NAPLES — Four triangular housing blocks known as the Sails of Scampia are a blemish on Naples’ northern skyline, but locals treat plans to demolish the crime-ridden slums as they do any promise to ...

The Sails of Scampia — a crime-ridden housing project on the outskirts of Naples — are being torn down as the area aims to leave its past behind. After years of planning, today Naples will go ahead ...

This morning, during a new meeting of the rescue coordination center convened by the Prefect of Naples, Michele di Bari, to follow up on the Scampia collapse incident, and considering the Civil ...

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The Vele, symbol of Scampia for sixty years, will be evacuated. The ordinance from the municipality of Naples informs the families living in the buildings that they must leave their homes. The blue ...

The demolition work on the Yellow Sail in Scampia, considered by many to be one of the symbols of Gomorrah, began this morning. The workers began work at 10:16. The operation was attended by the mayor ...

"Today, in Scampia, excavation and preparation activities have begun for the foundations of the first residential building planned as part of the urban regeneration program for the Vele area.