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napoli-banksy-detail-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

Back in August, with new stuff!

fiori, uve e limoni

santa-chiara-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

Too much colour for black and white...

the eyes have it

ex-voto-eyes-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

filomena's legs

ex-voto-legs-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

They seem to be almost dancing...

per grazia ricevuta

ex-voto-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

Ex voto in a chapel dedicated to San Giuseppe Moscati, a doctor who, next to healing the sick in a more conventional manner, is also said to have performed miracles of the religious kind on his patients. The chapel was itself miraculously saved from a full hit during the WWII air raids on the city.

san francesco saverio

gesu-nuova-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

He looks tired, trying to escape from his glass display case in vain. Perhaps he is dreaming of the far, faraway lands he visited once?

out of the darkness

napoli-madonna-street-art-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

An altar in a side street in the Quartieri Spagnoli. The neighbourhood is so dense, and so dark that even the Holy Virgin needs illumination

falso prete

napoli-street-art-falso-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

While I was taking this photo, an African guy selling fake bags came up to me and hissed at me in messed-up Italian, saying that I was a bad person...hope he was a false priest as well

sant'antonio

sant-antonio-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

If the statue of the Virgin Mary was somewhat eerie, Sant'Antonio can only be described as 'gleeful'

neanderthalers vs. the Birdman

napoli-street-art-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

A lot of graffiti, street art and poster art in Napoli, and - luckily this time - it doesn't get cleaned up...

ave Maria gratia plena

napoli-madonna-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

A rather eerie Virgin Mary. But then again, this might not come as a surprise in a city where they worship San Gennaro's holy blood

guglia dell'immacolata in piazza gesu nuovo

guglia-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

Presumably, when seen in a certain light, from a certain angle, you will see an image of Death instead of that of the Virgin...Also, check out the article about the Guglia on the website of Vrij Nederland magazine

parking solutions

napoli-courtyard-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

In a courtyard off Via San Gregorio Armeno - a street selling only nativity scenes....

spaccanapoli, the street towards redemption

spaccanapoli-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

Spaccanapoli, leading you towards redemption on Montesanto. Napoli is the true city of god, its neighbourhoods called Montesanto, Montecalvario, Montedidio

side street in spaccanapoli

napoli-street-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

Post-industrial wastelands, failed modernist utopias and inner city decay all feature heavily in my favorite city: Napoli

banksy in napoli

napoli-banksy-suburbanstorytelling, originally uploaded by suburbanstorytelling.

Well, I guess this sort of sums it all up: decay and the influence that violence, fear and religion can have on the built environment....