Castel Capuano

Not good - very disappointed

Very disappointed - we walked forever trying to locate Castle Capuano in the pouring rain only to learn it was completely gated off and closed. Their website says open until 1800. The thing that bugge...

Wasted half the day to see it from the outside.

Website says it’s open but when we get there it’s closed. The people at the desk joke about it being closed for the next 20 years since there’s no money. I spent a half a day just getting there to fin...

spend half an hour is ok.

It is at Piazza Enrico de Nicola. Well, I expect that it was begun by Norman King William I and completed by Frederick II....If i remembered from my class correctly. Castel Capuano was a royal pala...

We all love a good gateway

Remarkable how a palace and fortress built by the Normans in 1165, remains, albeit rebuilt in 1540 and turned castle into law courts. A short distance away stands the gateway of Porta Capuana where th...

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Sólo se puede ver su exterior y tal vez te dejen hacer una fotografía del patio, porque actualmente es la sede judicial de la ciudad. Es un castillo de origen normando y su nombre deriva de su proximi...