There is an Italian city made of beauty and contradictions, of majestic architectural monuments and old and ruined houses, right there where the stories, traditions and legends of an extraordinary territory are preserved.
We are talking about Naples, the city that inspired musicians and singers, artists and poets, painters and writers. The fact that when you see it you die, as Goethe wrote to celebrate that place that had conquered and stolen his heart. Because this is the common destiny of all travelers who come to Naples, to fall in love with the city and leave a piece of their heart here.
And it's right in the capital of the Campania region that today we want to bring you closer, between the promenade that shines in the sun, Vesuvius that dominates the entire landscape and the historic center full of stories, legends and mystery, to discover the subway stations, only those from Naples have been transformed into works of art.
The most beautiful metro station in the world.
We are used to considering metro stations as transit places, which we reach quickly to move from one part of the city to another. But In Naples it is different, and it is because what the Daily Telegraph and CNN have defined as the most beautiful metro station in Europe and the world was built here.
Anyone who has been there can only confirm how extraordinary it is. dream vision that opens up to people and catapults them into a visionary world of color and wonder, one ideal descent towards the sea with whom the city has an indissoluble love story.
The Toledo metro station is wonderful. Located in the heart of the city, in the San Giuseppe neighborhood, an axis that allows you to reach the Carità neighborhood and the Quartieri Spagnoli area, it has been transformed into a true tourist attraction, a artistic and visual masterpiece that enchants. But the one from Toledo, It is not the only season destined to leave you breathless..
The meters of art in Naples
It is the llama Naples art stations, and are part of a project that saw the creation of an artistic and functional complex that refers to the stops of the Metro line 1 of the city.
The designs, as expected, were entrusted to internationally renowned designers and architects such as Gae Aulenti, Fuksas, Alessandro Mendini and Oscar Tusquets, just to name a few. The objective, fully achieved, was precisely to transform the functional spaces of the stations into places dedicated to public art and accessible to all. So it was.
Under the coordination of Achille Bonito Oliva, since 2001, have positioned themselves more than 250 contemporary art installations, both in the exterior spaces of the stations and in the interiors, which have transformed the city into an unprecedentedly wide-spread museum.
all new stations built along the tracks of Line 1 make Naples the only city in the world with a museum distributed between the internal and external spaces of the metro. The advice is to organize an itinerary to discover them all and get lost and immersed in the artistic beauties that create a constant and unique dialogue with the rest of the city.
Starting from Toledo, which is real. immersive experience in the depths of the sea thanks to the Kentridge mosaic, passing through Garibaldi, an imposing and grandiose station, characterized by the roof designed by Dominique Perrault and the suspended escalators. Then there is the Parade de Vanvitelli, which houses one of the last works signed by Merz before his death: a geometric, tubular and neon representation of the Fibonacci series.
And then again the most recent Duomo Station, the one that bears the indelible signature of Massimiliano Fuksas and Doriana which saw the transformation of the interior and exterior of the Piazza Nicola Amore stop.
