Fontana del Gigante

The Fontana del Gigante or Fountain of the Giant is a 17th-century fountain monument in . It was originally built adjacent to the , where it stood near a colossal ancient statue, and thereby gained its name.
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  • Type: Fountain
  • Description: fountain
  • Also known as: “Fontana del Gigante (Immacolatella)”, “Fontana del Gigante, Naples”, and “Fountain of the Giant”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castel dell’Ovo and Teatro di San Carlo.

Castle
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Castel dell'Ovo is a seafront castle in , located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who had a reputation in the Middle Ages as a great sorcerer and predictor of the future. is situated 280 metres southwest of Fontana del Gigante.

Theater building
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The Real , as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro San Carlo, is a historic opera house in , Italy, connected to the and adjacent to the . is situated 1 km north of Fontana del Gigante.

Islet
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is an islet, which is situated 220 metres south of Fontana del Gigante.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Ferdinando and Quartieri Spagnoli.

Suburb
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is a southern district of , with a population of about 18,000.

Neighborhood
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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
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is one of the thirty quarters of the city of Naples. It covers 1.14 square kilometres, and as of 2009, had 5738 inhabitants. is in the 2nd municipality subdivision, adjacent to the main passenger and freight terminals of the Port of Naples, in the historic part of the city.

Fontana del Gigante

Latitude
40.82972° or 40° 49′ 47″ north
Longitude
14.25008° or 14° 15′ 0″ east
Open location code
8FGPR7H2+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2960914895
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Wiki­data ID
Q1002734
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Neapolitan—“Fontana del Gigante” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “巨人喷泉”
  • Croatian: “Fontana del Gigante”
  • Dutch: “Fontana del Gigante, Naples”
  • Dutch: “Fontein van de Reus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فونتانا ديل جيجانتى”
  • French: “Fontana del Gigante”
  • Hungarian: “Fontana del Gigante (Nápoly)”
  • Hungarian: “Fontana del Gigante”
  • Italian: “Fontana del Gigante”
  • Neapolitan: “Fontana del Gigante”

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Highlights include Porticciolo di Santa Lucia and Borgo Marinari.

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