Naples, the preferred privileged location of artists and writers in the 19th century, in the last decades has become a place for reflecting on an innovative idea of a city whose beauty becomes real by balancing functionality and harmony: the idea of the Art Stations, which is born from the search of a balance between citizens' mobility system and a geographically spread museum path.

The Art Stations - many of which built by Webuild, just like the multi-awarded Toledo station, but also Università, Dante, Museo, Materdei, San Pasquale, Monte Sant'Angelo, Capodichino - host approximately 200 art pieces of contemporary art, representing a one-of-kind in the international panorama. 

Every station has its distinctive character. The most enchanting one, voted Europe's most spectacular, is Toledo. Built according to the project of Catalan architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca, it is inspired by the light and sea topics ideally united in the oval-shaped mouth of the “Crater de luz”.

The Università station has nothing to envy in terms of how fascinating this station is. Born in the mind of the Anglo-Egyptian architect and designer Karim Rashid, as a space incarnating the knowledge of the Third Technological Revolution. Gae Aulenti signs the station in Dante square, which hosts the works of international contemporary art artists, and the Museo station, whose materials and colours bring to mind the nearby Museo Archeologico Nazionale.

The Materdei stop, designed by the Atelier Mendini, imbues vitality and prestige into the square above, transformed into a pedestrian isle, and enriched with greenery, new urban furnishings and artistic pieces.

The San Pasquale stop, designed by Boris Podrecca, represents a vertiginous descent into the sea into the sea, contrasting the descent into hell through the two gigantic metal sculptures by Anish Kapoor of the Monte Sant'Angelo station.

Today still under construction there's the Capodichino station, inspired by St. Patrick's Well built in Orvieto in the 16th century. 

All stations interpret the existing dialogue between past and present, the territory, art and engineering know-how. An extraordinary fusion of contemporary art and modern infrastructure for urban mobility, which in Naples, the city where Italy's first railway line saw its first light, the Naples-Portici line, could actually be the precursor of a city model tailored for man.

A visionary project that continually searches for balance between technique and beauty. 

For an idea of beauty with which we will continue to build the future.