Montesanto Station Refurbishment / Silvio d’Ascia Architecture

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Text description provided by the architects. When one considers the City of Naples, it is easy to bring to mind clichés and caricatures. There is the mafia, the rowdy populace, the pizza, the local sports heroes. Even today, the city feels as if it is reliving its own pastime. It resonates with history, the worn but charming buildings set against an undulating topography concealing layers of legends, triumphs, and tragedies that have rattled the cityscape since ancient times. The task of building new often results in conflict with such heritage and its defenders, and many ambitious efforts to revitalize (that is, modernize) the urban fabric have fallen by the wayside, our agency being no stranger to this occurrence.