Arenaccia is a historical neighborhood or ''zona'' of the Fourth Municipality of northeastern

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. Its name derives from the Via Arenaccia road that divides the neighborhoods of

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and

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, which covers the area. The east–west boundaries are represented roughly by the

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and the Corso Malta, while the north-west boundaries are represented from the beginning and end of the Via Arenaccia. The district was created with the work of reorganization, to expand the city. A Royal Decree of 25 July 1885 approved the expansion in ten districts of the town of Naples (Arenaccia, Sant'Eframo,

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, Ottocalli, Ponti Rossi, Miradois, Materdei,

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Arenella Arenella is a quarter of Naples, southern Italy. It is on the Vomero hill above the city and was, 300 meters in elevation. Many years ago was considered a place to go to "get away from it all". It is near to the main hospital section of the city, ...

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, and Rione Amedeo) and two suburban districts. Frank M. Snowden says of the district, "Arenaccia, Ottocalli and S. Maria delle Paludi instantly became unhygienic modern slums. To live in Arenaccia, however, denoted a position of relative privilege." Among the notable buildings in the area are the Real Albergo dei Poveri built by

Charles III of Spain Charles III (; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (or V) (1735� ...

(which is named after the homonymous square,

), the Liceo Classico Giuseppe Garibaldi, and the Teatro San Ferdinando, established around 1790. An artesian well at Arenaccia, near the

Ponte della Maddalena Ponte della Maddalena is a bridge crossing the Serchio river near the town of Borgo a Mozzano in the Italian province of Lucca. It's one of numerous medieval bridges known as ''Ponte del Diavolo'', the " Bridge of the Devil", it was a vital riv ...

, was completed in the year 1888. Stadio Militare dell'Arenaccia was built in 1921–1923.

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