Spacca Napoli is a street that runs through the historic center of Naples. It literally means "split Naples" because it refers to the fact that this street divides the city into two parts. Walk past one side and eventually you reach mountains, the other and you meet the sea. Many of the historic sites popular among tourists lie along this route such as Santa Chiara. Along this route you can find many artisans and food vendors making traditional Neapolitan items. The University district is also very close to here.
"This street is the lower (Decumanus Inferiore) and southernmost of the three decumani, or east-west streets, of the grid of the original Greco-Roman city of Neapolis. The central main Decumanus Maggiore is now Via dei Tribunali; while the northernmost or upper Decumanus Superiore is now via Anticagliaand Via della Sapienza. The three decumani were (and still are) intersected by numerous north-south cross-streets called cardini, together forming the grid of the ancient city. Today, the street officially starts at Piazza Gesù Nuovo and is officially named Via Benedetto Croce. Moving east, the street changes name to Via S. Biagio dei Librai and then crosses Via Duomo (named for the Cathedral of Naples) and moves beyond the confines of the old center of town."(wikipedia)
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