Editing Naples, Florida (section)

==Arts and culture==
=== Attractions ===
The [[Naples Zoo]] at Caribbean Gardens, was founded in 1919. It started as a garden, but officially became a zoo in September 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.napleszoo.com/Visitor_Info/History.htm |title=Naples Zoo History |publisher=Naples Zoo |access-date=September 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824153400/http://www.napleszoo.com/Visitor_Info/History.htm |archive-date=August 24, 2007 }}</ref>

Downtown Naples is home to [[The Naples Players]], the 5th Avenue South, and 3rd Street South shopping districts, which feature a variety of antique luxury shops and fine dining restaurants. Gallery Row is a concentration among the numerous art galleries spread throughout the downtown area. Near downtown Naples Bay and the Gordon River is the shopping district of Tin City. This open-air shopping center specializes in antiques and handmade local novelties, as well as several seafood restaurants.

The [[Naples Half Marathon]] is a [[half marathon]] held every year in Naples since 1989,<ref name=NDN3>{{cite news| title=Mwei wins men's race; Pezzullo takes women's crown| url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/jan/15/ndn-half-marathon-mwei-wins-mens-race-pezzullo-tak/| access-date=January 20, 2013| newspaper=[[Naples Daily News]]| date=January 15, 2012}}</ref> with record participation in 2013 of 2,038 runners.

In 2019, Baker Park, a $15 million park close to the intersection of 5th Avenue and Goodlette-Frank Road, was opened. The park also includes the [[Gordon River Greenway]], which links to the Naples Airport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carloni |first=Brittany |date=October 29, 2019 |title=Long-awaited Baker Park opens with celebration in Naples |url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2019/10/29/baker-park-opens-celebration-naples-jay-baker-patty-baker-collier-county/2488912001/ |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=Naples Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Baker Park {{!}} Naples, FL |url=https://www.naplesgov.com/parksrec/park/baker-park |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=Naplesgov.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Points of interest ===
[[File:Naples Florida City Hall2016.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The front entrance of Naples City Hall]]
* [[Naples Botanical Garden]]
* [[Naples Seaboard Air Line Railway Station|Naples Depot Museum]]
* [[Naples Zoo]]
* [[Palm Cottage (Naples, Florida)|Palm Cottage]]
* [[Waterside Shops]]
* [[Golisano Children's Museum of Naples]]
* [[Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary]]
* [[Naples station]]

===Performing arts===
Naples is home to [[The Naples Players]], Naples Shakespeare Festival (and sister company Marco Island Shakespeare Festival),<ref>{{cite web|date=May 9, 2013|title=The Bard on the rock – High school students stage 'Twelfth Night'|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/community/the-bard-on-the-rock--high-school-students-stage-twelfth-night-ep-513957620-333268321.html/|website=Naples Daily News}}</ref> Opera Naples, the equity theatre company [[Theatre Zone]], and Gulfshore Playhouse.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 21, 2007|title=Theater groups still in play from Naples to Estero|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/theater-groups-still-in-play-from-naples-to-estero-ep-404575702-330944231.html|access-date=|website=Naples Daily News|language=en}}</ref> The Naples Philharmonic and [[The Baker Museum]] are located at Artis—Naples, which also serves as the educational campus for the Naples Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Youth Chorus, Youth Jazz Orchestra and Youth Symphony.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artisnaples.org/|title=Artis—Naples|website=artisnaples.org}}</ref> The Holocaust Museum and Education Center of Southwest Florida educates about 155,000 students each year both in its facility and with a locally traveling exhibit.