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Roger made a triumphal entrance to the city through Porta Capuana. Under Roger’s rule Naples thrived, and the city showed its loyalty by supporting his grandson Tancred against a rival, Henry of Hohenstaufen. The victorious Henry demonstrated his displeasure by destroying much of the city’s defensive wall. His death, soon after, did not bode well for his infant son Frederick but, despite their initial support for his rival Otto IV of Brunswick, Frederick II would later appease his Neapolitan subjects by restoring the fortifications and walls, completing the Castel Capuano and the Castel dell’Ovo and, most importantly, founding the University that still bears his name.
Prostitution was rampant, and the black market increasingly siphoned off Allied supplies. The Camorra resurfaced amidst bungling Allied attempts to make use of Mafia connections, and in the general release of prisoners. Postwar reconstruction was no less lawless. The still-monarchical Neapolitans (80% in 1946) found little solace in the Republic’s attempts to ease their lot. Major projects like the Bagnoli steelworks had ended up scarring the landscape while producing little benefit. Now more money from the Cassa del Mezzogiorno, allocated to development projects, lined the pockets of unscrupulous men, and buildings were left unfinished, or erected indiscriminately and unsafely.
Prostitution was rampant, and the black market increasingly siphoned off Allied supplies. The Camorra resurfaced amidst bungling Allied attempts to make use of Mafia connections, and in the general release of prisoners. Postwar reconstruction was no less lawless. The still-monarchical Neapolitans (80% in 1946) found little solace in the Republic’s attempts to ease their lot. Major projects like the Bagnoli steelworks had ended up scarring the landscape while producing little benefit. Now more money from the Cassa del Mezzogiorno, allocated to development projects, lined the pockets of unscrupulous men, and buildings were left unfinished, or erected indiscriminately and unsafely.