One hundred years. One hundred churches. One heart beating azzurro. Brothers and sisters of the faith — mark it, tattoo it on your soul: August 1st, 2026. The day Naples becomes one giant open-air temple to our beloved SSC Napoli. The club, together with the City of Naples and the Campania Region, has just unveiled […]
Threads of The Sea: 3. Parthenope: The Ancient Heart of Napoli
For millennia, Greeks, Phoenicians, and Etruscans vied for dominion over the Mediterranean. As the latin historian Titus Livius tells us (Ab Urbe condita VIII, 22) after colonizing Cumae, the Greeks foundedParthenope and Dicearchia ( modern-day Pozzuoli). Parthenope stood on a hill surrounded on three sides by the sea: To the west lay the Chiaia beach; […]