Via Toledo

via Toledo today

Via Toledo is an ancient street in the city of Naples, in Italy. The street is almost 1,2 km long. It starts at Piazza Dante and ends near Piazza del Plebiscito.

The street was created by Spanish viceroy Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Villafranca in 1536; Don Pedro charge Ferdinando Manlio, an Italian architect, who also built Quartieri Spagnoli. Among, the buildings fronting the street are the Galleria Umberto I, the Teatro Augusteo, and the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.

Sources

Marrone, Romualdo (2004). Le Strade di Napoli (in Italian) 2. Rome: Newton & Compton. ISBN 88-541-0068-4.

References

Coordinates: 40°50′44″N 14°14′57″E / 40.84556°N 14.24917°E / 40.84556; 14.24917

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