Piazza Garibaldi
Vast transit square built over reclaimed marshland and a vanished ancient river, now stacked with rail, metro and tram lines.
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This guide to Piazza Garibaldi in Naples traces the vanished Sebeto river and marsh that once covered this ground east of the city, and the ancient border it's said to have drawn between Neapolis and its neighbors. You'll hear how the site stayed unbuildable marshland into the modern era, until King Ferdinand the Second ordered engineer Luigi Giura to drive a road through it in 1840, clearing the way for Naples' first railway terminal. Picture the reed marsh and open water beneath the paving as you cross the square.
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