Maria DAvalos was married to Carlo Gesualdo, one of the noblest man in Naples and a renown musician whose works are performed to this day. But Maria, neglected by her husband who was more interested in music and hunting than his own beautiful wife, fell in love with a very handsome young man, don Fabrizio Carafa, he himself belonging to one of the most famous noble Neapolitan family whose nickname was the angel because of his beauty. They became lovers led by their oassion but someone informed her husband who organised immediately his terrible revenge. So he pretended to go hunting in the country in order to surprise the two lovers. He found them in his bedroom and killed them the one in the arms of the other, forever joined together.

There are many legends connected to the sad story of Maria DAvalos. For one of them, her husband still crazy of jealousy killed his own little boy believing him the son of Maria and Fabrizio. Another one more famous is that of Marias ghost who still haunts dark streets looking for her lost lover and son.

PROVERBS: Chiavencinto e Martino drinto [The husband goes out with the key of his house safely in his pocket but his wifes lover is already in the house ] Bella o brutta che sia, nun lh a ten mje ncumpagna [It doesnt matter if your wife is beautiful or ugly, you must keep her indoor as much as possible ] A femmena bna si, tentata, resta onesta, nun stata bona tentata [ If a woman resists temptation it means that those temptations were not good enough ] Chi fa lammore cu a maretata a vita soja tne mpigliata. [ The man who is a married womans lover has his own life in pawn ]

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