A new Mondadori bookstore has opened on via Zuccarini, at the exit of the Scampia metro station in Naples. The project was developed through a collaboration between La Scugnizzeria and Mondadori and is presented as a place for reading, meeting and cultural renewal in the neighbourhood.
The opening was reported by Il Mattino as a sign of Scampia's desire for renewal. The same report notes that serious problems remain, including lack of employment and organised crime. The bookstore does not resolve those issues, but it adds a visible cultural venue to a central, everyday transit point.
Where it is and what it offers
The shop is located on via Zuccarini, outside the Scampia EAV metro station. The station-adjacent position places it where residents and passengers pass daily.
The space is approximately 70 square metres and contains more than 10,000 books, according to Il Mattino. An earlier NapoliToday report described the planned venue as covering more than 70 square metres with thousands of books and a room for presentations. That presentation space is intended to host meetings and book presentations alongside normal bookselling.
A dedication to Antonio Landieri
The bookstore is dedicated to Antonio Landieri, described in Il Mattino's report as an innocent victim of the Camorra. The dedication gives the venue an explicit civic meaning: reading and public discussion as an alternative to clan power.
The people identified as opening the venue are Rosario Esposito La Rossa and Maddalena Stornaiuolo.
Part of a wider renewal
The inauguration was presented as part of Scampia's social and cultural renewal. The verified research does not give a precise inauguration date, nor does it establish the shop's current opening hours or complete events programme.
Readers planning a visit should therefore check locally for current hours before travelling. What is confirmed is the address point: via Zuccarini, at the Scampia metro exit, with a compact but densely stocked interior and space set aside for public events.
For visitors arriving by metro, the location is straightforward to find because it stands beside the station rather than inside the neighbourhood's interior streets. For residents, the practical value is proximity: a bookstore with a large catalogue and a presentation room, without needing to travel to central Naples.
The contrast described in the reporting remains the point. A 70-square-metre shop with more than 10,000 titles cannot by itself answer unemployment or organised crime. It does give Scampia a new public room dedicated to books, named for a victim of violence, in a place people already use every day.
