{"id":10808,"date":"2020-10-23T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T09:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beboheme.com\/?p=10808"},"modified":"2020-10-30T15:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T14:58:46","slug":"naples-10-curiosities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beboheme.com\/en\/2020\/10\/23\/naples-10-curiosities\/","title":{"rendered":"Naples: 10 curiosities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naples is a confused, messy, colorful, elegant and unfortunate city.In Naples you are always open-mouthed:because you eat the fritturina<\/em> on the street and the pizza in the old town;because you’re upset when there are three of them on a scooter;because you are before the Veiled Christ;<\/p>

Naples that is sometimes a flirtatious girl who does not stop talking and making her talk. Naples that at other times is a distinct lady contested between people and galatuomini, robbers and knights.<\/p>

We can write you more if you want, but we prefer to leave you with little curiosities that maybe you will make you smile a little<\/p>

Walking straight between the horses in Plebiscite Square<\/strong><\/p>

Tradition has it that it cannot pass among the horses of Plebiscite Square blindfolded without losing the sense of orientation due to the curse of Queen Margaret. But what is the truth? Well, first Piazza Plebiscito is a bit sloping and then the “vasoli” of the pavement are crooked…. so don’t follow them!The horn<\/strong><\/p>

The horn in Naples is a symbol but remember that: the horn must be: Red, Hunchback, handmade, empty, hard, internally empty and with the tip. And then… must be given away! You can’t buy luck for yourself!<\/p>

\u201cSiehe Neapel und stirb!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

The translation of this German sentence is: SEE NAPLES AND THEN DIE<\/strong><\/em>written by the German poet Johan Wolfgang von Goethe. The poet, after his trip to Italy, was about to return to Germany but in love with Naples, he wanted to leave a message to humanity and what you cannot die without first having seen Naples once in your life<\/p>

The strange clock<\/strong><\/p>

In Naples there is a unique watch in Europe that looks almost strange to see it! Built in 1853, this watch has a single hand and three numbers. 5-10-15. This clock, located in Piazza Dante,<\/a><\/strong> calculates the equation of time, i.e. the difference between the average and real solar time, thus considering the position of the sun.<\/p>

The subway tour<\/strong><\/p>

Not only to easily travel around the city, the subway also becomes the means of transport for a unique tour, that of its stations. Hop on the metro at Garibaldi station and then visit the stations of:<\/p>