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La Pedamentina

La Pedamentina with its 414 steps is a system of descents and steps dating back to the fourteenth century and built by the architects Tino di Campiono and Francesco de Vito.

The descent was intended to connect two different areas of the city of Naples, namely the Certosa di San Martino and the Castel S. Elmo, located on the hill of the Vomero district, and the historic center, located downstream. Basically, these are pedestrian connection streets between areas of the city affected by expansions outside the moenia, mainly attributable to those that occurred during the sixteenth century.
The climb was also used for defensive purposes in the event of sieges of the nearby Castel S.Elmo.

Along the Pedamentina it is possible to admire not only the panorama of the gulf, but also the gardens and gardens of the Charterhouse. As well as the multiple stairways of the city of Naples, it is today considered an urban masterpiece.

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