{"id":17372,"date":"2021-04-15T14:06:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T13:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shop.movery.it\/walking-with-toto\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T16:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T15:53:58","slug":"walking-with-toto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/walking-with-toto\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking in Naples with Tot\u00f2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/walking-with-toto\/#Lets_start_our_walking_tour_with_Toto\" title=\"Let&#039;s start our walking tour with Tot\u00f2\">Let's start our walking tour with Tot\u00f2<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/walking-with-toto\/#Totos_house_in_Via_Santa_Maria_Antesaecula\" title=\"Tot\u00f2&#039;s house in Via Santa Maria Antesaecula\">Tot\u00f2's house in Via Santa Maria Antesaecula<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/walking-with-toto\/#%E2%80%9CIl_Guappo%E2%80%9D_scene_in_Via_Guido_Amedeo_Vitale\" title=\"&quot;The Guappo&quot; scene on Guido Amedeo Vitale Street.\">\"The Guappo\" scene on Guido Amedeo Vitale Street.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/walking-with-toto\/#Piazza_Toto_and_the_monolith\" title=\"Toto Square and the monolith\">Toto Square and the monolith<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Talking about Naples, it is impossible not to think of <strong>Tot\u00f2<\/strong>, aka <strong>Antonio de Curtis<\/strong>, who was born and lived in the Neapolitan city for twenty-four years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Naples<\/strong> and the <strong>Sanit\u00e0 District<\/strong> saw Tot\u00f2 from an early age until his first steps in the world of art. His fellow citizens have never turned their backs on him, often taking the opportunity to remember him and pay homage to him. Tot\u00f2 still lives in Naples through the pieces dedicated to him.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets_start_our_walking_tour_with_Toto\"><\/span>Let's start our walking tour with Tot\u00f2<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Leaving the metro at <strong>Cavour Square<\/strong>, let's take a look at the magnificent structure of the <strong>Naples National Archaeological Museum<\/strong> on our right and then proceed south on <strong>Via Foria<\/strong>. After a few meters, it will be enough to turn around to discover the first dedication by the Neapolitans to the Prince de Curtis, a marble plaque placed next to the metro entrance.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeding along Via Foria, we come to the entrance to <strong>Sanit\u00e0 District<\/strong>, located on our left. It is difficult to notice it during the day, but there is a shape of Tot\u00f2 made up of many small lights right at the entrance. In the evening, when the lights go on, it is fantastic to observe it, it seems as if Tot\u00f2 opened the door to the house, the doors of Rione Sanit\u00e0, the neighborhood, which saw him born and grow.<\/p>\n<p>We continue our walk and enter the neighborhood, surrounded by the many sounds, smells, and colors that distinguish it. It seems to immerse yourself in a place detached from the rest of the city, a world in itself.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Totos_house_in_Via_Santa_Maria_Antesaecula\"><\/span>Tot\u00f2's house in Via Santa Maria Antesaecula<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tot\u00f2 has grown up in Via Santa Maria Antesaecula, at number 109. To be precise, he was born on the third floor at number 107 on February 15, 1898, but after a few months, he moved with his mother Anna and his loving grandmother Teresa to number 109, where he lived until 1922, and then moved to Rome, where he lived until his death on April 15, 1967.<\/p>\n<p>We immediately notice the balcony of Tot\u00f2's house, the one next to a marble plaque in his memory, affixed there on July 5, 1978.<\/p>\n<p>A little further on, going up the same road, we notice a niche with a clay bust dedicated to him inside. The work was realized in 1990 by the sculptor <strong>Antonio Januario<\/strong> and commissioned the St. Vincent Ferreri Association.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIl_Guappo%E2%80%9D_scene_in_Via_Guido_Amedeo_Vitale\"><\/span>\"The Guappo\" scene on Guido Amedeo Vitale Street.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Continuing along the entire Via Santa Maria Antesaecula and turning left at the end of the road, we arrive at the <strong>Church of Saint Severus Out of Walls<\/strong>. Next to it, we find the famous <strong>Chinese Ascent<\/strong> (in English Chinese Climb), named after Priest Matteo Ripa who after having been a missionary in China returned to Rione Sanit\u00e0 bringing with him some Chinese people.<\/p>\n<p>Walking on the Salita Cinesi we arrive at <strong>Guido Amedeo Vitale Street<\/strong>. Observing the building that stands in front of us, the film directed in 1954 by De Sica L'oro di Napoli will immediately come to our minds, in particular the scene from \"Il Guappo\" where Tot\u00f2 plays the \"Pazzariello.\" How to forget him surrounded by partying kids while singing and dancing!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Piazza_Toto_and_the_monolith\"><\/span>Toto Square and the monolith<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Let's go back, walk the Salita Cinesi again and let's go toward Via San Severo arriving in <strong>Sanit\u00e0 Square<\/strong>, just like Tot\u00f2-Pazzariello does in the famous film. From here we continue toward <strong>Tot\u00f2 Square<\/strong>, which was dedicated a few years ago to the famous Neapolitan artist.<\/p>\n<p>We pass under the bridge of Santa Teresa degli Scalzi and a little further on we see in front of us a red monolith with an empty center, carved following the shape of Tot\u00f2, including a bowler hat, perceived by many as the void left by the Neapolitan artist. The master Giuseppe Desiato made this sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>Two famous theaters in Naples are also linked to Tot\u00f2, the <strong>Trianon Theater<\/strong> in the Forcella area, not far from Corso Umberto I, and the <strong>Tot\u00f2 Theater<\/strong>, located in Via Cavara. Tot\u00f2 performed at the Trianon Theater shortly before moving to Rome with his family, while at the Tot\u00f2 Theater he never acted but, being not far from the Rione Sanit\u00e0, in 1996 it was dedicated to him. We conclude our walking tour in the spectacular <strong>Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Market Square<\/strong>, where Toto's funeral was held, attended by many people.<\/p>\n<p>The Principe de Curtis rests in a family chapel at the <strong>Cemetery of Santa Maria Wailing<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Naples in the company of Prince de Curtis, alias Tot\u00f2. 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