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    Castel Nuovo (Italian: [kaˌstɛl ˈnwɔːvo]; Neapolitan: Castiello Nuovo; "New Castle"), often called Maschio Angioino (Italian: [ˈmaskjo andʒoˈiːno]; Neapolitan:...
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    Castel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on Vomero Hill adjacent to the Certosa di San Martino, overlooking Naples, Italy. The name "Sant'Elmo"...
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    children and the Count's wife, then leading them to the prisons of Castel Nuovo in Naples. When the other conspirators learned what Alfonso had done, fearing...
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    Charles officially moved the capital from Palermo to Naples, where he resided at the Castel Nuovo. Having a great interest in architecture, Charles I imported...
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    Sforza who defeated the Aragonese militias near Castel Capuano in Naples. Alfonso fled to Castel Nuovo, but the help of a fleet of 22 galleys led by Giovanni...
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    Castel dell'Ovo ("Egg Castle") is a seafront castle in Naples, located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples in Italy...
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    named Joanna and Maria as his heirs at a public ceremony at the Castel Nuovo in Naples on 4 December 1330. John of Durazzo and his wife, Agnes of Périgord...
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    capital from Palermo to Naples. He settled in his new residence in the Castel Nuovo, around which a new district grew up, marked by palaces and residences...
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    modern Italian language. He also built the Castel del Monte and in 1224 founded the University of Naples, now called, after him, Università Federico II...
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    Games until it was replaced at the 2004 Olympic Games. Relief on the Castel Nuovo, Naples, 1470. It shows the entry of Alfonso V of Aragon after taking the...
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    contrast, Naples and Southern Italy in general had few artists. Large projects in Naples such as the Triumphal entrance to the Castel Nuovo and the Porta...
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    Perugia (1216, 1264–1265, 1285, 1292–1294, 1304–1305), Anagni (1243), Naples (1254, 1294), Viterbo (1261, 1268–1271, July 1276, August–September 1276...
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    Aragon in Naples, where he restored the Castel Nuovo, redesigning its plan and adding several loggias and the Barons Hall. He died in 1456 in Naples. Campbell...
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  • Giovanni Battista and Sant'Agata were razed to build a papal fortress. The Castel Nuovo was razed in 1562. The papal fortress was razed in the 19th century....
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    France on the Palace portal, Naples 15th century. Castel Nuovo in Naples, Hall of the Barons, 15th century. Castelnuovo of Naples, Hall of the Barons, 15th...
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    not masters of the city, for the French in Castel Sant'Elmo and the Republicans in Castel Nuovo and Castel dell'Ovo still held out and bombarded the streets...
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    Naples becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily. 1282 – Castel Nuovo built. 1309 – Robert of Anjou is proclaimed King of Naples. 1313 – Naples Cathedral...
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    The Naples Metro (Italian: Metropolitana di Napoli) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Naples, Campania, Italy and some parts of the adjacent...
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    possession of the town of Naples, but his adversaries were able to retain the two most important fortresses, the Castel Nuovo and Castel Sant'Elmo. Charles VI...
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    century in Gotico Angioiano style as part of urban project around the Castel Nuovo, the royal palace of Charles II of Anjou. The church was founded in 1364...
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    and having prayed with great tears of the surrounding, he was taken to Castel Nuovo. In this regard, the Milanese historian Bernardino Corio writes: "Ferdinando...
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    Carmine Castle on 10 April; Castel Sant'Elmo fell on 27 April; the Castel dell'Ovo on 4 May, and finally the Castel Nuovo on 6 May. This all occurred...
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  • Pescara Museo Civico di Teramo Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo, Naples Museo Civico Filangieri, Naples Museo Civico Raffaele Marocco, Piedimonte Matese...
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    fight against the Papal States. In 1437, the siege of Naples began from the Castel Nuovo and the Castel dell'Ovo, defended by Antonio Caldera, who resisted...
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    Viceregal Palace, using, in fact, part of its gardens, and next to the Castel Nuovo, the former royal residence, reinforcing the courtly character of the...
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    which now is part of Palazzo Barbaja. Because of its location near the Castel Nuovo, the Spanish authorities demanded that the church only have a low dome...
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    the famous military engineer Pietro Navarro. Navarro was imprisoned in Castel Nuovo, where he was strangled or hanged later that month. (in Italian) Francesco...
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    Palermo to Naples where he resided at the Castel Nuovo. During this period, much Gothic architecture sprang up around Naples, including the Naples Cathedral...
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    historians to his presumed participation in the triumphal arch of the Castel Nuovo in Naples during the 1450s (where he would have known the Catalan sculptor...
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    In 1305 he painted two chapels of the Castel Nuovo, and in 1306 two chapels of the Castel del Uovo, at Naples. He was a favourite of King Robert, who...
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