piazza Dante

Piazza Dante is a large public square in , , named after the medieval poet Dante Alighieri. The square is dominated by a 19th-century statue of Dante, sculpted by Tito Angelini.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Naples, Italy
  • Also known as: “Piazza Dante, Naples”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Port’Alba and Dante station.

City gate
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The Port'Alba is the remnant of one of the city gates in , . It is located on the northwestern edge of Piazza Dante, just north of Vanvitelli's colonnade, which obscures the bastion into which the gate was carved.

Railway stop
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Dante is a Naples Metro on Line 1. It opened on 27 March 2002 as one-station extension from . The station is located between Museo and Toledo. On 28 March 2011 the line was further extended to Università as non-stop shuttle service, as Toledo and Municipio stations were not yet ready.

Church
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or San Michele a Port'Alba is one of four major churches facing Piazza Dante in , Italy. It stands near , a city gate opening to the piazza.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Giuseppe and Montecalvario.

Suburb
is a quartiere or neighbourhood of , southern Italy, which includes many of the points of interest on the western side of the historic centre of the city, including the square and church of , the buildings along via Benedetto Croce and the square, Piazza .

Suburb
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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…

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.

piazza Dante

Latitude
40.84915° or 40° 50′ 57″ north
Longitude
14.25022° or 14° 15′ 1″ east
Named after
Dante Alighieri
Open location code
8FGPR7X2+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 563344999
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q926401
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tagalog—“piazza Dante” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “但丁广场”
  • Chinese: “但丁廣場”
  • Croatian: “Piazza Dante (Napulj)”
  • Croatian: “Piazza Dante”
  • Dutch: “piazza Dante”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان دانتى”
  • French: “piazza Dante”
  • French: “Piazza Dante”
  • Hungarian: “Piazza Dante”
  • Italian: “Largo del Mercatello”
  • Italian: “piazza Dante”
  • Italian: “Piazza Dante”
  • Italian: “Piazza del Mercarello”
  • Korean: “단테 광장”
  • Neapolitan: “Chiazza Dante”
  • Persian: “میدان دانته (ناپل)”
  • Persian: “میدان دانته”
  • Portuguese: “Piazza Dante”
  • Russian: “Площадь Данте”
  • Russian: “Пьяцца-Данте”
  • Spanish: “Piazza Dante”
  • Tagalog: “Piazza Dante, Napoles”

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