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Naples Courthouse
The Naples Courthouse () is a judicial complex located at the Business District in Naples, Italy. The building consists of three towers and houses the Court of Naples, the Court of Appeal, the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Attorney General's Office, the Surveillance Court, the UNEP office, and the criminal division of the ''Giudice di pace''. History Before the construction of the new building, the judicial offices of Naples were dispersed across more than thirty different locations. Recognizing the need to centralize these functions, plans were made as early as 1957 to consolidate the main judicial offices in a single facility. The Court was at that time housed in Castel Capuano on Via dei Tribunali. In 1966, legislation was introduced to facilitate the construction of a new "Palace of Justice" in a yet-to-be-determined area. In 1970, a budget of 16 billion lire was allocated for the development of the judicial complex. Construction officially commenced in 1980; however, work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of Naples, province-level municipality is the third most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,958,410 residents, and the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. Naples metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately . Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope () was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Capobianco
Michele Capobianco (8 June 1921 – October 2005) was an Italian architect, mainly active in the city of Naples. Life and career Born in 1921 in Vitulano, province of Benevento, Capobianco graduated in architecture in 1946. During his university years, he was a student of Marcello Canino and worked in his studio starting in 1943. Immediately after graduating, he opened a studio with Arrigo Marsiglia and Marialfredo Sbriziolo. In 1948, Capobianco received his first commissions: a building in Poggioreale, the Latin America Pavilion (1948–52), and several residential buildings in the Commola Ricci park (1952–55). In 1950, following a visit by a delegation of Swedish professors and students to study new popular neighborhoods, Capobianco was invited to Sweden. In Stockholm, he studied under Sven Markelius and explored Nordic urban culture. In 1955, he designed a residential building in Piazzetta Santo Stefano (then Via Piave), for which he won the IN/Arch prize in 1961. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Pica Ciamarra
Massimo Pica Ciamarra (Naples, 9 July 1937) is an Italian architect and theoretician. He has been active since the 1960s, designing over thirty buildings recognised by the Ministry of Culture (Italy), Italian Ministry of Culture as "significant for the history of contemporary architecture" in Italy, across nine Regions of Italy, regions, including, in Naples, the , the of the University of Naples Federico II, and the Piazzale Tecchio in Fuorigrotta. He served as vice-president of the from 1997 until 2011, and has been, since 2006, the editor-in-chief of The Carré Bleu. From 1971 until retirement in 2007, he held a professorship in architectural design at the University of Naples Federico II. Biography Early years Pica Ciamarra was born in Naples to an upper-class family, shortly before the beginning of World War II, which would result in widespread devastation in the city. He studied architecture at the University of Naples Federico II, graduating in 1960. Shortly thereafter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
