Guided tours

Aims

• To provide basic information on the conservation and inventory of documentary archives. 
• To foster in young people knowledge of the institutional, social and urban history of the City of Naples. 
• To introduce students to documentary research. 
• To give students the chance to ponder over the importance of preserving so-called "collective memory". 
• To support the activity of teachers engaged in specific educational courses.

Program

• Basic information on archival disciplines - Quick information about an archive: what is an archive, how you can create one and what its content is. 
• Institutional history of the City of Naples: the evolution of the city government - An interesting historical itinerary, from the old "Sedili" (Representative Parliaments) to the modern Municipal Administration. 
• The social city. An itinerary through hope and reality - The evolution of charity and assistance activities in Naples, through documents taken from the Royal Home for the Poor, the Royal Holy Home of Annunziata and other ancient charitable institutions. 
• Picturing the territory. City maps as a sign or dream of urban transformation - Through the observation of old maps, projects and drawings, we can keep in touch with a "continuous workshop", which, throughout the years, has modified the city layout.

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