News and events

On Monday, May 12, at the DiLBeC in Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE), the first meeting of the Nea_Via Dialogues will take place.

Maria Gabriella Pezone (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”), Principal Investigator of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Nea_Via. Neapolitan Villa, will introduce the event.

Speakers include:

• Cettina Lenza (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”), The Neapolitan Villas in the Drawings of the Pierre-Adrien Pâris Collection: Between Survey and Model
• Maria Teresa Sambin De Norcen (IUAV), The Birth of the Villa All’Antica in the Fifteenth Century: A Look at the Italian Landscape

May 12, 2025, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
DiLBeC – Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage
Via Raffaele Perla 21, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE)

Lecture of the Master’s Program in Management of Cultural Tourism – Expert in the enhancement of national and regional heritage – Storytelling and audiovisual media as strategies for territorial development on Principles, Practices, and Perspectives of Cultural Tourism
University of Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples – March 6, 2025, at 3:00 PM
Maria Teresa Como | Head of the UniSOB Unit of the PRIN PNRR 2022 NEA_VIA Project. The Neapolitan Villa. Antiquities and Nature between the Renaissance and Baroque
(Principal Investigator: Maria Gabriella Pezone, UniCampania).

Lecture of the National PhD Program in Heritage Science (PhD-HS), Curriculum 9 – Digital Transition for Heritage (Curriculum Coordinator: Prof. Gianluca Genovese) for the module Storytelling, Content Design, Educational Design Models.

Biblioteca Pagliara, Suor Orsola Benincasa University, via Suor Orsola 10
March 3, 2025, 10:00 AM

Maria Teresa Como | Coordinator and Roberta Presta | Member of the UniSOB Unit of the PRIN PNRR 2022 NEA_VIA project. The Neapolitan Villa. Antiquities and Nature between the Renaissance and Baroque (Principal Investigator: Maria Gabriella Pezone, UniCampania).

The members of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Nea_Via project will present the project and some of the ongoing research during the first National Academic Conference, which will feature, as external discussants, Cettina Lenza, former Full Professor of History of Architecture at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Giovanni Muto, former Full Professor of Modern History at the University of Naples Federico II, Andrea Pane, Full Professor of Architectural Restoration, and Massimo Visone, Associate Professor of History of Architecture, both at the University of Naples Federico II.

The conference will take place on Monday, December 16, at 09:00 AM, at the Biblioteca Pagliara of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, via Suor Orsola 10, Naples: https://maps.app.googl/K3ehgAnv5Bbj7xjh8

View the event poster.

Maria Gabriella Pezone, Principal Investigator of the project, and Giuseppe Pignatelli Spinazzola will present the PRIN PNRR 2022 Nea_Via project as part of the series Storie in Movimento. Dialogues and Paths on the Lives of the Widespread Cultural Heritage.

Storie in Movimento. Dialogues and Paths on the Lives of the Widespread Cultural Heritage is a widespread series organized by the Municipality of Naples, scheduled from November 25 to December 1, 2024. Through presentations, talks, open round tables, and tours, the series aims to convey the vocation, history, and life of the places, monuments, and the tangible and intangible widespread cultural heritage of the city. The project will offer a moment of extensive knowledge sharing, bringing together scientific research, cultural experiences, regeneration activities, contributions from artists, actions by social innovators, and studies by architects, art historians, anthropologists, and heritage scholars. The goal is to capture the complex scenario that constitutes the tangible and intangible widespread cultural heritage of Naples. The research and projects will cover archaeology, monuments, urban areas, music, art, and architecture, weaving together stories from the distant past and exploring the depths of the city, up to contemporary artworks and significant regeneration projects taking place today. A rich and dynamic program will unfold across different locations in the city, showcasing the layers between heritage, the legacy of the past, and its active and potential lives in the contemporary era.

The presentation will take place on Tuesday, November 26, at 5:00 PM, at the Casa della Cultura in Palazzo Cavalcanti, via Toledo 348, Naples. Admission is free until full capacity is reached; reservations are recommended at the link https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-storie-in-movimento-giorno-2-1083109332169 (starting from Monday, November 18, at 12:00 PM).

The complete program of the series is available at https://www.comune.napoli.it/storie-in-movimento.

The conference, organized by the Società Napoletana di Storia Patria as part of the series La storia nel castello, will take place on Thursday, October 31, at 11:00 AM at Castelnuovo (Maschio Angioino) in Naples.

Giuseppe Pignatelli Spinazzola and Maria Teresa Como, who will lead the presentation, are members of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Nea_Via project, conducted by the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli and the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa.

Erected in 1535 by Ferdinando Alarcon, Marquis della Valle, the villa is mentioned by Carlo Celano for its “strong tower, built for security in case of Turkish incursions.” Gradually expanded, the residence was acquired in the 19th century by the Caracciolo di Torella family, then by Leopold of Bourbon, and, after the Unification of Italy, by Giuseppe Caravita, Prince of Sirignano, who preserved its towered appearance, which still distinguishes it today. Serving as the headquarters of Tirrenia between 1937 and 2017, the villa is currently being converted into a hospitality facility.

The videoconference, promoted by the Italian Institute of Castles and its Campania section, will take place on Tuesday, October 15, at 6:00 PM on the Zoom platform. By sending an email to castellicampania@virgilio.it, the access credentials will be provided.

Giuseppe Pignatelli Spinazzola, who will lead the presentation, is a member of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Nea_Via project, conducted by the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli and the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa.

The lecture will take place on Monday, October 7, at 9:00 AM in room SL 2.7, via Forno Vecchio 36, Naples, as part of the Laboratory of Architectural and Urban Composition of the Master’s Degree Course in Architecture at the University of Naples Federico II.

Maria Teresa Como, who will lead the presentation, is a member of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Nea_Via project, conducted by the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli and the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa.

On Sunday, September 29, on the occasion of the European Heritage Days – GEP 2024, the members of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Nea_Via project are organizing a walk through the Chiaia district in Naples to discover the 16th and 17th-century villas that have either disappeared or been so transformed that they are difficult to identify.

Starting from Palazzo Cellamare, the walk will continue to the residences of the d’Avalos del Vasto and the Carafa di Roccella families, and then to the villa of Alfonso d’Aragona. Along the Riviera di Chiaia, participants will identify traces of the properties of Diomede Carafa (now Palazzo Ruffo della Scaletta and Villa Pignatelli) and the Alarcon della Valle family (headquarters of Tirrenia until 2017). The walk will end between the Church of S. Maria in Portico and Palazzo Nobile, where the villas of the Orsini di Gravina and the Sanseverino di Bisignano once stood.

Meeting point: 11:00 AM at via S. Caterina 76, in front of the Church of S. Caterina a Chiaia.

More information: https://cultura.gov.it/evento/gep-2024-in-cammino-tra-le-ville-scomparse-di-chiaia