Pizzofalcone, Historical hilltop in San Ferdinando district, Naples, Italy.

Pizzofalcone is a hill in the San Ferdinando district of Naples, rising between the Santa Lucia, Chiatamone and Chiaia neighborhoods and offering views over the bay. The slope connects several levels of the city and carries on its summit military buildings, churches and residences from different centuries.

Greek settlers from Cumae founded Partenope here in the late 8th century BC, the first settlement before the rise of Naples. In the Middle Ages the rulers of Anjou chose the site for falcon hunting, which gave the hill its present name.

The name Pizzofalcone comes from the falconry that Charles I of Anjou established on the hill in the mid-13th century; Monte di Dio instead recalls a 16th-century church and convent at the end of Via Monte di Dio, now gone. On Via Egiziaca, the main door of Palazzo Serra di Cassano has stayed shut since 1799, when Gennaro Serra was executed for joining the Parthenopean Republic; entry is now from Via Monte di Dio.

The Monte Echia elevator and bus routes from Piazza Trieste e Trento make access to different sections of the hill easier. The paths on the slope connect the lower and upper city and offer several routes for visitors who wish to explore on foot.

Beneath the hill lie ancient cisterns and tunnels dating from the Greek and Roman periods that remain partly accessible today. These underground chambers served for water supply and as shelters during different periods of the city's history.