Dante
Linea 1
Station in use since March 27, 2002
(see press release
- in Italian - from
La Repubblica).
Underground level station.
In December 2002 funding has been agreed to create a second exit at
Piazza del Gesu' and an underground connection (with tapis roulant)
to the station
(see news - in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
For a short description of the station read this
press release
(in Italian - from Il Mattino)
or this
press release
(in Italian - from La Repubblica).
Achille Bonito Oliva talks
about art pieces exhibited in the station
(in Italian - from La Repubblica of the Arts).
All pictures are copyright of La Repubblica of the Arts
and have been taken by Peppe Avallone.
The
poster for Dante station opening.
New lightning arrangement has been carried out for the Square
(see press release
- in Italian - from Il Mattino).
March 21, 2002: at end of works for station
Dante
(Linea1)
the statue representing Dante Alighieri is set again at the centre of the Square
(see press release - in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
Read
a description of art pieces in exhibition in the station
(in Italian - from Il Mattino).
Interview with Gae Aulenti, designer of this station
(in Italian - from Il Mattino).
Another interview with Gae Aulenti
(in Italian - from La Repubblica).
Gae Aulenti and the Responsible for Archeology Enrico Guglielmo talk about
the statue representing Dante and about the arrangement of the Square
(see press release
- in Italian - from Il Mattino).
Experts' opinions on architectural
arrangement of the Square
(in Italian - from Il Mattino).
Benedetto Gravagnuolo's opinion on the arrangement of the Square
(in Italian - from Il Mattino).
Comment by
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi,
President of Italian Republic
(in Italian - from La Repubblica).
Comment by
Rosa Russo Iervolino,
Mayor of
Comune di Napoli
(in Italian - from La Repubblica).
Comment by
Pietro Lunardi,
Minister for Infrastructures and Transports
(in Italian - from La Repubblica).
March 29, 2002: two thousand five hundred signatures collected to ask for
more trees in the Square
(see press release
- in Italian - from Il Mattino).
November 15, 2002: more trees and benches will be set in place at
Piazza Dante
(see press release
- in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
The history of the Square
(in Italian - from Il Mattino).
For details about trains and control devices of Linea 1 click
Ansaldo Breda.
Places of interest
Tourist itinerary: Spaccanapoli
(from Napoli Porte Aperte)
Tourist itinerary: Tribunali
(from Napoli Porte Aperte)
Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II
Hotel Messina
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