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The entrance jetty to Castel dell’Ovo, flanked by two towers

The Castello dell’Ovo jetty with its two flanking towers, and opposite it the Grand Hotel Continental (left) and the Albergo Vesuvio (right)

Love padlocks attached to a chandelier on the Castello dell’Ovo jetty

View of Via Partenope from the jetty at Castello dell’Ovo and a fisherman’s boat

The long jetty at Castello dell’Ovo, with its cobbled pavement and the Grand Hotel buildings in the background

Santa Lucia Quay and some colourful fishing boats

On the right is the Castello dell’Ovo and on the left are the tables outside the Marsal restaurant on Via Eldorado

Via Eldorado, with the outdoor tables of the restaurant “Il Borgo” on the right

The rocks and the two entrance towers on the Castello dell’Ovo jetty

A distinctive historic building on Via Partenope

Via Partenope, the city’s seafront promenade, with the ‘Regina Margherita’ pizzeria on the right

A panoramic view of the city stretching from the sea up to the hills

Castel dell’Ovo on the islet of Megaride in the Santa Lucia district, as seen from Via Partenope

Via Partenope and the Castello dell’Ovo, which stands on the rocky islet of Megaride

Panoramic view of the breakwater rocks running alongside Via Partenope

The cliff running alongside the seafront promenade on Via Partenope, with the Castello dell’Ovo in the background

On the right is Piazza Vittoria with the Broken Column, and on the left the cliff with a few boats moored there

The palm trees in Piazza Vittoria, with the Vomero hill and Castel Sant’Elmo in the background

The steps in Piazza Vittoria leading down to the cliffs, with a few boats moored there

The base of the Broken Column in Piazza Vittoria, with the Castello dell’Ovo in the background

The Broken Column in Piazza Vittoria, a monument to those lost at sea, erected in 1914

Piazza Vittoria, with the Vomero hill and Castel Sant’Elmo in the background

Neoclassical sculpture in the Villa Comunale in Piazza Vittoria

A neoclassical sculpture at the entrance to the Villa Comunale in Piazza Vittoria, with the Vomere hill in the background

Statue of Giovanni Nicotera by Francesco Ierace in Piazza della Vittoria

The white marble high-reliefs on the plinth of the monument to Giovanni Nicotera, sculpted by Francesco Ierace

A small temple in Piazza Vittoria with a fountain in the centre, topped by dolphins

Castel dell’Ovo, situated on the islet of Megaride, in the Santa Lucia district

The Vomero hill, one of Naples’ neighbourhoods, as seen from Piazza Vittoria

Equestrian monument to Armando Diaz in Via Francesco Caracciolo, by Francesco Nagni and Gino Cancellotti, erected in 1936

Via Francesco Caracciolo and the small beach next to the rocks

Via Francesco Caracciolo, with the equestrian statue of Armando Diaz on the left

Monument to ‘the street urchin’, erected in memory of the Four Days of Naples, by the sculptor Marino Mazzacurati, located in Piazza della Repubblica

Panoramic view of the gulf and the rocks from Piazza della Repubblica

A few fishing boats moored near Via Francesco Caracciolo, with Castel dell’Ovo and Vesuvius in the background

Some boats at sea, as seen from Via Francesco Caracciolo

The Foro Carolino, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli in 1757, and the Vittorio Emanuele II National Boarding School in Piazza Dante, also known as Largo del Mercatello

Statue of the great Italian writer, poet and politician Dante Alighieri, regarded as the father of the Italian language, situated in the square of the same name

Stone statue of Dante Alighieri, by the sculptor Tito Angelini, 1871

Piazza Dante, originally called Largo del Mercatello because it was home to the markets, with the church of San Domenico Soriano on the left

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