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FROM FREDERICK II. TO CHARLES V.
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1286, and a desultory war was carried on in Sicily and
Apulia for twenty years, until finally the Sicilians chose
Frederick II., son of Peter of Aragon, for their king, and
Naples was left under the rule of the House of Anjou.
Naples still possesses some splendid monuments to the
reigns of the first two rulers of this dynasty. Charles I.
devoted himself to making this city a place of importance,
with more energy than his predecessors had shown. He
removed the seat of government from Palermo thither,
thus making Naples the centre of the kingdom, and ex-
tended the city on the east as far as the Piazza del Mercato.
He filled in the marshes between the ancient walls and the
sea, and in 1283 founded the Castel Nuovo; this became
a royal residence, and was adorned and strengthened from
time to time during five centuries. In 1862 a portion of
its fortifications were condemned to demolition because
of the possibility of their being used for the destruction
of the city, and the outer walls and bastions have been
removed.
Charles I. repaired the old walls of Naples, and paved its
streets; he destroyed the ancient Palace of the Republic;
to commemorate his victory at Benevento, he built the
church of S. Lorenzo ; he founded the church of S. Agos-
tino della Zecca and several monasteries; and also began
to build the cathedral or church of S. Gennaro — Janua-
rius — in which his tomb is placed above the great door.
It is a majestic monument, and was restored by the Count
of Olivares, more than three centuries after the death of
the first Angevine King of Naples. His queen, Beatrice,
and his son Robert were buried in the monastery of Mater
Domini at Nocera, in the midst of the former city of the
Saracens, so cruelly exterminated by Charles.
Charles I. enlarged and beautified the Castel dell’ Ovo,
and frequently resided there. This castle dates from 1154,
and takes its name from its oval form; it was remodelled
21
1286, and a desultory war was carried on in Sicily and
Apulia for twenty years, until finally the Sicilians chose
Frederick II., son of Peter of Aragon, for their king, and
Naples was left under the rule of the House of Anjou.
Naples still possesses some splendid monuments to the
reigns of the first two rulers of this dynasty. Charles I.
devoted himself to making this city a place of importance,
with more energy than his predecessors had shown. He
removed the seat of government from Palermo thither,
thus making Naples the centre of the kingdom, and ex-
tended the city on the east as far as the Piazza del Mercato.
He filled in the marshes between the ancient walls and the
sea, and in 1283 founded the Castel Nuovo; this became
a royal residence, and was adorned and strengthened from
time to time during five centuries. In 1862 a portion of
its fortifications were condemned to demolition because
of the possibility of their being used for the destruction
of the city, and the outer walls and bastions have been
removed.
Charles I. repaired the old walls of Naples, and paved its
streets; he destroyed the ancient Palace of the Republic;
to commemorate his victory at Benevento, he built the
church of S. Lorenzo ; he founded the church of S. Agos-
tino della Zecca and several monasteries; and also began
to build the cathedral or church of S. Gennaro — Janua-
rius — in which his tomb is placed above the great door.
It is a majestic monument, and was restored by the Count
of Olivares, more than three centuries after the death of
the first Angevine King of Naples. His queen, Beatrice,
and his son Robert were buried in the monastery of Mater
Domini at Nocera, in the midst of the former city of the
Saracens, so cruelly exterminated by Charles.
Charles I. enlarged and beautified the Castel dell’ Ovo,
and frequently resided there. This castle dates from 1154,
and takes its name from its oval form; it was remodelled