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Ospedale L'Albergo Reale dei Poveri, Naples

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from 1755, one of the key maps documenting the city of Naples noted for its accuracy — but used also as an urban planning tool, the Hospice is depicted with its projected complete footprint, as a rectangle, 600 meters long and 150 meters wide. As noted, its construction was interrupted in 1819
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The structure is no longer a hospital; despite its impressive facade, it has suffered from earthquake damage and general neglect. The central area behind the entrance is used for exhibitions, conferences, and concerts. The façade underwent a restoration in 2006 as part of an as yet ill-defined plan
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meant the facility to house the destitute and ill, as well as to provide a self-sufficient community where the poor could live, learn trades, and work. The massive Hospice at one time housed over 5000 persons, men and women, in separate wings The building is the centre of Naples, which is included
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The building was originally designed with five courtyards and a church in the centre, entered through the central arch, but only the three innermost courtyards were built, and plans to complete the building according to the original design were finally abandoned in 1819. The
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A new guide of Naples, its environs, Procida, Ischia and Capri: Compiled ...By Giovanni Battista de Ferrari and Mariano Vasi. 1826. Tipografia de Porcelli, Naples. Page 257.
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to incorporate the facility into the working infrastructure of public buildings in Naples.
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The recently (2006) restored façade of the Albergo dei Poveri in Naples.
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when the facility had only reached a length of 384 meters.
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Residential buildings completed in the 18th century
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Albergo dei Poveri

Neoclassicism
Naples
Italy
Charles III of the House of Bourbon
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinando Fuga
Italian
Naples
Ferdinando Fuga
Charles III of the House of Bourbon
UNESCO World Heritage List
Map of the Duke of Noja
ISBN
9780571249015

40°51′48″N 14°15′56″E / 40.863465°N 14.265460°E / 40.863465; 14.265460
Categories
1751 establishments in Italy
Buildings and structures completed in 1751
Residential buildings completed in the 18th century
Almshouses
Palaces in Naples
Baroque palaces in Naples
Defunct hospitals in Italy
18th century in Naples
Tourist attractions in Naples
18th-century architecture in Italy

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