POST ROADS - 2. London-Naples  -    (Part XI )

2. LONDON - NAPLES
Via Calais, Paris, Lyon, Mont Cenis Pass, Torino, Bologna, Firenze / Ancona and Roma.
2,170 km.
And: NAPLES - MARTIRANO / CALABRIA
Via Salerno, Eboli and Cosenza.
350 km.

London - Dover - Calais - Boulogne-s-mer - Amiens - Paris.

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Excursions:
London - St. Albans
L 6308 L 6308^ H 6401 H 6401^
   LONDON
 5 A1200 Holloway
 5 A1 Highgate
 5  Whetston
 5  BARNET
L 6308 L 6308^
   BARNET
 5  Mimms
 5  Colney
 5  ST. ALBANS
London - Richmond
H 6401 H 6401^
   LONDON
  A4 Bromton
   BARNES
 15  RICHMOND
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Hired carriage (Post-Chaise) Dover - London: 18 hours.
L 6306^+ Aranda K 6308+ Pauline P 6308^ P 6403+ Daturi
   LONDON
  A2 Deptford
  ? (Welling)
  ? (Crayford)
  A2 Dartford
  ? Northfleet
  ? Chaulk Street
  A2 ROCHESTER
  ? Raynham
  A2 Newington Street
  " SITTINGBOURNE
  A2 Faversham
  B2061 Boughton Street // Bocton Street
  ? (Justice)
  A2 CANTERBURY
  " Bishopsbourne
  B2061 Lydden
  ? (Rivertown)
  B2061 Buckland
 120 " DOVER
S 6306^+ Aranda S 6308+ Pauline S 6308^ S 6403+ Daturi
  English Channel DOVER
 50 CALAIS [Kingdom of France]

C3 5708 C9 6306+ Aranda
   AMIENS
  N 235 Picquigny
  N 1 Flixecourt
  " Ailly
 45 " ABBÉVILLE
C9 6306+ Aranda
   ABBÉVILLE
  N 1 Nouvion

  " Bernay "Relais de Poste" on town sign (photo: PG)
  " Nampont

Almost in an original state is the "Hotel de France" and "Relais de Roy" in Montreuil. Of special interest might be the typical inner courtyard. There is a huge fresco, which recalls the stay of Lawrence Sterne during his "sentimental journey" in 1765. - Photo: PG.

 45 " Montreuil post: Hotel de France (photo)
  'N 1 Cormont
  N 1 Samer
  " Boulogne-s-mer
  " Marquise
  " Hauteville / Hautbuisson?
 70 " CALAIS

C9 6403+ Daturi
   CALAIS
 25 N 1 GRAVELINES

C3 5708
   ABBÉVILLE
  D 928 le Boisle
  " Hesdin
 55 " Fruges
  " Avroult
  " ST.OMER
  N 43 la Recousse
 65 D 218 GRAVELINES
C3 5708 C9 6403+ Daturi
   GRAVELINES
 20 N 1 DUNKERQUE

C3 5709 C9 6403
   DUNKERQUE
 10 D 916 Bergues
C3 5709
   Bergues
  D 916 Cassel
  D 238 AIRE
  N 43 (?) Lillers (?)
 60 D 91 Pernes
  D 916 St.Pol
  " Frévent
  " Doullens
  N 25 Talmas
 70 " AMIENS

C3 5708 C3 5709^ C9 6306+ Aranda/Giuseppe Pompeati
   PARIS
  N 1 St.Denis
  N 16 Ecouen
  " Luzarches
  " Chantilly
 50 D 916A Laigneville
  N 16 Clermont
  D 916 St.Just-en-Chaussée
  D 916 Wavigny
  " Breteuil
  N 1 Flers-s-Noye
  " Hébécourt
 75 " AMIENS

 Paris - Fontainebleau - Nevers or Auxerre - Lyon.

P 5006^+ A.Balletti C6 6106^ C9 6306^+ Adèle 8310 8310^
   PARIS
  N 7 Villejuif
  " Paraye-Vieille-Poste
  ? Fromenteau
  N 7 Essonnes
  " Ponthierry
  " Chailly-en-Bière
 60 " FONTAINEBLEAU

C6: Lyon - Paris in 2,5 days
C6 6106^ C9 6306^+ Adèle
   FONTAINEBLEAU
  N 7 Bourron
  &c Nemours
   Glandelles
   la Croisière
   Fontenay
   Puy-la-Laude
   Montargis
   la Commodité
   Nogent
   les Bézards
   la Bussière
   Bel Air
 90  BRIARE
   Ousson
   Bonny
   Neuvy
   la Celle
   COSNE
   Maltaverne
   Pouilly
   Mesves
   la Charité
   Pougues
 80  NEVERS
   Magny
   Villars
   ST.PIERRE-LE-MOUTIER
   Chantenay
   Villeneuve
   la Vieille Poste
 50  MOULINS
   Bessay
  N 7 la Vieille Poste
   VARENNES
   St.Géraud
   Lapalisse
   Droiturier
  D 570 St.Martin d'Estreaux
  N 7 Pacaudière
  &c St.Germain l'Espinasse
 90  ROANNE
   l'Hopital-s-Rhins
   ST.SYMPHORIEN
   la Fontaine
   Tarare
  D 67 Les Arnas / la Croisette
  N 7 L'ARBRESLE / LA BRESLE *
  " La Tour-de-Salvagny
 75 " LYON
[* Wrong writing by Casanova: "La Bresse".]

P 5006+ A.Balletti
   LYON
  ? le Puits d'Or / D 42 Limonest
  ? les Echelles / N 6 Anse
 30 N 6 Villefranche
  &c St. Georges
   La Maison Blanche
   Macon
   St. Albain
   Tournus
 80  Sennecey
   Chalons-s-Saone
   Chagny
 40  la Rochepot
   Ivry
   Arney
   le Maupas
 50  Saulieu
   la Roche
   Rouvray
   Cussy-les-Forges
  D 944 Lucy-le-Bois
  D 332 la Poste-aux-Alouettes
  N 6 Vermenton
  via Irancy St. Bris-le-Vineux
 90 D 956 Auxerre
  N 6 Bassou
  &c Joigny
   Villevallier
   Villeneuve-s-Yonne
   Sens
   Pont-s-Yonne
   Villeneuve-la-Guyard
   Fossard
   Moret
 110  FONTAINEBLEAU

Lyon - Chambéry - Mont Cenis Pass - Torino - Tortona - Piacenza - Bologna

P 5006^+ Balletti C6 6106^ C8 6209 C8 6305+ Marcolina H 6305^
   LYON
  N 6 Bron
  &c St. Laurent
   Verpillière
   BOURGOIN-Jallieu
   Vachère
   TOUR-DU-PIN
   Gaz
 70  PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN [bridge over the river Guiers: boundary crossing France / Kingdom of Sardinia]
P 5006^+ Balletti C6 6106^ C8 6209
   PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN
  N 6 Echelles
  " St. Thibaud
 40 " CHAMBÉRY

C1 4912^+ Henriette P 5005^+ Balletti C6 6105^ C8 6209 C8 6211^ C8 6301
   CHAMBÉRY
  N6 Montmélian
  D 204 Maltaverne (y)
  " Aiguebelle
  N 6 Epierre
  &c la Chambre
   ST.-JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE
   St.-Michel-de-Maurienne
   St. André
   Villarodin-Bourget
   Bramans
 125  Lanslebourg

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B 4912^ M 5005^ M 6105^ M 6209 B 6211^ M 6301
Except 1750, with the dismantled English Coupés.
Road constructed 1803-1810.
   Lanslebourg (photo: Chambéry, Musée Savoisien)
  mule- & sledge track (La Ramasse), in front of the:
 5 - Col du MONT CENIS; 2083 mh (photo: the author and his 2CV  in 1996)
High valley with the Lac du Mont Cenis, today a much enlarged reservoir.
  mule-track La (Poste de) Tavernette; Hospice disappeared in the reservoir.
 10 " (Grand - Croix) Frontier Savoy / Piedmont. Chapel (1626) well restored; guest and farm houses falling down.
Z 4912^ Z 5005^ Z 6105^ Z 6209 Z 6211^ Z 6301
No possibility for using sledges. Carriages transported by pack-horses or mules.
   (Grand - Croix)
  mule-track (Ferrera Cenisio)
 10 " NOVALESA (y) (photo: PG)

 C1 4912^+ Henriette P 5005^+ Balletti C6 6105^ C8 6209 C8 6211^ C8 6301
   NOVALESA
 10 L Susa
  N 25 S. Giorio
  " S. Antonio
  " S. Ambrogio
  " RIVOLI
 50 " TORINO

C1 4912^+ Henriette C2 5001 P 5005^+ Balletti C6 6103^ P 7003
   TORINO
  N 20 Trofarello
  N 29 Poirino
  N 29r Dusino/S.Michele
  ? La Gambetta
  N 10 Asti
  &c Castello di Annone
   Felizzano
   ALESSANDRIA
   Lungafame
 110  TORTONA
C1 4912^+ Henriette C2 5001 P 5005^+ Balletti C6 6103^ C8 6303^ P 7003
   TORTONA
 15 N 10 Voghera
C1 4912^+ Henriette C2 5001 P 5005^+ Balletti C6 6103^ P 7003
   Voghera
  N 10 Broni
  " Castel S. Giovanni [Duchy of Parma]
 55 " PIACENZA
C1 4911^, C1 4911, C1 4912^+ Henriette C2 5001 P 5005^+ Balletti
C6 6103^ P 7003
   PIACENZA
  N 9 Via Aemilia Fiorenzuola
  " Fidenza / Borgo S. Donnino
  " Castelguelfo
 60 " PARMA

Excursion:
C1 4908, C1 4908^+ Henriette
   PARMA
 15 N 343 COLORNO

C1 4907^+ Henriette C2 5002 P 5005^+ Balletti(from Reggio) C6 6103^ P 7003
   PARMA
  N 9 Via Aemilia Sant' Ilario d' Enza [Duchy of Modena]
  " REGGIO
  " Rubiera
 50 " MODENA
C1 4907^+ Henriette C2 5002 P 5005^+ Balletti C6 6103^ P 7003 P 7209^ P 7209
  N 9 Via Aemilia MODENA
  " Ponte Samoggia [Ecclesiastical State]
 40 " BOLOGNA

Bologna - Firenze or Ancona - Roma

(4405) (4501^) C6 6102^/L 6102^+ Corticelli P 7003 C14 7112^
   BOLOGNA
  N 65 Pianoro
 30 &c Loiano
   (Monghidoro) = (SCARICALASINO)
   La Posta Filigare [Duchy of Tuscany]
   (Passo della Raticosa, 968 mh)
   (Pietramala)
 20  Covigliaio (1742) // N 503 Firenzuola (1705)
   (Passo della Futa, 903 mh) // (Rifredo)
   Montecarelli (1742) // N 503 Giogo [pass] (1705)
 25  Cafaggiolo (1742) // N 503 S. Piero (1705)
   Fontebuona (1742) // ? UCCELLATOIO* (1705)
 25  FIRENZE
[* This older stage (listed e.g. in a post-map of 1705) was situated near the new one Fontebuona (for the first time mentioned in the Thurn and Taxis - guide of 1742). Presumably Casanova mentioned it, because he used an out-of-date guide while writing in Dux.]
(4405) (4501^) C6 6012 C6 6102^ C14 7107^
   FIRENZE

  N 2 Via Cassia S. Casciano ("Antica Posta". Photo: PG)
   " Tavarnelle
 50 " Poggibonsi
(4405) (4501^) C6 6012 C6 6102^ P 7005 C14 7107^
  N 2 Via Cassia Poggibonsi
   " Castellina Scalo
 25 " SIENA (Via Cassia and Porta di Roma. Photo: PG)

(4405) (4501^) C6 6012 C6 6102^ V 7006+ Betty C14 7107^
  N 2 SIENA Via Cassia
   " Monteroni d`Arbia
 25 " BUONCONVENTO
  " Torrenieri
  " (S. QUIRICO)

  " LA SCALA (photo: PG)
  ? Riccorsi
 40 N2 + L RADICOFANI

Radicofani: Villa Medicea della Posta. Photo taken in June 1994 by PG.

(4405) (4501^) C6 6012 C6 6102^ V 7006, V 7006^, L 7006+ Betty C14 7107^
   RADICOFANI
  L + N 2 CENTENO [Ecclesiastical State]
 25 Via Cassia ACQUAPENDENTE
  " S. Lorenzo Nuovo
  " Bolsena
  " MONTEFIASCONE
 45 " VITERBO
  ? Posta Montagna di Viterbo (north of Lago di Vico)
  L Ronciglione
 35 L + N 2 MONTEROSI
(4405) (4501^) C6 6012 C6 6102^+ Poinsinet (up to Firenze) L 7006+ Betty
C14 7107^
   MONTEROSI
  N 2 Via Cassia Baccano
   " POSTA DELLA STORTA
 35 " ROMA

Ancona - Bologna:
210 km Hired carriage; on horseback; mule; stage wagon; English Coupé;
    Vetturino.
L 4403+ Bellino V 7210^
   ANCONA [Ecclesiastical State]
  ? Case Bruciate
 25 N 16 SENIGALLIA
  " Marotta
  " Fano
 35 " PESARO
H 4403 the first time on horseback. V 7210^
  N 16 (SANTA MARIA; fortress in PESARO)
  " Cattolica
 35 " RIMINI
M 4403 V 7210^
   RIMINI
 15 N 9 Via Aemilia SAVIGNANO
P 4403 V 7210^
   SAVIGNANO
 15 N 9 Via Aemilia CESENA
    Posting inn: Piazza del Popolo / Via Zeffirino (photo: PG)

P 4403 P 4906^ C1 4907+ Henriette V 7210^ K 7906^, K 7907+ Del Bene
   CESENA
  N 9 Via Aemilia FORLI
  " Faenza
  " Imola
  " S. Nicolo
 85 " BOLOGNA
Ancona - Roma:
290 km On foot and hitch-hiking; stage wagon.
F 4311 P 4402^
   ANCONA
  L Camerano
 40 L LORETO
T 4311 P 4402^
  N 77 (Sambucheto)
  " MACERATA
 30 " TOLENTINO
F 4311 P 4402^
  N 77 VALCIMARRA
  " (MUCCIA)
 40 " SERRAVALLE
T 4312 P 4402^
  N 77 (COLFIORITO)
  " Casenove
  " FOLIGNO
 40 N 3 (PISSIGNANO)
F 4312 P 4402^
  N 3  Via Flaminia SPOLETO
  " (VALICO DI SOMMA)
  " Strettura
  " TERNI
  " NARNI
 70 " OTRICOLI
T 4312 P 4402^
  N 3 Via Flaminia Borghetto
  " Civita Castellana
  " Rignano Flaminio
 40 " CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO
F 4312 P 4402^
  N 3 Via Flaminia Prima Porta
 30 " ROMA Porta del Popolo

Excursion:
L 4401 L 4401^ C14 7104 C14 7104^
   ROMA
 20 N 215 (FRASCATI)
Excursion:
L 4401 L 4401^
   ROMA
 30 N 5 (TIVOLI)

Roma - Terracina or Monte Cassino - Napoli - Cosenza - Martirano

V 4405 V 4406^+ Lucrezia C6 6012, C6 6101^+ Abate Alfani K 7006
  ROMA
  N 7 Via Appia TORRE DI MEZZAVIA d`Albano
  N 7 + N 217 MARINO
  L + N 7 La Faiola (between Genzano and Velletri)
  N 7 VELLETRI
  " Cisterna

The Via Appia, 5 km south-east of Cisterna. Here the post road turns to the mountains in the east to avoid the malaria-infected Pontinian Marshes. - Photo: PG.

  N 7 + L SERMONETA
  ? Casenove
  N 156 + L PRIVERNO / PIPERNO
  ? Li Marutti
 110 L TERRACINA
  N 7 Fondi [Kingdom of Naples]
  Via Appia Itri
  " Formia / Mola di Gaeta

J. Smith: "Il traghetto del Garigliano". The building contained the post station. About 1780. From: Brilli, Il Viaggio in Italia. - The same place in 1994. Photo: PG.

  " ferry GARIGLIANO (photos)
  " S. AGATA (near Sessa Aurunca)
1761^: overturned coupé; attempted robbery.
  " FRANCOLISE
100 N 7 CAPUA
V 4405 V 4406^+ Lucrezia C6 6012, C6 6101^+ Abate Alfani K 7006 C14 7009^
  N 7 CAPUA
  N 7 bis AVERSA
 30 " NAPOLI

C14 7009
Napoli - Capua: see above.
   CAPUA
  25  N 7 + N 6 Via Casilina Vairano Scalo
From here to Rome there were no post stations. However, the following places were mentioned by Nugent, Grand Tour IV, p. 315: "Journey from Naples to Rome, by Vettura."
  ? (S.Germano)
 35 N 6 Via Casilina (MONTE CASSINO)
     (Ceprano)
  " (Frosinone)
  " (Ferentino)
  " (Valmontone)
  ? (Cava Nova)
 130 N 6 ROMA

Excursions:
K 6101 K 6101^
   NAPOLI
 30 N 87 (CASERTA)
R 7007 R 7007^
   NAPOLI
 25  (SORRENTO)
L 7007 L 7007^
   NAPOLI
 45 N 18, N 145 (SORRENTO)

F 4405 V 4406^ P 7009 C14 7009^
   NAPOLI
 10 N 18 (PORTICI) excursion: up to the Monte Vesuvio.
V 4405 V 4406^ P 7009 C14 7009^
  N 18 TORRE DEL GRECO
  " Pagini // Nocera
 50 " SALERNO
P 4405 V 4406^
   SALERNO
  N 19: ? Taverna Pinta
  N 19 Eboli
  " Scorzo
 60 " Auletta
  " Atena Scalo, Atena Lucana (?) / Alla Scala
  " Casalbuono (?) / Casal novo
 60 " Lagonegro
  " Lauria
  " Castelluccio
  L Rotonda
 70 L + N 19 Castrovillari
  N 19 Spezzano (?) / Esaro
  " Regina (3 km west of the N 19) / La Regina
 70 " COSENZA
L 4405 L 4406^
   COSENZA
  N 19 + L Belsito
 30 N 19 + L MARTIRANO [episcopal see]*
[* Near Martirano, King Henry, son of the Staufer-Emperor Frederic II., perished in 1242. Cf. Waldburg-Wolfegg, p.97: "Nowadays, Martirano still is a picture of misery. In 1905, the little town was destroyed by an earth-quake so completely, that the inhabitants gave up and settled in a different locality. Nevertheless particular houses are still inhabited, though the citadel, the churches, and the streets are totally destroyed."]

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