San Lorenzo (Naples)

Courtyard of the monastery of San Lorenzo in Naples.

San Lorenzo (Italian: "St. Lawrence") is a neighbourhood of Naples, southern Italy. It incorporates the precise geographical center of the ancient Greco-Roman city, centered on the intersection of Via San Gregorio Armeno and Via dei Tribunali.

It also includes the area at the extreme east end of the historic center of the city and includes the church and street of San Giovanni a Carbonara as well as the eastern section of via dei Tribunali (the "street of the courthouses") once known as "via della Vicaria", since the Vicaria (the still prominent Palazzo Ricca at the east end of the street) housed the main tribunal under the Spanish vicerealm.

The modern area is situated over archaeological ruins of considerable interest, some of which may be visited beneath the church of San Lorenzo Maggiore. With 49,275 inhabitants on 1.42 km² (2001 census), 34,701 inhabitants per km², it is the most densely populated neighbourhood of Naples and all Italy.^[1]

References

1. ↑ "Naples population data 2001 census". Retrieved 2010-01-12. 

Administrative divisions of Naples Municipalities 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Quarters Arenella Avvocata Bagnoli Barra Chiaia Chiaiano Fuorigrotta Mercato Miano Montecalvario Pendino Pianura Piscinola Poggioreale Ponticelli Porto Posillipo San Carlo all'Arena San Ferdinando San Giovanni a Teduccio San Giuseppe San Lorenzo San Pietro a Patierno Secondigliano Scampìa Soccavo Stella Vicaria Vomero Zona Industriale

Coordinates: 40°51′04″N 14°15′25″E / 40.851°N 14.257°E / 40.851; 14.257