The beautiful Castel Sant'Elmo in Naples finally reopens to the public: they will resume walking in extreme safety!
After months of forced closure due to the health emergency, from Monday May 18, 2020 il Castel Sant'Elmo of Naples finally reopened to welcome all visitors.
This long-awaited reopening will allow citizens to go long walks with targeted visits, always respecting all rules provided for limiting the spread of Coronavirus, as the social distancing and the obligatory use of personal protective equipment. Also inside the structure there will be disinfectant gel dispensers.
Castel Sant'Elmo
Castel Sant'Elmo in Naples is a Medial Castle currently home to the Naples Novecento Museum which stands majestically on the highest point of the Vomero hill near San Martino.
Thanks to this strategic position of 250 meters above sea level, Castel Sant'Elmo gives a breathtaking and truly suggestive view over the entire gulf of Naples, on the city and on the roads leading to it.
The building obtained from Neapolitan yellow tuff it originates from a Norman observation tower called Belforte. Subsequently, the majestic Castle was commissioned by Don Pedro de Toledo, who was viceroy of Naples from 1532 to 1553, who commissioned the military engineer Pedro Luis Escrivà for the project.
