Vanvitelli station
{{short description|Naples Metro station}}
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| name = 36px Vanvitelli
| style = Naples Metro
| type = Naples Metro station
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| address = Piazza Vanvitelli, Naples
| line = Line 1
| other = Central Funicular
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Montesanto Funicular
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| opened = 28 May 1993
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| operator = ANM
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Vanvitelli is a Naples Metro underground station that serves Line 1. It was opened on 28 May 1993 as the southern terminus of the inaugural section of Naples Metro, between Vanvitelli and Colli Aminei. On 5 April 2001, the line was extended to Museo, and Vanvitelli ceased to be the terminus.{{cite web |last1=Schwandl |first1=Robert |title=Napoli |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/it/nap/napoli.htm |publisher=urbanrail}}
History
Work began in 1977 but was later interrupted and resumed in 1985.{{Cite web |author=Government of Italy, Dipartimento per le politiche di coesione |date=November 2022 |title=Contributo agli obiettivi di coesione del Grande Progetto Metropolitana di Napoli Linea 1. Sintesi rapporto di valutazione |url=https://www.valutazionecoesione.it/valutazioni/doc/2022_11_Rapporto_sintesi_Metronapoli_Si.Valuta.pdf |access-date=12 April 2025}} The station was inaugurated on March 28, 1993, as part of the first section of Line 1 to be opened. The construction of the station involved a total investment of approximately 22.1 million euros.
Station layout
The station was built according to the plans of Michele Capobianco and has undergone a radical restoration (thanks to which the station is part of the circuit of art stations) directed by Michele Capobianco and his son Lorenzo Capobianco with artistic consulting by Achille Bonito Oliva.
File:Vanvitelli Station Elevator 02.jpg
The entrances are placed in the four corners of Piazza Vanvitelli, as well as an underground corridor that leads from the station directly to the two funiculars namely that of Chiaia and Central. The descent to the level of the tracks is via two sets of fixed stairs and furniture while the output directly via a single ramp. You can also make use of the elevators.
The station, located underground, covers an area of {{Convert|5419|m2|sqft}}, with a total intervention area of {{Convert|8000|m2|sqft}}. The station is {{Convert|20|m|ft}} deep, has a slope of 5.5%, and is equipped with 13 facilities and 4 exits.
File:Vanvitelli Station - Giulio Paolini 01.jpg
In the atrium, there is an installation by Giulio Paolini consisting of a large boulder that appears to break through the transparent enclosure imprisoning it. The side corridors are adorned with a long strip by Vettor Pisani and photographs of Naples' architecture by Gabriele Basilico and Olivo Barbieri. In the mezzanine, there is a work by Mario Merz representing the Fibonacci sequence, which continues on the back vertical wall with depictions of prehistoric animals. On the side walls of the ascending escalators, there are two steel stars by Gilberto Zorio. At the intersection of the stairs leading to the two platforms, eight cylinders by Gregorio Botta are displayed. On the platforms, there are two large mosaics by Isabella Ducrot.{{cite web|url=http://www.anm.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemid=180|title=La stazione dell'arte Vanvitelli sul sito ANM|access-date=3 December 2015}}
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