Drive to the historical Jesus Square. Visit of the church of Saint Chiara and of its Cloister, one of the most important middle-age religious building in Naples, built by Robert of Anjou in provençal-gothic in the XIV century. In the church the magnificent, imposing tombs of the Anjou, testify to the artistic activity of Tino da Camaino in Naples, one of the greatest sculptors of the XIV century from Siena.

In Saint Chiara the lightness of the gothic blends with the vigour of the Romanic arches of the side chapels and in the timber ceiling.

The baroque Royal chapel of the Bourbon is surely the most visited, where some members of the Royal Spanish House of the Bourbon are buried. The church was strongly damaged in the bombing of 1943 and at the begin of fifties it was rebuilt exactly like the original middle-age building.

The visit continues to the majolica cloister, once an enclosed convent of Clarisses. The cloister was embellished in 1740 by a neapolitan artist, Antonio Domenico Vaccaro, who covered the columns and the benches with colourful typical mediterrean majolica tiles making it a masterpiece of the rococo in Italy.

In the cloister we visit a Neapolitan handmade crib of the XVIII century, which is considered a great expression of local art carried out by neapolitan handcrafters and artists who keeps alive this artistic tradition.

We continue the visit to the ruins of a Roman thermal bath, discovered in the area of the cloister.

After a short walk, we reach the Jesus church, one of the most beautiful examples of the baroque architecture in town.

The original design looks like a Greek cross, the ceiling is covered by frescos and the walls by plaster and marble reliefs and polychrome marble.

The journey goes on walking along “Spaccanapoli”, a typical alley that divides the historical centre of Naples, to S. Domenico Maggiore. The small square, surrounded by elegant and historical buildings, is overlooked by the Dominican church of S. Domenico and by the baroque pillar supporting a statue of the Saint of the XVII century.

Next we reach the small Nile Square, where the find of a marble sculpture symbolizing the Nile river, testifies to the presence of merchants from Alexandria of Egypt in Naples in the Roman period.

Continuing along “Spaccanapoli” street, we arrive to the “cribs street”, Via S. Gregorio Armeno, where we can admire the Neapolitan handcrafters in their shops, who keep alive this artistic tradition from the 1700.

Return to the Jesus Square.