2024
CIMITERO DELLE FONTANELLE
Cemetery to visit
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Cemetery containing the bones of those dying of the plague, known for the ...Read more
2024
CATACOMB OF SAN GENNARO
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit • €€
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Naples' largest catacombs, with two levels of galleries and hypogeum ...Read more
2024
THE FONTANELLE CEMETERY
Cemetery to visit
Read moreLocated in the same neighbourhood as the catacombs, it is made up of three large cellars of tufa, where thousands of human skulls and bones are conserved, finally covered with land during the great plague which hit Naples in 1656. Two centuries later, these vaults will be reopened to the public. A strange cult, between Christianity and Idolatry, developed in many of the Neapolitan families.
2024
THE CATACOMBS OF SAN GAUDIOSO AND THE CRYPT..
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit
Read moreIn the heart of the Sanità district, a zone for burial in Greco-Roman times, these underground galleries will be expanded around the grave of San Gaudioso, persecuted by the Vandals. See frescoes of various ages, each representing and honouring a deceased.
2024
SAN GAUDIOSO CATACOMB
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit • €€
Catacombs with skulls on the walls, painted skeletonsRead more