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| | The Food Maven - Arthur Schwartz |
 | | Actually, it is technically not on the open sea, but on il golfo di Napoli, the Gulf of Naples, or Bay of Naples as we more often say in English. |
 | | Marechiaro is a small section of the greater neighborhood of Posillipo, which is a spit of land, a peninsula that encloses the Gulf on the north. |
 | | To make this a little more complex, some Neapolitans will also tell you that Marechiaro is not really part of Posillipo, but part of Mergellina (or Margellina, as Neapolitans call it), which is the sea-side section next to Posillipo, and also an excellent, elegant neighborhood. |
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