Best City Wineries In Naples Near Me

4worldlovers:
The winery is located on the outer slopes of the Astroni crater between Naples and Pozzuoli.

Once the private hunting grounds for the Bourbons, today it is a State Nature Reserve managed by WWF Italy.

Discovering this unique corner of land kissed by the sea, animated by volcanic fire and embraced by myth.

We are at the gates of the Underworld, according to Greek mythology.

In the land that burns, although its craters are filled with water and its banks welcome a paradise lost vegetation.


They are our four estates from which we make our wines, all with unique characteristics.

In the new issue of the well-known German magazine, our Vigna Astroni – Campi Flegrei

Aldo Fiordelli picks out 30 new releases to try in 2023. Read article: https://www.decanter.com/premium/campania-wines-2023-30-wines-to-try-496723

4worldlovers:
The building of the Castel Nuovo, also called Maschio Angioino, began in 1279 under the reign of Charles I of Anjou, on the basis of a plan by the French architect Pierre de Chaule. The strategic position of the new castle gave it the characteristics not only of a royal residence, but also those of a fortress. From the very beginning it was called "Castrum Novum" to distinguish it from the older castles dell'Ovo and Capuano.


During the reign of Robert of Anjou the castle became a centre of culture giving hospitality to artists, doctors and men of letters among whom were Giotto, Petrarch and Boccaccio. The Anjevins were succeeded by the Aragonese Alfonso I who, like his predecessors, used the Castel Nuovo as the royal residence, beginning work of reconstruction and having built, on the outside walls, between the Torre di Mezzo (Halfway Tower) and the Torre di Guardia (Watch Tower) the impressive Triumphal Arch to celebrate his victorious entry into the city of Naples.

The time of the Aragonese saw the passage from the medieval castle-palace to the fortress as it now appears; it was adapted to the new needs of a time of war and the area surrounding the Castle lost the residential character it had under the Anjevins. The structure of the Aragonese building is undoubtedly more massive than its Anjevin predecessor and was quite similar to the present-day castle, which is the result of the clearance works of the early years of the 20th century.

At the end of the 15th century, the French succeeded to the Aragonese, though they did not remain for long as they were succeeded in turn by the Spanish viceroys and the Austrians. During the viceroy period (1503-1734), the defence structures of the castle, needed for purely military purposes, underwent further modification. With the advent of Charles III of Bourbon, who defeated the emperor Charles VI in 1734, the castle was surrounded by buildings of all kinds, warehouses and houses, and this happened time and time again.