Quartieri Spagnoli — Maradona Shrine

This has become a major attraction in Naples — the shrine created in the streets of the Spanish Quarter to Diego Maradona. It has brought tourists to a part of town they might have missed. And if you like Naples, you’re gonna love the Spanish Quarter. It’s Naples in the extreme. So many people flock here now to pay their respects to their football hero, they have had to put up signs for crowd flow. Group after group of school kids were being led up the hill to the shrine along with lots of grown men traveling solo who pose for selfies in front of the murals. A sign over the road reads “Benvenuti al Largo Maradona” — welcome to Maradona Square. One holdout, however, declares itself “Sophia Loren Corner.”Read more