Sunny days in Napoli

[Aanything]

I came to spend christmas holidays here in Napoli at my SO's parents home.
After taking a couple of days to recover from all the food we ate on christmas lunch, we discovered the weather was simply incredible (especially if compared with what we had up at the north when we left), with sunny afternoons and temperatures around 20°C.
So we gathered our energies and went out for a walk.

A view of the former area of Italsider/Ilva plant, from Posillipo hill. The plant was closed in the eighties, and since then this area is waiting to be decontaminated and used for something else (MC Mir 20M)


An abandoned building from the same area (Super-Takumar 1.9/85)


Giacomo Leopardi's (one of the most famous and beloved italian poets ever) grave, in Parco Vergiliano at Piedigrotta, near Mergellina station (MC Mir 20M)


Another view of Parco Vergiliano. The building just right of the center is Virgilio's grave. Virgilio (Publius Vergilius Maro) was a famous poet of the early roman empire. He wrote many things, among which "Aeneis" needs to be remembered. It is an epic poem that links the origins of Rome to the homeric poems. Also, he is the guide to Dante Alighieri's visit to the hereafter in the Divine Comedy. (MC Mir 20M)


A view of Napoli gulf from Parco Vergiliano The mountain on the right, in the background, is the Vesuvius. (CZJ Pancolar 1.8/50)


Napoli's marina. A thing I really love about this city is the way it hangs on all the hills, and this pictures shows it quite well, in my opinion (MC Mir 24 N)


This is Castel Dell' Ovo. It is built on a small island (Megaride) just in front of the city center. This island was inhabited from colons from Rhodes that established here an emporium. Probably these colons were the original founders of Napoli.
The name Castel Dell' Ovo means "Castle of the egg", and there's a legend with an egg about it, but I just can't remember
On the background, the Vesuvius. (Super-Takumar 1.9/85)


The opposite end of Napoli's Gulf at sunset. (MC Mir 20M)


the last two pictures were shot at iso 200, and got a little bit too noisy during jpeg conversion, I don't know exactly why.
All images are slightly pp'ed: contrast, a little sharpening, some color shift.
I hope to update this thread in the next days, if I visit some more interesting places.

[Excalibur]

Thanks and very interesting, but I wouldn't like to live near that volcano after what happened to Pompeii and Herculaneum.

[Aanything]

[Gerris2]

Lovely images all, now I have to seek out more information on the Mir lens.

[Aanything]

[BurstMox]

I really like the #2, like the feeling (I often like abandonned things )

[Attila]

Mamma Mia! 20C that is give energy indeed, great series! May first one form Napoli on forum at least I not remember to any.

[Aanything]