Spaccanapoli is the main street that traverses the old, historic center of the city of Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, Italy

Italy

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. The name is a popular usage and means, literally, "Naples splitter". The name is derived from the fact that it is very long and from above it seems to divide that part of the city.

Historically, the street is one of the three east-west streets of the original Greco-Roman city of Neapolis. Today, the street officially starts at Piazza Gesù Nuovo

Gesù Nuovo

Gesù Nuovo is the name of a church and a square in Naples, Italy. They are located just outside the western boundary of the historic center of the city. The existence of the square is a consequence of the expansion of the city to the west beginning in the early 16th century under the rule of ...

 and is officially named Via Benedetto Croce

Benedetto Croce

Benedetto Croce was an Italian idealist philosopher, and occasionally also politician. He wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, methodology of history writing and aesthetics, and was a prominent liberal, although he opposed laissez-faire free trade...

. Moving east, the street changes name to Via S. Biagio dei Librai and then crosses Via Duomo (named for the Cathedral of Naples

Cathedral of Naples

Naples Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples. It is widely known as the Cattedrale di San Gennaro, in honour of Saint Januarius, the city's patron saint, but is actually dedicated to the Assumption of the...

) and moves beyond the confines of the old center of town.

Spaccanapoli is the main promenade for tourists as it provides access to a number of important sights of the city. These include:

• Santa Chiara
• Santa Marta
• San Francesco delle Monache
• San Domenico Maggiore
  San Domenico Maggiore
  San Domenico Maggiore is a church in Naples, southern Italy, located in the square with the same name. The square is one of the most interesting in Naples and is on the street popularly called "Spaccanapoli" in the historic center of Naples...
  
  
• Palazzo Venezia
• Palazzo Petrucci
• Palazzo Pinelli
• Palazzo del Panormita
• Palazzo di Sangro
• Palazzo di Sangro di Casacalenda
• Palazzo Marigliano
• Piazzetta Nilo