- The fabulous panel from the House of Marcus Lucretius, Pompeii (IX.3.5), showing the drunken Heracles at Omphale's court. The Queen stands on the right, sporting Heracles' club and lion-skin.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8992)

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February 9th is apparently – (as if we needed an excuse! 🍕)

🇮🇹 Today we’re sharing some by of where was first invented as a fast, affordable, and tasty meal for working Neapolitans on the go.

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Day 3: First Kiss

Looks like little Leo made a close friend on his family's vacation in Naples

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- a Satyr and Maenad panel from the tablinum of the House of L. Caecilius Iucundus, Pompeii (V.1.26). They are described as 'embracing'... Riiiigggghhhht.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (110590). Link - https://t.co/q5xImwtL62

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Pixel art of the week

This piece comes from Totto Renna a.k.a. , is an one man pixelart design studio based in Naples and Berlin.

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Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, painted by Elisabeth Vigée-LeBrun, 1790

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💝GIVEAWAY ALERT!💝
I'm giving away three 'Pulcinella on Vesuvius, Naples'. Pulcinella is the most popular mask of my hometown culture: Naples.
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Results 24 January 2022🥰💖

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1760, Italian castrato-soprano Giuseppe Belli is stabbed to death in Naples by "an envious Venetian". Belli was highly praised for his sweet voice and one of his best performances was Licida's aria "Consola il genitore", written for him by of Johann Adolph Hasse. ➡️

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💥💥#Naples Ipogeo dei Cristallini’s well-preserved tombs will open to the public as soon as summer 2022💥💥

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Happy birthday Master Durandal, next time we will go to Naples.

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"Vipera Ferro Di Lancia - Vipera lanceolata"
Here is a rare and beautiful lithograph from the "Atlante Zoologico Popolare" published in Naples (1863) by Giovanni Boschi. Made by Raimondo Petraroja.
https://t.co/8j0W94v7D0

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No title: Three naked young men servants, their heads decorated with olive branches, with an olive branch in one hand and a tray in the other

Wall frescos discovered during excavation in Ercolano / Herculaneum

Published in "Le Antichita di Ercolano esposte"

Naples, 1757-1792

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Joseph Wright of Derby - Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples (1776) [2500 x 1775]

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Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello, Fisherman of Naples, 1846 https://t.co/zOIKF1wQ7S

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Raffaele Marinetti is a freelance illustrator and concept artist based in Naples, Italy, who creates digital paintings, private commissions, books, magazines covers, advertising, comic books etc.
https://t.co/ueFuTkUiRa

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"Naples: a city located in southern Italy. It's a famous tourist spot so beautiful that people say you should see it at least once before you die."

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A particularly pleasing one recently arrived from Naples. It contained an appendix giving the English names for some common plants, and as most were new to me, I thought I might transcribe them.

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The Modesty
(Pudicizia Velata)
by Antonio Corradini, 1752
Cappella Sansever, Naples

It's just a personal opinion, but this may be the most exquisitely sensual piece of sacred art I've ever seen

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- a rather fabulous panel from the large triclinium of the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale. I love the details of the shadows on the column.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (SN5). Link - https://t.co/ViArjVex6h

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