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Overview

Via Toledo is an ancient street and one of the most important shopping thoroughfares in the city of Naples, Italy. The street is almost 1.2 kilometres long and starts at Piazza Dante and ends in Piazza Trieste e Trento, near Piazza del Plebiscito.

Via Toledo is an ancient street and one of the most important shopping thoroughfares in the city of Naples, Italy. The street is almost 1.2 kilometres long and starts at Piazza Dante and ends in Piazza Trieste e Trento, near Piazza del Plebiscito.

History

The street was created by Spanish viceroy Pedro de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Villafranca in 1536, who entrusted Ferdinando Manlio, an Italian architect.

Over the centuries, the reputation of the street was enhanced through being a stop on the Grand Tour.

On 15 May 1848, the street was the scene of the repression of Neapolitan liberals who defended the recently established constitution.

Between the 1930s and the '50s, the street was modified by the construction of taller buildings, especially near the area of Piazza Carità.

From 18 October 1870 to 1980, the street was called "Via Roma", to celebrate Italian unification.

In 2012, "Toledo" metro station opened, and the street became closed to traffic from Via Armando Diaz to Piazza Trieste e Trento.

via Toledo today
The street was mentioned by Stendhal, who wrote:

FR: "8 mars 1817. - Je pars [de Naples]. Je n'oublierai pas plus la rue de Tolède que la vue que l'on a de tous les quartiers de Naples: c'est, sans comparaison, à mes yeux, la plus belle ville de l'univers."

EN: "8th March, 1817. - I'm leaving [Naples]. I will no more forget the Via Toledo than [I will ] the view that one has of all Naples's neighbourhoods: it is, in my opinion, beyond compare: the most beautiful city in the universe."

 

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