For an English family or young aristocrat on the Grand Tour in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Naples was one of the major destinations in Europe, on a par with Venice. In the twentieth century post-war visitors rushed to nearby resorts in search of sea-side holidays, and ignored the city. Now the changing patterns of tourism have put Naples back on the map as a city perfect for a weekend visit or longer. This is one of the oldest urban civilisations in Europe, dating back to its founding by the Greeks. It has a historic centre of fathomless interest, with noble buildings from every age, from the Gothic of its Angevin kings, to the nineteenth century, reflecting in turn its history as an independent kingdom under the kings of Anjou and the Aragonese, and then rule by the Spanish and the Bourbons before becoming part of the new Italy after the Risorgimento. There are innumerable churches, palaces and cloisters to be explored. The city boasts an excellent collection of fine art at Capodimonte, and one of the world's greatest collections of Roman material in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale.