‘Neighbourhood renaissance’: once noble La Sanità in Naples is open for business again

After decades in the shadows, the residents of this historic quarter came together to launch local businesses and make the area an attractive proposition once more My favourite way to enter Rione Sanità is by elevator: descending from a bridge into cobblestoned streets buzzing with mopeds and flanked by opulent but decaying 18th-century palazzi. Through the grand doorways of these once noble palaces are courtyards where bakers, butchers, cobblers and the odd contraband cigarette vendor do bus...

By Sophia Seymour