Reconnecting Castellamare di Stabia with its amenities (Italy)

The city of Castellamare di Stabia is a stunningly beautiful town on the Bay of Naples with many opportunities for making it into a real pearl, like Pompei and Herculanum. It has many assets, from the bay and the mountains to the amazing archeological park of Roman villas and a beautiful complex of thermal spas. Yet the town is not making the best of its abundant amenities.; The main vehicular entrance point into the city is located in a gorge between two hills---one the archeological park, the other the Thermal Spa, facing the sea on the north. Today it is a chaotic intersection with no identity as the entrance into the city or recognition of the park and spa.; The main goal of this thesis is reconnecting the city with its amenities and making the entrance to the city a gateway, that would make visitors immediately aware of the treasures of this town, currently hidden and almost unreachable. As part of the project, I am proposing the placement of a Welcome Center/Archeological Museum on the site, possibly on the place of a currently deteriorated sports center.