Room San Martino
This room is named after the highest point of Vomero, San Martino, from whose balcony you can perceive unique emotions; you may hear the voice of the city that reaches up to the hill! From San Martino, Naples can be seen from east to west, from Vesuvio to Posillipo. And in the middle you may find Capri, often shrouded by a light curtain of fog.
From the top of San Martino, before arriving at the sea, a carpet of houses, domes, churches and monuments can be appreciated; as well as a thin black stripe “Spaccanapoli”, an ancient road dating the time of the Greeks which divides the city into north and south.
The monastery (La Certosa) and St Elmo’s Castle are part of an important compound of monuments on the hill of Vomero. Even though it has been inaugurated in 1368, the Certosa di San Martino actually dates 1325 and it was built by Carlo d’Anjou, Duke of Calabria.
Many architects took part in the construction of the monastery, and among the most important ones who helped building this majestic work were Camaino and Francesco de Vito. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, the Certosa di San Martin underwent major changes under the responsibility of Giovanni Antonio Dosio. But it was only in 1656, with Cosimo Fanzago, that it had gone from a “Fourteenth-Century Style” to a style mainly Baroque.
Actually, under the direction of several architects, painters and sculptors many were the important names who took part in the decoration presented in the monastery such as Bernini, Luca Giordano, Jusepe de Ribera, Battistello Caracciolo, Massimo Stanzione, Francesco Solimena, Paolo Finoglio and Francesco de Mura.
The room is provided with:
- Bathroom with shower
- Air conditioner
- TV
- Free Wi-Fi