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During the nineteenth century, Naples welcomed artists from all over Europe and the United States, attracted by the many wonders: the archaeological excavations of the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum which had just been brought to light, the fascination exerted by the natural landscape of the Gulf and the Islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida, the scenery of the Amalfi and Sorrento coasts, the local culture with its folklore, the splendor and decay of the alleys. In the 19th century, Naples was also the Italian capital of the Enlightenment. In that century the city had become an important scientific metropolis, home to one of the oldest Italian universities, the first school of oriental languages in Europe, the first scientific observatories, the first museum of mineralogy. A vast array of artists starting from Ludwig Catel, William Turner, Thomas Jones, John Singer Sargent, continuing with the exponents of the School of Posillipo, Portici and Resina, Anton van Pitloo, Giuseppe De Nittis, Ercole and Giacinto Gigante, created views of the city that invaded the world. The exhibition offers a journey that reaches up to the last century, embracing the production of Mariano Fortuny, Edgar Degas, a Frenchman whose family had Neapolitan roots, up to Burri and Fontana.