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Naples, Past and Present

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A

Agnano, Lake, 26, 78

Agrippina, Empress, her murder, 45 et seq.

Alcala, Duke of, 77

Alfonso of Aragon, first king of that name, 104, 160; second king of that name, 70, 72, 107 et seq., 130, 146

Amalfi, 58; its trade, 229, 295, 297, 299 et seq.

Anacapri, 282, 284, 288, 289, 298

Angelo, Monte Sant', 6, 181, 232, 256, 285, 297

Anicetus, 46, 47

Anjou, Charles, King. See "Charles"

Anjou, House of, 8, 70, 91, 103

Anna, Palazzo di Donna, 54, 65

Aragon, House of, 8, 16, 86, 91, 97, 108, 122, 130

Arco Naturale, 296, 297

Arcos, Duke of, 162 et seq.

Augustus, Emperor, 57, 292

Avernus, Lake of, 37, 38, 43

B

Baiæ, 23, 40, 43, 44, 217

Barbaro, Monte, its legend, 37

Barbarossa, Corsair, 6, 145, 274, 287, 288, 308

Bauli, 46

Beloch quoted, 346 (App.), 353 (App.)

Bembo, Pietro, epitaph on Sannazzaro, 75

Bisignano, Prince of, 110, 111; Princess of, her escape, 110

Blue Grotto, 275 et seq.

Boccaccio, 5, 7, 112, 123, 124, 134, 233, 235, 317

Bolgaro, Restituta, 7

Bosco Reale, 179, 187, 350 (App.)

Braccini, Abate, 182, 184 et seq., 350 (App.)

Brantôme quoted, 8, 160

Breislak quoted, 346 (App.), 353 (App.)

C

Calabria, Duke of, 123, 348 (App.); Alfonso, Duke of. See "Alfonso of Aragon."

Camorra, The, 119, 145

Campagna Felice, 12, 18, 181, 286

Campana, Monte, 37

Campanella, Punta di, 6, 77, 264

Cane, Grotta del, 26-8, 346 (App.)

Capaccio quoted, 24, 61, 346 (App.)

Cappuccini Convent, Hotel, 307 et seq.

Capri, 5, 18, 68, 273 et seq.

Capuana, Porta, 57, 145, 146, 220

Capuano, Cardinal, 307

Capuano, Castel, 66, 101, 143, 145

Caraccioli, Francesco, 76

Carmine, Church of, 13, 112, 116, 156, 158, 160, 170 et seq.

Carmine, Madonna del, 158

Casamicciola, 5, 38, 183

Castellammare, 6, 81, 126, 179, 220, 226 et seq.; its catacombs, 231, 295, 352 (App.)

Castles. See "Elmo," "Nuovo," "Uovo," etc.

Charles of Anjou, King, 89, 90, 94, 97, 112, 124, 152

Chiaia, Riviera di, 10, 68, 69, 78

Churches: Carmine, see above; Cathedral, 140 et seq.; Gesù Nuovo, 108, 121; Santa Caterina a Formello, 147; Santa Chiara, 123-5, 135; San Domenico Maggiore, 128, 129; San Lionardo, 10, 72-4, 79, 105, 110, 111, 168; San Lorenzo, 135, 136, 138, 162

Cigliano, Monte, 37

Colonna, Vittoria, 6, 131, 345 (App.)

Conca, Ravine of, its legend, 257 et seq.

Conca, Capo di, 304, 329

Conradin, 89, 90, 126, 150-8, 161, 349 (App.)

Coppola, Monte, 232, 249; family of, 109

Cumæ, 41, 45, 97, 215, 346 (App.)

D

Damecuta, Tower of, 275, 276, 280, 282

Decuman ways in Naples, 117, 118

Deserto, The, 262 et seq.

Dragut, Corsair, 6, 77, 274, 287, 345 (App.)

E

Elmo, St., Castle, 10, 16, 17, 62, 97

Epomeo, Monte di, 5, 59, 183, 250

F

Faito, Monte, 6, 249, 251

Ferdinand First of Aragon, King, 71, 72, 105, 107-11; the Second, 98

Fiammetta (Princess Marie of Anjou), 5, 134, 135, 235

Filamarino, Cardinal Ascanio, 167 et seq.

Fiorelli, director of excavations at Pompeii, 212

Folklore. See "Galli," "Giovanna," "Madonnas," "Nicolo Pesce," "Rufolo," "Sorrento," "Vico," "Virgil," etc.

Fra Diavolo, bandit, 242 et seq.

Frangipani betrays Conradin, 155

Frederick the Second, Emperor, 88, 89; his struggle with the Papacy, 141, 142, 348 (App.)

Frederick of Baden, comrade of Conradin, 154, 156, 157

Fucini, Renato, quoted, 140, 349 (App.)

G

Galli, I, Legend of, 333

Gargano, Monte, 88, 312, 354 (App.)

Garibaldi, 127

Gennaro, San, 13, 57; his miracle, 140, 185, 188

Gioja, Flavio, 302

Giotto, 5, his residence in Naples, 124, 125

Giovanna, Queen, Traditions of, 65-7, 90, 148, 313, 347 (App.)

Gregorovius, F., 353 (App.)

Grillo, Monte, 37

Guicciardini quoted, 70, 98, 100

H

Helena, Queen, wife of Manfred, 90, 94, 95

Herculaneum, 178, 183, 185; how discovered, 196; amphitheatre, 197; how destroyed, 199; how searched, 200; Piso's villa, 201 et seq.; the library, 204; new excavations, 207

Hodgkin, T., quoted, 221, 348 (App.)

I

Iconoclasts, The, 237

Ischia, 1, 5, 6, 8, 50, 53, 59, 81, 99, 176, 183, 286

K

Kopisch, August, discoverer of Blue Grotto, 275 et seq.

L

La Cava, Valley of, 230; Abbey, 330

Lakes: Agnano, 26, 78; Avernus, 37, 38, 43; Lucrine, 45, 47

Leopardi, Giacomo, 25

Lionardo d'Oria, 73

Lionardo, San, 10, 72-4, 79, 105, 110, 111, 348 (App.)

Loria, Roger di, Admiral, 7, 286

Lucia, Santa, 54, 93, 101-3

Lucrine, Lake, 45, 47

Luigi, San, Church of, 166

M

Machiavelli quoted, 108, 109

Maddaloni, Duke of, 170

Maddaloni Palace, 117

Madonnas, Legends of: della Carmine (La Bruna), 159, 163; di Casarlano, 238; delle Galline, 239; di Meta, 254; di Positano, 303; di Pozzano, 236; di Sorrento, carried in procession, 270; di Villanto, 253; authority, 353 (App.)

Majori, 229, 301, 306, 327, 328

Mammone, bandit, 244

Manfred, King, 89, 94, 95, 104, 124, 150

Marcellus, 57

Martino, San, 16, 116

Mas'aniello, 115, 116, 120, 164 et seq., 350 (App.)

Mercato of Naples, 122, 149, 157, 161, 163 et seq., 220

Mergellina, 76, 79

Minori, 229, 301, 306, 328

Mirichicchiu, Apparition of, 266

Misenum, 29, 40, 44, 45, 48, 49, 185, 199, 286

Monforte, Count, 233

Munaciello, 'O, Apparition of, 252

N

Nero, Emperor, 45, 46

Nisida, Island of, 50, 52, 53, 79

Nocera, 95; dominates trade route, 229, 230

Nuovo, Castel, 11, 16, 17, 20, 74; its age, 97, 98; described, 104; vault of, 106; cruelties wrought there, 108, etc.

Nuovo, Monte, 40

O

Otranto, Martyrs of, 146-8, 349 (App).

P

Paderni, C., report on Herculaneum, 201 et seq.

Padulano, The, 126

Pæstum, 215, 251, 299, 302, 337 et seq.

Pagano, host at Capri, 275 et seq.

Palæopolis, 97, 348 (App.)

Palermo, 7

Palmieri, of Vesuvius Observatory, 190, 194

Pantaleoni, Family of, 311

Parthenope, 2, 4

Pesce, Nicolo, Legends of, 81, 348 (App.)

Petrarch visits Phlegræan Fields, 37, 346 (App.); 56, 124; at San Lorenzo, 134, 205

Petronius quoted, 218

Philodemus, his library at Herculaneum, 205 et seq.

Phlegræan Fields, 9, 23, 37; authorities on, 346 (App.)

Piedigrotta, 25

Piso, his villa at Herculaneum, 201 et seq., 350 (App.)

Pizzofalcone, 10, 92, 93, 97, 99, 101

Pliny quoted, 44, 199, 200, 218

Pompeii, 13, 44; its plan, 133, 178, 179, 183, 197, 199; general aspect, 210; houses, 213-7; pictures, 217-20; authorities, 350 (App.)

Portici, 195

Poseidon, Temple of, 342

Posilipo, 9, 19; how formed, 22; its caverns, 24, 53, 60; described, 49 et seq., 199

Pozzano, Convent and Madonna of, 236-8, 352 (App.)

Pozzuoli, 3, 24, 29; its trade and fall, 32, 33; Serapeon, 34; Greek origin, 41, 62

Prajano, 301, 303

Procida, Gianni, 7, 8; Giovanni, 9, 345 (App.)

Q

Quaresima, Figure of, 245

R

Ravello, 229, 301, 312 et seq.

Resina, 186, 194, 197, 209

Robert, King, 122, 123, 126, 135, 137

Rufolo, Landolfo, Tale of, 314

Rufolo, Palazzo, 322

Ruggiero, work on Stabiæ, 223, 350 (App.)

S

Salerno, City, 58, 229, 251, 299, 300, 332 et seq.

Salerno, Prince of, his escape, 109, 121, 122

Salto di Tiberio, 273, 292, 293

Sannazzaro, 75, 76, 79

San Severino, family of, 108, 121

Sarno, River, 221

Scala, 319

Scarpi, bandit, 242 et seq.

Schulz, H. W., quoted, 231, 348, 352

Sejanus, Grotto of, 50

Serapis, Temple of, 34, 35

Severo, San, Chapel of, 132

Sicilian Vespers, 8, 9, 90, 95

Sicily, 7, 8; how it floats on the sea, 83

Sirens, The, 4, 269, 299

Solaro, Monte, 274, 284, 285, 289, 298

Solfatara, The, 29, 32, 36

Somma, Monte, 37, 178 et seq., 286

Sorrento, 5, 22, 229, 251 et seq.; its folklore, 266, 267; Good Friday procession, 270

Stabiæ, 223 et seq., 230, 350 (App.)

St. John, Knights of, 305, 354 (App.)

Strabo quoted, 181, 355 (App.)

Struscio, Lu, 113

Styx, 29

T

Tiberius, Emperor, 279, 283, 291; Villa of, 290

Toledo (Via Roma), 18, 113, 115, 116, 165

Tontoli, don Gabriele, quoted, 167 et seq.

Torre dell'Annunziata, 21, 184, 187, 209

Torre del Greco, 21, 183-5, 187, 188, 209

Torretta, la, 77, 79

Tribunali, Strada di, 101, 117, 131, 133, 149, 168, 209

Tuoni, Grotta dei, legend of, 53

U

Uberti, Messer Neri degli, Tale of, 233 et seq.

Ulysses, 4

Uovo, Castel dell', 10, 17, 61, 62, 64, 69; its caverns, 82; its name, 96; besieged, 99, 125, 166

V

Vasto, Marchesa del, 78

Vesuvius, 12, 18, 21, 22, 30, 37; held in check by Virgil, 56; by San Gennaro, 13, 57, 68, 185, 188; how formed, 178-81; Eruptions of, 79 A.D., 44; 1631, 182 et seq.; 1707, 57; 1767, 189; 1861, 189; 1872, 190 et seq.; authorities on, 346 (App.)

Via Roma (see Toledo)

Vicaria, La, 143, 349 (App.)

Vico Equense, 81, 228, 253 et seq.

Vietri, 330, 355 (App.)

Virgil, 5, 9; founder of Castel dell'Uovo, 10; his enchantments, 56-9; legend of his tomb, 62, 347 (App.)

Virgilio, Scoglio di, 55

Vittoria, Piazza di, 85

Volpicella quoted, 306, 354 (App.)

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