Piazza Medaglie d'Oro, in the Arenella district, is one of the main squares in the Vomero district, in the city of Naples. In the square, octagonal in shape, eight streets radiate out, including some of the main arteries of the district, making it one of the nodal points of the neapolitan urban structure, crossroads and switching point of the Fifth Municipality of Naples, which includes the two Arenella and Vomero.[1]
The square is also important from the point of view of toponymy, as it is located at the center of a series of streets dedicated to neapolitans decorated with a gold medal for military valour, almost all from the first half of the twentieth century; among these Ugo Niutta, Mario Fiore, Giuseppe Orsi, Raffaele Tarantini, Guido Menzinger, Raffaele Libroia, Francesco Azzi, Teodoro Capocci, Raffaele Stasi, Domenico De Dominicis and several others. The gardens in the center of the square were dedicated to the memory of Silvia Ruotolo, an innocent victim of the Camorra, who was killed on June 11, 1997, having found herself by chance in the middle of a settling of scores between rival clans in Salita Arenella, near her house.[2]
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- ^ "Perchè Piazza delle Medaglie d'Oro ha tale nome?" (in Italian). Retrieved January 19, 2021.