Apartment for sale in Naples, Campania

This comment was automatically translated and may not be 100% accurate. See description in the original language We are in the heart of the Chiaia district, in the small square named after the Ascension, because of the church overlooking the open space. This area, close to what was once the famous "Chiaia beach", whose forms and beauty have been praised and depicted in numerous views of the city of Naples and its surroundings, was visited by the whole world as a destination of the "Grand Tour". In the 17th century (1600s), the Spanish viceroy Don Pedro da Toledo forbade building outside the city walls, but in defiance of these "pragmatic sanctions", villages arose, including that of Chiaia. Over the centuries, numerous residential buildings were built in this area, which was very healthy due to the quality of the air. The residence in Via Ascensione a Chiaia is located in Piazzetta Ascensione, famous for the church of the same name that overlooks the open space. The church dates back to 1300, under the reign of Robert of Anjou, with the Celestine Fathers. It was abandoned for a long time, until it was rebuilt in 1622 by the Count of Mola and completed in 1645 by the great architect Cav. Cosimo Fanzago. It is important to underline that the church had a convent annexed to the structures that the Bourbons transformed into a gendarmerie. I have mentioned the history of the church because it is intimately linked to the structure that overlooks and flanks it. Over time, the church and the structures of the former Convent of the Celestines, connected and linked from the beginning, have become so intertwined that over the centuries they have been transformed into a dwelling house. This process of historical stratification constitutes a unique and singular case, as is the city of Naples with its multi-millennial history. Our dwelling is a historical-artistic asset of great value, therefore a cultural asset. The heart of the house is a very large room, the old chapter hall of the Convent of the Celestine Fathers. In its current form, it presents a 19th-century texture in Liberty style (the floral style in Naples), where along the entire perimeter it is adorned with murals, Doric columns, pilasters, neoclassical moldings and an iron and glass roof with hinges and metal tie rods. In practice, the roof is pyramidal in shape, with hinged iron trusses and metal tie rods (as was usual at the time, we remember the sound box of the Villa Comunale) along the entire perimeter of the wall there are frescoes by Enrico Alvino and his school. Around the hall, corridors and numerous rooms wind. A cast iron spiral staircase leads to the large terrace, with a unique and breathtaking view of the city. Access to the dwelling is from Piazzetta Ascensione, through a lift and a monumental noble staircase, which lead to the various floors of the building, and to the fourth floor of our dwelling.

Apartment for sale in Naples, Campania

Flat / Apartment in via Giacomo Piscicelli, Chiaia-Mergellina, Napoli

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