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The Church of San Nicola alla Carità on Via Toledo, built in the Baroque style and founded in 1647 by the Pii Operai

Piazza Carità, at the junction with Via Pignasecca; on the right is the building where Gianbattista Della Porta was born and died in 1615

A bas-relief on the façade of the deconsecrated church of San Liborio alla Carità (formerly the 17th-century church of Santa Maria della Carità), also known as ‘La Giorgia’

Via Pasquale Galluppi, a typical little street in the town centre

Part of Palazzo San Giacomo, the headquarters of the Banco di Napoli, dating from 1939 on Via Toledo

One of the smaller façades of the Umberto I shopping arcade, featuring stucco decorations, on Via Toledo

One of the four wings of the Galleria Umberto I, with its polychrome marble floor

The dome of the Galleria Umberto I, a 57-metre-high iron and glass structure designed by Paolo Boubée

The floor of the Galleria Umberto I, featuring mosaics depicting the twenty zodiac signs, created by the Padoan company of Venice

A wide view of the Galleria Umberto I, situated at the end of the wing facing onto Via Santa Brigida, featuring stucco scenes and the glass-and-iron vault by Paolo Boubée

Part of the imposing dome of the Galleria Umberto I and the stunning Neo-Renaissance façade, with serlianas on the first floor and mullioned windows on the second

Two sculptures of angels, perched on an arch of the Galleria Umberto I

Two white stone sculptures of angels, resting on an arch in the Galleria Umberto I

Cast-iron angel figure situated at the finial of the dome of the Galleria Umberto I

One of the arched fan-shaped structures in the Galleria Umberto I, situated at the end of one of its four wings

The buildings on Via Toledo facing the Galleria Umberto I

Cardinal Zapata’s Palace, built in the 17th century in Piazza Trieste e Trento (formerly Piazza San Ferdinando)

The broken pediment above the main portal of the Church of San Ferdinando in Piazza Trieste e Trento, carved from marble and piperno stone, by Cosimo Fanzago

The main, exedra-shaped façade of the Galleria Umberto I in Via San Carlo, consisting of two blind arches and travertine columns

The main entrance arch of the Galleria Umberto I on Via San Carlo, supported by travertine columns and flanked by four statues depicting, from left to right, Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn

Statues representing Industry and Commerce flanking Wealth, situated on the pediment of the façade of the Galleria Umberto I

In the centre of Piazza Trieste e Trento stands the Artichoke Fountain, with the neoclassical Palazzo del Cardinale Zapata, dating from the 17th century, in the background

The Artichoke Fountain in Piazza Trieste e Trento, erected around 1950 and commissioned by Achille Lauro

The Royal Palace in Piazza del Plebiscito, designed by Domenico Fontana, was built in 1600 on the commission of the then viceroy, the Count of Lemos

The central section of the Royal Palace, featuring various royal coats of arms and a bell gable with a clock in Piazza del Plebiscito

The two sentry boxes on either side of the main entrance to the Royal Palace in Piazza del Plebiscito

A sentry box and a green street lamp in front of the entrance to the Royal Palace in Piazza del Plebiscito

Statue of Frederick II of Swabia, King of Naples, situated on the façade of the Royal Palace in Piazza del Plebiscito

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