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Vico, and Vicoletto, of Zuroli
At the bottom left you can see one of the three marble plaques placed in the Zuroli alleys and alleys
TypeAlley
Length1
AreaDecumano Inferiore
LocationBetween Via dei Tribunali and Via Forcelle, in Naples, Campania, Italy
QuarterPendino

The Vico, and Vicoletto, of Zuroli, more commonly called Vicolo dei Zuroli[1][2] (formerly Vico de' Boccapianola) are two historic alleys located in the historic center of the city of Naples, they are located near Via Forcella (Furcella in Neapolitan dialect), near the church of Pio Monte della Misericordia, art museum and historical place of Naples since 2005, between Via dei Tribunali and Via Vicaria Vecchia, in the Pendino district.[3]

In the Vicolo dei Zuroli there is an ancient noble palace, which previously belonged to the noble Boccapianola family and subsequently acquired, restored and enlarged by another noble Neapolitan family, that of Zurolo from which they took their name.

They converge in Via Carminiello ai Mannesi, where the archaeological excavations of San Carminiello ai Mannesi are located, from which the street takes its name.

Ubivation 

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Construction

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The Vico, and the Vicoletto, of Zuroli[4][5] are located behind Via Duomo, in the Decumani area, the ancient center of the city. The alley is located between the Decumano Maggiore in the upper part of Via dei Tribunali and the Decumano Inferior (more commonly known as Spaccanapoli) in the lower part of Via Vicaria Vecchia, in the ancient Capuana district (so called because there was a road that led to the Campania city of Capua[6]), the current Pendino district.

Stenopoi

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The Greek system provided for a strictly orthogonal road scheme in which three streets, the widest (about six metres[7]) and largest, parallel to each other, called plateiai (singular: plateia), crossed the ancient urban center dividing it into four parts. Furthermore, these main streets were cut perpendicularly, from north to south, by other smaller streets (about three meters wide) called stenopoi (singular: stenopos) or more improperly cardini, which streets today constitute the alleys of the historic city center, these streets were intersected perpendicularly by stenopoi in a north-south direction, still recognizable today in streets such as: Via Atri, Vico Giganti, Via Duomo, Vico Zuroli (plural) seu Zurolo (singular) and many others.[8]

Street plaque - Vico dei Zuroli, from which it takes its name from the noble Zurolo family, placed on a wall of a building located in the Pendino district of Naples.

History

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The Boccapianola family

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In ancient times the place was called Boccapianoli, from the surname of the noble Boccapianola family who once lived there.[9][10][11][12][13]

In the year 1301 Giovanni Boccapianola had a noble palace built near the church of Pio Monte della Misericordia, by the architect Giacomo De Sanctis, in pure Gothic style.[14]

Via dei Tribunali, view (from left), Palazzo Zuroli seu Zurolo, century XIV-XV.

The Zurolo family

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The noble Zurolo family then found a home there, between the 14th and 15th centuries, obtained the seat of Porta di Capuana as for the other Neapolitan noble families,[15] they then acquired the noble palace tha belong to the Boccapianola family, from this noble prosapia, structural changes and expansion.[16][17][18]

Subsequently the toponym of this place was replaced by Vico or Vicoletto dei Boccapianoli into Vico, and Vicoletto, dei Zuroli from which it took its name from the aforementioned palace rebuilt by the Zurolo family of which some exponents most representative lived there.[19][20][21][22][23]

Greco-Roman aqueduct

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It is attested that a small branch of the Greco-Roman aqueduct of Naples also passed through the Vico dei Zuroli, from Via dei Tribunali to Via Forcella, making it a circuit; the water conveyed was called acqua della Bolla, because it was also called Polla from the hill that rose underground.[24]

Stories linked to the place

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In 1898 Almerinda d'Ettorre, a young 25-year-old woman who lived in Vico dei Zuroli at number 2, began to have apocalyptic visions of the future of the world and then made religious prophecies, also claiming to be in direct contact with Jesus Christ, the which would have foretold her own death and resurrection, which should have occurred on August 10 of that same year.

Arriving at the fateful 10 August, nothing of what she predicted happened, nor did she perish at the hands of God. At the end of the episode, the Catholic Church defined the case of Almerinda d'Ettorre as a phenomenon of demonic possession.[25][26][27][28][29]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo; Carlo De Lellis (1654). Napoli Sacra-Que oltre le vere origini, e fundationi di tutte le Chiese, Monasterij, Cappelle, Spedali, e d'altri luoghi sacri della Città di Napoli, e de' suoi Borghi. Si tratta di tutti i Corpi, e Reliquie de' Santi .... Parte Seconda O' vero Svpplimento A Napoli Sacra Di D. Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo Del Signor Carlo De Lellis, Que si aggiungono Le Fondationi Di Tvtte Le Chiese, Monasteri, & altri luoghi Sacri della Città di Napoli e suoi Borghi, ereti doppo dell'Engenio, Con Le Loro Inscrittioni, Et Epitafii, Reliquie, e Corpi di Santi, & altre opere pie, che vi si fanno, E con altre cose notabili. 2 [Sacred Naples beyond the true origins and foundations of all the Churches, Monasteries, Chapels, Hospitals, and other sacred places of the City of Naples and its villages. It deals with all the Bodies and Relics of the Saints.... Part Two O' True Development In Sacred Naples By D. Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo By Signor Carlo De Lellis, Which Adds The Foundations Of All The Churches, Monasteries , & other sacred places of the city of Naples and its villages, erected after the Engenio, with their inscriptions, and epitaphs, relics, and bodies of saints, & other pious works, which are done there, and with other notable things. 2] (in Italian). ...and the alley which today is called de' Zurli was inhabited by the Boccapianola family, during the Neapolitan Swabian dynasty... p. 21. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Carlo Celano; et al. (Salvatore Palermo) (1792). Delle notizie del bello, dell'antico, e del curioso della citta di Napoli, per gli signori forastieri, raccolte dal canonico Carlo Celano napoletano; divise in dieci giornate, .. Giornata terza · Volume 3 [Of the news of the beautiful, the ancient, and the curious of the city of Naples, for foreign gentlemen, collected by the Neapolitan canon Carlo Celano; divide into ten days, .. Day three · Volume 3] (in Italian). Vol. 3. Leaving this church, moving forward, on the right you can see an alley formerly called the Angini, today the Porteria di San Giorgio. Next are two other alleys. The one on the left, which goes up towards the minor door of the Cathedral, in ancient times as today, was called de' Zurli. Naples (NA). p. 220. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Staff di altervista (September 22, 2024). "Il vico della famiglia Zuroli" [The alley of the Zuroli family]. altervista (in Italian). This ancient family originally had its home in the historic center of Naples, in the ancient Forcella district, where today you can still admire the family palace with portal (on Via dei Tribunali) in Gothic style, built between the 14th and 15th centuries, by from which the Vico took its name, Vicoletto dei Zuroli, near the church of Pio Monte della Misericordia. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Francesco Gammella (1834). Il muto per Napoli, ossia, Le mille e quattrocento strade, vichi ecc. reperibili da tutti, con designazione dei quartieri respettivi opera compilata (in Italian). p. 62. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  5. ^ Istituto nazionale delle assicurazioni; Detken & Rocholl (1834). Annuario Detken guida amministrativa, commerciale, industriale e professionale della città e provincia di Napoli [Detken yearbook administrative, commercial, industrial and professional guide of the city and province of Naples] (in Italian). Detken & Rocholl. pp. 57, 109, 391, 405, 467, 635, 709, 742, 1066, 1130, 1208, 1222, 1227, 1242, 1245, 1371, 1311, 1399, 1426, 1431, 1446, 1508, 1552 and 1529. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  6. ^ Pietro Giannone; et al. (Provincial Library, Topographical Office) (1833). Istoria civile del Regno di Napoli di Pietro Giannone con annotazioni 1 [Civil history of the Kingdom of Naples by Pietro Giannone with annotations 1] (in Italian). The neighborhood of Capuana, so called, because from this district the road to Capua was taken, in addition to the main square, it embraced many other smaller streets and alleys, of which (as all those of the other three regions) for the most part took the name , or from the families who lived there, or from the Temples, or from the public buildings that were here. Thus in this neighborhood there were: the alleys of the Sun, and ray of the Sun, named after the famous Temple of Apollo, which was built here. That of Dragonario, Corneliano, Corte Torre, di S. Lorenzo ad Fontes, delle Zite, Corte Pappacavallo, Ferraro, Santi Apostoli, da' Filimarini, de' Barrili, Gurgite, Rua de' Fasanelli, Caracciolo, Boccapianola, de' Zuroli, de' Carboni, Manoccio, and Rua de' Piscicelli. Nicolò Bettoni e Comp. p. 618. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  7. ^ Donatella Mazzoleni (1999). Arsenale (ed.). Palazzi di Napoli [Palaces of Naples] (in Italian). Arsenale. ISBN 9788877432193. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  8. ^ Rosario Serafino (2015). "Il complesso archeologico di Carminiello ai Mannesi" [The archaeological complex of Carminiello ai Mannesi]. Archemail (in Italian). In particular, three large straight streets, called plateie, ran east-west following the current directions of: -via Pisanelli, via Anticaglia, via SS. Apostles (upper plateia); -via S. Pietro a Maiella, via Tribunali (median plateia); -via B. Croce, v. S. Biagio dei Librai, via Vicaria Vecchia, via Forcella (lower plateia). These streets were intersected perpendicularly by stenopoi in a north-south direction, still recognizable today in streets such as: via Atri, vico Giganti, via Duomo, vico Zuroli, etc. Thanks to the perfect intersection between plateiae and stenopoi, the insulae were formed, rectangular blocks with standard dimensions of m. 180 x 35. The insulae of Carminiello ai Mannesi were delimited by the median plateia (Via Tribunali height) and the lower plateia (Via Vicaria Vecchia height) and by two stenopoi (Via Duomo and Vico Zuroli) and were divided by a further stenopos, which no longer exists today. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  9. ^ Carlo De Lellis; et al. (Rispoli, Ignazio, Savio, Onofrio.) (1654). Discorsi delle famiglie nobili del Regno di Napoli del signor Carlo De Lellis. Parte prima [-terza]. Vol. 1. Translated by Speeches of the noble families of the Kingdom of Naples by Mr. Carlo De Lellis. Part one [-third]. Naples (NA). pp. 359 to 368. Retrieved July 13, 2024. A summary of the most important events in the history of the noble family.
  10. ^ Carlo De Lellis (1654). Discorsi Delle Famiglie Nobili Del Regno Di Napoli [Speeches of the Noble Families of the Kingdom of Naples] (in Italian). Vol. 2. Naples (NA). pp. 19, 21, 22 and 23. Retrieved July 13, 2024. The noble Boccapianola family previously lived in these alleys.
  11. ^ Biagio Aldimari (1691). "FAMIGLIE NOBILI, cap. Della Famiglia Boccapianola" [NOBLE FAMILIES, chap. Of the Boccapianola family]. Memorie historiche di diverse famiglie nobili [Historical memoirs of several noble families] (in Italian). G. Raillard. p. 224. Retrieved July 21, 2024. Here mention is made of Vico de' Boccapianola, so called, for the ancient home of this family.
  12. ^ Gino Doria (1979). R. Ricciardi (ed.). Le strade di Napoli saggio di toponomastica storica [The streets of Naples essay on historical toponymy] (in Italian). R. Ricciardi. pp. 75 and 483. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  13. ^ Miscellanea Napoletana (2021). Miscellanea Napoletana [Neapolitan miscellany] (in Italian). Edizioni Finoia. p. 137. ISBN 9788832180091. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  14. ^ Carlo De Lellis; Forni (1654). "Famiglia Boccapianola" [Boccapianola family]. Famiglie nobili del regno di Napoli, Volume 1 [Noble families of the kingdom of Naples, Volume 1] (in Italian). Forni. p. 361. Retrieved July 12, 2024. In the year 1301 Giovanni Boccapianola had a noble palace built near the church of Pio Monte della Misericordia.
  15. ^ Staff di BIBLIOTHECA HERTZIANA, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ART HISTORY. "Topography of Naples, Gazzetteer of toponyms, Carlo Celano, Notitie del bello, dell'antico e del curioso della città di Napoli per i signori forastieri, divise in dieci giornate (= volumi), Napoli, 1692., Giornata I, Vico de' Zurli" [Topography of Naples, Gazzetteer of toponyms, Carlo Celano, News of the beautiful, the ancient and the curious of the city of Naples for the foreign lords, divided into ten days (= volumes), Naples, 1692., Day I, Vico de' Zurli.]. BIBLIOTHECA HERTZIANA, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ART HISTORY (in Italian). Quote taken from Carlo Celano's book and proposed on the university research site: ...The one on the left, which goes up towards the minor door of the Cathedral, in ancient times as up to now, was called de' Zuroli, for this noble family of the Capua seat who [281] lived there. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  16. ^ Saverio Daconto; Tip. N. De Bari (1926). Saggio storico sull'antica citta di Giovinazzo [Historical essay on the ancient city of Giovinazzo] (in Italian). Giovinazzo (BA). pp. XXXIX, 74, 86, 88 and 137. Retrieved July 12, 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  17. ^ Staff of LestradediNapoletani.it (August 3, 2021). "VICO DEI ZUROLI" [VICO DEI ZUROLI]. LestradediNapoletani.it (in Italian). Naples (NA). Retrieved July 16, 2024. The toponym, which goes from Via dei Tribunali to Via Vicaria Vecchia, takes its name from Zurolo, also known in the area as Zurlo (another common form) or Zuroli (in the plural), who once lived there.
  18. ^ Gennaro Zurolo (2024). "V". Zurolo House. Origins and development of a feudal family from Southern Italy [Zurolo House. Origins and development of a feudal family from Southern Italy] (in Italian). pp. 131, 132, 133 and 134. The location of the Zuroli palace is the Vico con Vicoletto, from which the toponym takes its name from the early medieval period.
  19. ^ Luigi Volpicella (1648). Reame di Napoli, Patriziati e Nobiltà civiche [Kingdom of Naples, Patriciates and civic Nobilities] (in Italian). Vol. I. Naples (NA). pp. 29/LXXIII.
  20. ^ Luigi Volpicella (1648). "IV". Reame di Napoli, Patriziati e Nobiltà civiche [Kingdom of Naples, Patriciates and civic Nobilities] (in Italian). pp. 100/XXXIII.
  21. ^ Catello Parisi (1842). Cenno storico-descrittivo della città di Castellammare di Stabia contenente la sua indicazione, le notizie dell'antica e nuova Stabia, il suo stato attuale ed un'appendice di utili nozioni che la risguardano per C. Parisi [Historical-descriptive note of the city of Castellammare di Stabia containing its indication, the news of the ancient and new Stabia, its current state and an appendix of useful notions regarding it for C. Parisi] (in Italian). Florence (FI). p. 99. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  22. ^ Gaetano Montefuscoli (1780). "IV". Imprese ovvero Stemmi delle Famiglie italiane [Companies or coats of arms of Italian families] (in Italian). Naples (NA). p. 100.
  23. ^ Gaetano Caporale (1890). "Salvatore Zurolo Gran Siniscalco... Giovanni Zurolo Conte di Sant'Angelo" [Salvatore Zurolo Grand Seneschal... Giovanni Zurolo Count of Sant'Angelo]. In The. typ. N. Jovene and Company (ed.). Memorie storico-diplomatiche della città di Acerra e dei conti che la tennero in feudo corredate di riscontri tra la storia civile e la feudale della Campanìa [Historical-diplomatic memories of the city of Acerra and of the counts who held it as a fiefdom accompanied by comparisons between the civil and feudal history of Campania] (in Italian). Naples (NA). pp. 274 and 368. Retrieved July 19, 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  24. ^ Luigi Cangiano (1843). typography of L'Aquila by V. Puzziello (ed.). Su le acque pubbliche potabili della citta di Napoli e de' modi di aumentarle memoria di Luigi Cangiano [On the public drinking waters of the city of Naples and the ways of increasing them, memory of Luigi Cangiano] (in Italian). The aforementioned aqueduct enters Naples passing under the second tower which remains in the ditches. Sant'Anna a Capuana, in which site the water corresponds to the height from sea level of 50 palms, passes for a stretch under the monastery of S Caterina a Fornello, and I continue underneath the Capuana road, where it splits in two. Then one branch runs under the Largo della Vicaria road, and the other, passing under the Courts building, joins with the first in the site that corresponds in front of the entrance door of said building. The path of the aforementioned aqueduct continues, traveling towards the left side of the Strada dei Tribunali up to Vico dei Zuroli, where it turns and below the same vico reaches Strada Forcella. [pagg. 12, 13 and 14] The aforementioned main aqueduct, from Porta Capuana to its end, has various ducts and branches on its sides, of which the main ones are: Il formaletto de' Cuoci and Marinella, that of S. Caterina a Formello and the mills, that of Cape-della Vicaria, that of Maddalena, that of Matarazzi and that of Scapilata: these six branches correspond to the left side of the aqueduct from Porta Capuana to Vico della Pace . On the straight side of the aqueduct under the Vico dei Zuroli there is another branch called Ramo d'Arco. [pag. 15]. typography of L'Aquila by V. Puzziello. pp. 12, 13, 14 and 15. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  25. ^ Mario Giobbe (August 6, 1898). "La farsa di vico Zuroli" [The farce of Vico Zuroli]. Corriere di Napoli. The article talks about the case of the false seer of Vico, and Vicoletto, of the Zuroli.
  26. ^ L. S. Olschki, ed. (1995). Biblioteca dell'"Archivum romanicum." Storia, letteratura, paleografia · Volumi 264-265 [Library of the "Archivum romanicum." History, literature, paleography · Volumes 264-265] (in Italian). The story of the visionary who lived in Vicolo degli Zuroli, cited by Mario Giobbe, in the newspaper article La farce di vico Zuroli, in the Corriere di Napoli, published on 6 August 1898. L. S. Olschki. ISBN 9788822243652. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  27. ^ Salvatore Di Giacomo; R. Marrone (1995). "Il Fatto del Vico Zuroli" [The Vico Zuroli Fact]. In R. Marrone (ed.). Napoli: figure e paesi. Luci e ombre napoletane [Naples: figures and countries. Neapolitan lights and shadows] (in Italian). Rome (RM): Grandi Tascabili Economici Newton. p. 96. ISBN 9788879839792.
  28. ^ grandenapoli; Annunziata Buggio (April 18, 2017). Valeria Mucerino, Mutart srl – Amm. unico Sergio Noviello, sezione, sezione di ARTE E CULTURA (ed.). "Almelinda d'Ettorre: la veggente napoletana di vico dei Zuroli" [Almelinda d'Ettorre: the Neapolitan visionary from Vico dei Zuroli]. grandenapoli (in Italian). Retrieved July 19, 2024. The entire story of the visionary Armelinda d'Ettorre who lived in Vico, and Vicoletto, of the Zuroli, later declared by the Catholic Church as a case of mass hysteria.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  29. ^ Gabriella Monaco; Francesca Esposito (June 22, 2020). "Le strade di Napoli – Vico dei Zuroli-Stylo24 vi accompagna nelle strade e tra i quartieri più caratteristici della città – Almerinda d'Ettorre, la veggente di Forcella" [The streets of Naples - Vico dei Zuroli-Stylo24 takes you through the streets and among the most characteristic neighborhoods of the city - Almerinda d'Ettorre, the visionary of Forcella]. STYLO24-GIORNALE D'INCHIESTA (in Italian). Naples (NA). Retrieved July 20, 2024. In the heart of Naples, precisely in the Forcella district, stands Vico dei Zuroli, a very well-known street, but this fame is not associated with the noble family from which it takes its name, but rather with an episode that occurred at the end of the 19th century.

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  • Mario Giobbe (August 6, 1898). "La farsa di Vico Zuroli" [The farce of Vico Zuroli]. Corriere di Napoli. The article talks about the case of the false seer of Vico, and Vicoletto, of the Zuroli.
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