Castel Sant’Elmo: a modern and unusual shaped fort

Castel Sant’Elmo: a modern and unusual shaped fort is in , , . Castel Sant’Elmo: a modern and unusual shaped fort is situated nearby to the art gallery , as well as near the residential building .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castel Sant’Elmo and Museo Napoli Novecento.

Castle
Photo: Lalupa, CC BY 3.0.
Castel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on adjacent to the , overlooking , Italy. The name "Sant'Elmo" derives from a former 10th-century church dedicated to Sant'Erasmo, shortened to "Ermo" and, finally altered to "Elmo". is situated 150 metres south of Castel Sant’Elmo: a modern and unusual shaped fort.

Museum
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
is a museum, which is situated 130 metres south of Castel Sant’Elmo: a modern and unusual shaped fort.

Museum
The is a museum opened to the public in in 1866, after the unification of Italy, after the included among the suppressed ecclesiastical assets, was declared a national monument. is situated 240 metres southeast of Castel Sant’Elmo: a modern and unusual shaped fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montecalvario and Quartieri Spagnoli.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of , southern Italy. The area centers roughly on the square called Piazza Carità and the metal monument to Salvo D'Acquisto at the northern end of the of the city; the area stretches along the main…

Neighborhood
is an area of the city of , . The area, encompassing c. 800,000 square metres, consists of a grid of around eighteen streets by twelve, including a population of some 14,000 inhabitants.

Suburb
is a quarter of , southern Italy. It is just outside, to the west, of the original historic centre of the Greco-Roman city of Naples. It is the first area beyond the original city developed under the Spanish viceroyship when the Spanish moved into the Kingdom of Naples in the mid-16th century.

Castel Sant’Elmo: a modern and unusual shaped fort

Latitude
40.84498° or 40° 50′ 42″ north
Longitude
14.2388° or 14° 14′ 20″ east
Open location code
8FGPR6VQ+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12836403629
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  • Italian: Castel Sant’Elmo: una fortezza moderna dalla forma insolita

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