Bed & Breakfast Chiaia suites

STRUCTURE This elegant and refined property is located near Via Chiaia, one of the most elegant shopping streets in Naples, 50 meters from Piazza del Plebiscito, Palazzo Reale, Teatro S. Carlo. The seafront and the port / embarkation for ferries and hydrofoils to the islands of Capri and Ischia and to the towns of Sorrento, Amalfi and Positano are 5 minutes walk away. Chiaia Suites b & b offers its guests free internet access, air-conditioned rooms, all with balcony, satellite TV, minibar and private bathroom with shower, hairdryer, courtesy set, and for your relaxation beds with memory mattresses and pillows . The friendly staff will welcome you and provide advice on excursions around the city. Housed in a 16th-century building, inserted into the monumental complex of the Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, it has maintained its traditional style in furnishings and decorations, and offers comfortable and spacious accommodation. A terrace where guests can enjoy breakfast and an excellent coffee is available to customers.

HISTORY

The structure is located in the San Ferdinando district on the hill of Pizzofalcone, more commonly known as Monte di Dio. It is an area of ​​Naples located between the village of Santa Lucia, the Chiatamone and Chiaia that, although not too extensive, still today important places of historical and artistic interest. It was precisely the hill of Pizzofalcone, in the second half of the eighth century, to constitute one of the boundaries of ancient Parthenope, which stretched between the aforesaid and the islet of Megaride. The name "Pizzofalcone" dates back to an era when the hill still did not belong to the urban fabric and was used by the then King of Naples, Carlo I D'Angiò, to hunt for the falcon. To this end, the sovereign had a falconer built on the hill for the purpose of real hunting. If the name "Pizzofalcone" dates back to the mid-thirteenth century, much later is the second denomination of this area. The name "Monte di Dio" derives, in fact, from the homonymous church with a convent founded in this area in the sixteenth century.

  The hill of Pizzofalcone in a painting by Castiglione Giuseppe (Naples, 1829-1908) .

Many centuries later, and exactly in 1442, following the siege of Naples by Alfonso V of Aragon, the area of ​​Pizzofalcone, at that time still outside the city walls, saw the construction of a bastion, called the diocese of Pizzofalcone , then remained to protect the city. However, despite its long history, it is only in the early 1500s that the real urbanization of the Pizzofalcone hill area began with the purchase by the Count of Santa Severina, Andrea Carafa della Spina, some land belonging to the monastery of the Saints Peter and Sebastian to be allocated to the building of his own personal villa. The Viceroy Don Pedro de Toledo is due to the enlargement of the sixteenth century, which for the first time included Mount Echia inside the walls and therefore the hill of Pizzofalcone. So it was that the hunting place wanted by Charles I of Anjou was demolished to make room for a prison, then converted into a military establishment, which in the nineteenth century was occupied by the Grenadiers of the Royal Guard. Always here, on the hill of Pizzofalcone, was moved from its original location the Royal Topographical Office that was responsible for building topographical, geographical and hydrographical maps of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Our structure is located inside the monumental complex of the Basilica S. Maria degli Angeli. The church was founded in 1587 by the will of the noblewoman Costanza Doria del Carretto, who donated it to the Theatine fathers and designed by the architect Francesco Grimaldi in 1610 was entirely rebuilt, taking on today's appearance. The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Pizzofalcone is located on the hill of Pizzofalcone, in Piazza Santa Maria degli Angeli. The place of worship was founded in 1587, when the noblewoman Costanza Doria del Carretto donated a palace to the Theatine Fathers. The religious, thanks to other donations received, bought other surrounding buildings and in 1600 started the construction of the church, under the direction of the architect Francesco Grimaldi, who concluded the task in 1610, while from 1627 began addition of decorations. In 1684 the façade was completed and between 1705 and 1707 new decorations were added in stucco, statues and the three entrance portals in piperno, preceded by marble and piperno steps. In 1775 the façade was restored, but the works disfigured the original appearance designed by Grimaldi.