Naples Cimitero delle Fontanelle and Sanità District Small Group Tour

Naples Cimitero delle Fontanelle and Sanità District Small Group Tour

If you are in Naples you can not avoid visiting one of the only sites in the world, the Fontanelle Cemetery, in the Mater Dei district. You will have a local guide who will accompany you on this visit telling you stories, anecdotes and curiosities that hide behind the bones of the dead.

The tour will continue through the narrow streets of one of Naples' most discussed neighborhoods, the Rione Sanità.

Not far from the historic center of Naples is one of the most fascinating places in the city, it is the Fontanelle Cemetery, in the Mater Dei district.

The cemetery was built inside an ancient tuff quarry when, in 1656, because of the Plague, the bones of a large part of the Neapolitan population were thrown away, which could not resist the serious epidemic. Over the years many others were added, leading to the birth of the cult of "pezzentelle souls" (poor souls), to whom the people turned to obtain graces and interecessions.

To accompany you there will be a professional guide who will tell you the legends that hover around the characters guarded in the cave.

After this mystical experience you can take a walk to the Sanità district, whose name derives from the ancient belief that the area was rich in natural and supernatural "salubritas", since it was uncontaminated and home to the catacombs responsible for miraculous healings. Located outside the walls of the Greek polis, numerous hypogea and early Christian catacombs have been found in the area.

You will find yourself walking through the crowded alleys of the neighborhood and staying in contact with the Neapolitan people, going to the discovery of one of the most beautiful and hidden corners of the city.