"Sanità" in Italian means "healthcare", but in this specific case it is the ancient name of a Neapolitan neighborhood, where cemeteries and patron saints were a thousand years ago. The area is a valley outside the city walls and below the Capodimonte palace, Napoleon Buonaparte had a large avenue built between the palace and the city center, effectively excluding the area from urban roads and relegating it to decline.
The Rione Sanità, starting from those times, became an area of ​​poverty and crime. From about ten years ago, thanks to the energy of the new parish priest, things have changed. A youth cooperative has arisen that has enhanced the historic-artistic beauties of the neighborhood, from the Baroque churches to the catacombs that are the largest in Europe. Coop La Paranza manages the visits and there is big tourist flow unimaginable only in the nineties of the last century. This positive energy has been a catalyst for other realities, from the enhancement of local excellence through commercial establishments to the promotion of culture. The Nuovo Teatro Sanità and above all the Sanitansamble youth orchestra are two consolidated companies in the area and open to the city, then there is boxing in the parish, there is the creative after school, the popular ice cream shop and a network of associations that constantly work for continue in revenge this area of ​​historic Naples