By popular demand, the guided tour returns: ‘O Rione ‘E Masaniello Accompanied by Masaniello and the guide, with the aid of radio guides, we will discover one of the historic areas of Naples outside the usual tourist routes. The churches, the towers, the fountains, the squares and the alleys, where the life of the Neapolitans […]
The sciantose are coming back!
The SCIANTOSE, the GUAPPI, the GAGA’ and the MUSICI return to the Cafè Chantant, the show written and directed by Davide Brandi which revives a piece of Neapolitan tradition and history between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Hilarious scenes, music, songs, traditional clothes from the well-known Sartoria […]
The Historic Neapolitan Tombola from 1734 is back!
The most entertaining, engaging and educational Christmas show is back. ‘A Tombola Storica Napulitana d‘ ‘o 1734 a llengua napulitana (The Historic Neapolitan Tombola from 1734 in the Neapolitan language) is a show/game written by Davide Brandi which will be staged on the day of the Immaculate Conception (December 8th, 2022) at Palazzo Venezia in […]
How to spell Neapolitan words. Neapolitan spelling.
In Italian it is “LEVEL B2” for English speakers “INTERMEDIATE” … In Naples we say ‘A VIA’ AND MIEZO. Tuesday May 10 2022, 6PM (Italian Time) for the first time we start with a higher level of Neapolitan: spelling, writing autonomously and freely. The course is intended for all those who have already followed and […]
Double show in the earth of Napoli –
There is no Christmas without Neapolitan Tombola. The Tombola of 1734 by Davide Brandi returns to Palazzo Venezia, in Spaccanapoli on Saturday December 11th. The journey to Napoli in the eighteenth century with actresses and actors dressed in splendid eighteenth-century tailored suits, among royalty, nobles, ignobles and lazzaroni …. Get to know the history, meet […]
 Scòla ‘e Ferdinando (The School of Ferdinando) – On November 27th.
– November 27, 1790 – Royal Palace of Portici (MAVV, Museum of the Art of Wine and Vine) After last Saturday’s friction with Queen Maria Carolina over her wanting to impose Austrian dishes at the Court and in the Kingdom of Napoli, Ferdinand IV will find himself (Saturday 27 November) another “cat to peel”: none […]
Neapolitan course at the Institut Francais in Napoli.
On Wednesday 13 October 2021, from 6.00 pm, the Neapolitan language lessons will resume at the Institut Francais in Napoli (Palazzo Grenoble), via Crispi 86. The meetings, strongly desired by the Consul General of France in Napoli, dr. Laurent Burin des Roziers, will be held every Wednesday and will be curated by Davide Brandi, author, […]
European Day of Languages. The Neapolitan language enters among the various initiatives that encourage cultural exchanges between the peoples of the world.
On September 26th 2021, the European Language Day will be celebrated throughout Europe, promoted by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg together with the European Commission which represents 47 member states. This year also the Neapolitan language enters among the various initiatives that encourage cultural exchanges between the peoples of the world thanks to the […]