Photos: Baroque Naples

Naples and its bay on the Tyrrhenian Sea (part of the larger Mediterranean) seen from the hilltop Certosa di San Martino. (Susan Spano / For The Times)

March 11, 2014 4:34 PM PT

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The cemetery balustrade, designed by Baroque master Cosimo Fanzago, in the cloister at the Certosa di San Martino above Naples. (Susan Spano / For The Times)

The high Italian Baroque dome of the Chapel of St. Gennaro in the Naples Cathedral. (Susan Spano / For The Times)

Glass-domed, late 19th century Galleria Umberto I, directly across from Teatro San Carlo in Naples. (Susan Spano / For The Times)

The Palazzo Reale on the Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, with the Italian flag and the flag of the European Union being flown. (Susan Spano / For The Times)

Palazzo dello Spagnolo, designed by Neopolitan Baroque architect Ferdinando Sanfelice around 1725. (Susan Spano / For The Times)

Capodimonte, a palace turned museum overlooking central Naples, home of masterpieces by Italian painters such as Masaccio, Parmigiano and Raphael. (Susan Spano / For The Times)

Caffe Scaturchio, famous for baba au rhum (a small yeast cake saturated in rum) in the dense, old Spaccanapoli section of Naples. (Susan Spano / For The Times)