San Gregorio Armeno
The tale of the Presepe that is renewed every year
Organizing a business event, a meeting or a business trip in Sorrento during the winter season offers many possibilities to create a pleasant leisure, combining business with pleasure. Even in the run-up to Christmas, the Coast is the strategic point to discover the fascinating places, made even more impressive by the magical atmosphere of the holidays.
In the heart of the historic centre of Naples an opening that leads visitors into an enchanted place can be found, a real place suspended in time and memory, where the tradition that makes San Gregorio Armeno with its shops and its famous craftsmen all over the world is perpetuated.
It is impossible not to be intrigued by the statues of each year’s characters, the most loved or the most discussed ones, the personal interpretation of what the inhabitants of Naples deem most important of the political and cultural aspects of life, both national and international.
Not forgetting the classic characters, the real stars of the representation of the Presepe, the shepherds, the Holy Family, the elements that serve to embellish, decorate, renovate the crib, like the furnished houses, animals, earth and sea products, fruit baskets, tools, incredibly detailed and lifelike miniatures, which refer to a tradition that still lives in the heart of the city.
For the locals, a stroll in the alley of the shepherds is a must because tradition has it that every year the nativity scene must be enriched with some new elements. For the many tourists who walk this road, bringing home one of these pastors, expensive or simple, is not like buying just any souvenir, but treating yourself or gift someone else the spark of the true, warm and irresistible spirit of Neapolitan genius.