Pietro Bianchi

On the left is the start of the colonnade and on the right is the Prefecture building (formerly the Guest House) in Piazza del Plebiscito

The balustrade of the colonnade at the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola and some of the buildings behind it in Piazza del Plebiscito

The Basilica of St Francis of Paola, preceded by a pronaos with Ionic columns, built by King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies in Piazza del Plebiscito

The façade of the Basilica of St Francis of Paola, preceded by a pronaos consisting of two pilasters and six Ionic columns facing onto Piazza del Plebiscito

Statue depicting Religion, situated on the pronaos of the Basilica of St Francis of Paola in Piazza del Plebiscito

Bronze equestrian statue of Charles III of Bourbon by Antonio Canova, in Piazza del Plebiscito

Equestrian statue of Ferdinand I in Piazza del Plebiscito; the figure of the king is by Antonio Calì and the horse by Canova

Bronze equestrian statue of Ferdinand I; the horse was sculpted by Canova, whilst the figure of the king riding it is by Antonio Calì, in Piazza del Plebiscito

Equestrian statue of Ferdinand I and the Basilica of St Francis of Paola in Piazza del Plebiscito

On the left, the colonnade of Piazza del Plebiscito; on the right, the Prefecture Building; in the background, at the top, the Certosa di San Martino and Castel Sant’Elmo on the Vomero hill

Piazza del Plebiscito and the Prefecture building, formerly the Palazzo della Foresteria, built in 1815

Piazza del Plebiscito, with the Royal Palace – commissioned by the Bourbons – on the right and the Prefecture building on the left

Palazzo Salerno, currently the headquarters of the Italian Army’s Southern Logistics Command in Piazza del Plebiscito, was built in 1775 and its façade was rebuilt in 1798 by the architect Francesco Securo

The Royal Palace and a distinctive ornamental three-light chandelier in Piazza del Plebiscito

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