Houses in the old town near the port. The old town is a network of narrow and steep streets; but the newer quarters have broad and straight thoroughfares.
CAMPO SANTO, GENOA
This cemetery was laid out by Resasco in 1844-51. The central point is a rotunda, with a dome borne by columns of black marble.
Follow up the Via Garibaldi, a magnificent street with many beautiful palaces on both sides. To vary the impressions of fine architectural display take a ride in the tramway up to San Nicolo (nee-ko-lo´) and Castellaccio (cahs-tel-ah´-cho), where you will find yourself over a thousand feet high, and commanding a superb view of the Bisagno (bih-sahn´-yo) Valley and the Campo Santo (kahm´-po sahn´-to) below you. The cemetery called Campo Santo is one of the most interesting features of Genoa. It is beautifully situated, and is filled with remarkable monuments, some of them executed by the leading sculptors of Italy. In the burial spots of the Genoese, as well as in the homes where they live, there is much of luxury and elegance. In its business activities, its social life, its climate, and its customs, Genoa is attractive, and holds the visitor there for sometime content.
NAPLES
On the most beautiful site in Europe stands Naples, the Neapolis of the Athenian colonists. After the Romans conquered it, it still retained Greek culture and institutions. It became the favorite summer resort of the Romans, and the delight of the poets Horace, Ovid, and Virgil. It was when living in Naples that Virgil wrote his famous verses on agriculture, the “Georgics.” After many vicissitudes Roger de Hauteville formed the kingdom of Naples in 1130.
Medieval Naples is traceable in its walls and great gates. The Porta Capuana is one of the best preserved.
NAPLES