Private Walking Tour of Naples' Sanità District: History, Art & Mysteries

Highlights

• Fontanelle Cemetery
• Basilica of Santa Maria alla Sanità
• Sanità District

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   Pass by

   One of the so-called "MetroArte" stations, which have made the stations of the Naples metro line the most beautiful in Europe

2. 2

   Cimitero delle Fontanelle

   30min

   The large amount of human remains and skulls will leave you surprised, but the story will speak to you about love and welcoming: this place was born as mass grave to all corpses that could not find worthy burial, and was then one of the places where the worship of the souls of Purgatory in Naples was practiced

3. 3

   Santa Maria della Sanita

   30min

   This large complex was built above the Catacombs of St. Gaudioso, and welcomes you with its immense splendor! The pulpit with its double ramp on one side surrounds the crypt and on the other leads to the upper presbytery: it is truly a unicum in European architecture

4. 4

   Palazzo Dello Spagnolo

   Pass by

   WIth Palazzo Sanfelice, one of the most beautiful examples of the Civil Baroque Architecture

5. 5

   Palazzo Sanfelice

   Pass by

   The house of Ferdinando Sanfelice, its own designer, is a really precious gem in the heart of the Sanità District!

6. 6

   Porta San Gennaro

   Pass by

   One of the oldest accesses of the city, dedicated to its most famous Patron

Before you go

Location