[11] The station was officially presented to the press on April 12, 2012, by Mayor Luigi de Magistris, the President of the Campania Region Stefano Caldoro, and other local authorities.

A short distance along Via Diaz stands an equestrian statue titled Il Cavaliere di Toledo, crafted by artist William Kentridge in weathering steel.

The glass-clad elevator shaft aligns with an escalator covered by an undulating canopy and is followed by a unique walkway adorned with large circular patterns and seating areas.

The first mosaic, located in the mezzanine level, depicts a typical Neapolitan scene filled with people in motion, including the artist himself and Saint Januarius (San Gennaro).

After the initial flights, dominated by ochre-colored tiling reminiscent of Neapolitan tuff stone, the transition leads into Robert Wilson’s Sea Gallery: an entirely mosaic-covered space featuring marine motifs.

Within the station, the Naples branch of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) has installed a cosmic-ray detector,[14] accompanied by an informational totem, serving as a tool for scientific outreach.

The connecting corridor to the Largo Montecalvario exit is adorned with photographs by Oliviero Toscani, taken in various locations within the city’s historic center for his initiative Razza Umana/Italia.

[8] During excavations for the construction of the underground facilities, remnants of the late 15th to early 16th-century Aragonese fortifications were uncovered, including a bastion buried beneath layers of sediment.

These walls incorporate Roman-era structures made of small tuff blocks interspersed with brick bands, which likely belonged to a thermal bath complex dating back to the 2nd century CE.