Private Guided Tour of Naples Catacombs Fontanelle Cemetery & Sanità Quarter

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Stop At: Cimitero delle Fontanelle, Via Fontanelle 80, 80136, Naples Italy

The Fontanelle Cemetery is located in the heart of the Rione Sanità, between Via Foria and the Capodimonte hill, and is one of the most evocative places in Naples. In this place, which contains over 40,000 bones, one can understand the relationship that the Neapolitans have with religion, death, the dead and luck.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Rione Sanita, Quartiere Stella, Naples Italy

The Rione Sanità, located at the foot of the Capodimonte hill, is undoubtedly one of the most colorful and lively popular neighborhoods of the historic center of Naples. The district is a concentration of wonders and works of art such as churches of the 18th century, Greek hypogeums and Roman constructions, noble palaces.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Santa Maria della Sanita, Piazza della Sanita' 14 Piazza Fra Via Sanità e Via Teresa degli Scalzi, 80136, Naples Italy

The Basilica of Santa Maria alla Sanità is one of the many examples of Baroque art that found its greatest splendor in the Campania capital in the 17th century. The building has a Greek cross plan and a raised presbytery that incorporates the previous early Christian basilica, which leads to the catacombs of San Gaudioso, a Neapolitan cemetery area dating back to the 4th or 5th century BC. C., today lost in part.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Palazzo dello Spagnolo, Via Vergini, 19, Naples Italy

Created by one of the most famous architects of Naples, Ferdinando Sanfelice, it has been chosen on several occasions as a setting for films given its particular characteristic in the facade, with a staircase that makes it unique. The palace is so called because among its owners there was Tommaso Atienza called "the Spanish".