Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Naples, Italy
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Experience Naples in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in NaplesIndividual Sights in NaplesSight 1: Chiesa di San Potito
San Potito is a church in Naples dedicated to Potitus, who was tortured to death in Epirus or Ascoli in 166. It is located on the San Potito hill on via Tommaso Salvatori.
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Giuseppe dei Vecchi e Immacolata di Lourdes
The church of San Giuseppe dei Vecchi is a monumental church in the historic center of Naples.
Sight 3: Chiesa di Gesù e Maria
Gesù e Maria Complex was a small monastic complex in Naples which also included the monastic church. The monastery buildings now house a hospital. It is sited on the summit of the zona di Pontecorvo. It was first built for the Dominican friar Silvio d'Atripalda in 1580 - he had obtained its site from Ascanio Coppola. In 1585 the complex was remodelled and extended in the Baroque style by Domenico Fontana - it is one of his earliest works. The Dominicans were expelled in 1812 and their lands and buildings confiscated by the French occupiers. It had passed to another order by 1863, when the monastic buildings were again secularised and turned into a hospital but the church retained as a parish church. It was already in a state of decay by the end of the 19th century and so in 1979 the church was closed, after which it was hit by thefts, the 1980 earthquake and looting. The hospital had been demolished in the meantime. The church was briefly opened for a month in 2012 but it has not yet been fully restored and its future is uncertain.
Sight 4: San Giovanni Battista delle Monache
San Giovanni Battista delle Monache is a former Roman Catholic church located in Via Costantinopoli 106 in central Naples, region of Campania, Italy.
Sight 5: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Sapienza
Santa Maria della Sapienza is a Roman Catholic church, located on Via Costantinopoli in central Naples, Italy.
Sight 6: Chiesa di Santa Maria Regina Coeli
Santa Maria Regina Coeli is a Roman Catholic church in central Naples, Italy.
Sight 7: Museo di anatomia umana
The Anatomical Museum of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" is an educational institution located in the city of Naples, located at the Institute of Human Anatomy in the cloisters of Santa Patrizia of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli".
Wikipedia: Museo di anatomia umana (Seconda università di Napoli) (IT)
Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Patrizia
The church of Santa Patrizia is an ancient church in Naples; it is located in via Armanni. The complex actually has an additional place of worship of historical and artistic interest so called; it, in order not to be confused with this one in question, is often called the internal Saint Patrician.
Sight 9: Chiesa del Gesù delle Monache
Gesù delle Monache is a Roman Catholic church located near the Porta San Gennaro in central Naples, Italy. Over the years, the church was also a parish church known as San Giovanni Evangelista in Porta San Gennaro or San Giovanni in Porta.
Sight 10: Chiesa di San Francesco dei Cocchieri
The church of San Francesco dei Cocchieri is a monumental church in Naples located in Via Maria Longo, in front of the inner side of Porta San Gennaro.
Sight 11: Chiesa di San Giuseppe dei Ruffi
San Giuseppe dei Ruffi or church of San Giuseppe dei Ruffo is a church located on piazzetta San Giuseppe dei Ruffi, in Naples, Italy.
Sight 12: Basilica di Santa Restituta
Santa Restituta is a church in Naples, southern Italy, dedicated to Saint Restituta. The foundation of the basilica is attributed to the Emperor Constantine the Great in the 4th century and is mentioned in a passage from the life of Pope Sylvester I in the Liber pontificalis:
Sight 13: Oratorio dell'Assunta
The Oratory of the Assumption is one of the five oratories that are part of the vast complex of the Girolamini of Naples, in the heart of the historic center.
Sight 14: Santa Maria Donnaregina Vecchia
The church of Santa Maria Donnaregina Vecchia is a monumental church in Naples built in the early fourteenth century for the Poor Clare nuns of the monastery of the same name.
Sight 15: Museo Diocesano
Santa Maria Donnregina Nuova is a church in central Naples, Italy. It is called Nuova ("new") to distinguish it from the older Angevin church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia.
Sight 16: Chiesa di Santa Maria Ancillarum
Santa Maria Ancillarum is a Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy. Its most notable artwork is The Birth of the Virgin Mary by Giacinta Sacchetti (1734).
Sight 17: Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary
Naples Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples. It is widely known as the Cathedral of Saint Januarius, in honour of the city's patron saint.
Sight 18: Chiesa di San Gennaro a Sedil Capuano
The church of San Gennaro in Sedil Capuano is a monumental church in Naples, Italy, located in vico Sedil Capuano.
Sight 19: Guglia di San Gennaro
The obelisk of San Gennaro is a Baroque obelisk dating back to between 1636 and 1660 designed in marble and bronze by Cosimo Fanzago and located in Piazza Riario Sforza in Naples, between the royal chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro and the Pio Monte della Misericordia.
Sight 20: Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro
The Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro is a museum in Naples, whose entrance is located next to the Duomo and the Chapel of the Treasure.
Sight 21: Santa Maria della Colonna
Santa Maria della Colonna is a Baroque style deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in central Naples, region of Campania, Italy. It stands across from the church of the Girolamini.
Sight 22: Chiesa dei Girolamini
The Church and Convent of the Girolamini or Gerolamini is a church and ecclesiastical complex in Naples, Italy. It is located directly across from the Cathedral of Naples on via Duomo. The facade is across the homonymous piazza and street from Santa Maria della Colonna. It is one block west of Via Duomo.
Sight 23: Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore
San Paolo Maggiore is a basilica church in Naples, southern Italy, and the burial place of Saint Cajetan, founder of the Theatines. It is located on Piazza Gaetano, about 1-2 blocks north of Via dei Tribunali.
Sight 24: Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore
San Lorenzo Maggiore is a church in Naples, Italy. It is located at the precise geographic center of the historic center of the ancient Greek-Roman city, at the intersection of via San Gregorio Armeno and via dei Tribunali. The name "San Lorenzo" may also refer to the new museum now opened on the premises, as well as to the ancient Roman market beneath the church itself, the Macellum of Naples.
Sight 25: Chiesa del Carminiello ai Mannesi
The church of Carminiello ai Mannesi was a church in Naples, Italy, destroyed during the Second World War.
Sight 26: Chiesa di San Nicola dei Caserti
The church of San Nicola dei Caserti is located in Naples, in via San Nicola dei Caserti.
Sight 27: Chiesa dei Santi Crispino e Crispiniano
The church of Saints Crispino and Crispiniano, also known as the church of the shoemakers, is a church in Naples, located in Via Antonio Ranieri, in the Duchesca area. Founded in the first half of the sixteenth century, it contains some paintings by local authors.
Sight 28: Fontana del Formello
The Fontana del Formiello is a historic public fountain located at the rear exterior of the Castel Capuano, facing Piazza Enrico de Nicola, and across the street from the church and convent of Santa Caterina a Formiello in Naples, Italy. The term Formiello comes from the forms or containers for water spouts found in the convent. The fountain had been placed in storage during the late 19th century, and reconstructed at this site in 1930.
Sight 29: San Felice in Pincis
The church of San Felice in Pincis is a historic church in Naples located in vico della Vicaria.
Sight 30: Sacro Monte dei Poveri
The Chapel of the Congregation of Monte dei Poveri is a Baroque-style chapel located on Via Tribunali in central Naples, Italy. The chapel is closed for services.
Wikipedia: Chapel of the Congregation of Monte dei Poveri (EN)
Sight 31: San Tommaso a Capuana
The church of San Tommaso a Capuana is a monumental church in Naples located in Via Tribunali in the San Lorenzo district.
Sight 32: Santa Maria del Rifugio
The church of Santa Maria del Rifugio is a building used for Catholic worship located in the San Lorenzo district in Via Tribunali, in Naples; it is just a few meters from the churches of Santa Maria della Pace and San Tommaso a Capuana.
Sight 33: Santa Maria della Pace
Santa Maria della Pace is a Roman Catholic church attached to a monastery and hospital, located on Via dei Tribunali corner with Via Castel Capuano, just after the piazzetta Sedil Capuano, in Naples, Italy.
Sight 34: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea dei Cocchieri
The church of Sant'Andrea dei Cocchieri is an ancient Catholic place of worship in the historic center of Naples; it is located in Via dei Tribunali, near the church of Santa Maria della Pace.
Sight 35: Chiesa di Santa Maria Vertecoeli
The church of Santa Maria Vertecoeli is a place of worship in Naples; it is located in via Santa Maria Vertecoeli.
Sight 36: Santa Maria del Monte dei Poveri
The church of Santa Maria del Monte dei Poveri is one of the monumental churches of Naples; it is located in the heart of the historic center, in via Oronzio Costa.
Sight 37: Chiesa di Santa Sofia
Santa Sofia was a church on via Santa Sofia in the city of Naples, Italy, now deconsecrated.
Sight 38: Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli
Santi Apostoli is a Baroque-style church in Naples, Italy.
Sight 39: Chiesa della Misericordiella
The church of Santa Maria della Misericordia ai Vergini is one of the churches in Naples, located in the heart of the historic center, on the corner of Via Fuori Porta San Gennaro and Via Misericordiella, right in the entrance area to the Borgo dei Vergini, at Porta San Gennaro. It is part of a complex including the former hospital and the oratory of the Archconfraternity of the Nobles of Santa Maria della Misericordia.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia ai Vergini (IT)
Sight 40: Chiesa di Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi
Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi is a church in the neighborhood of San Carlo all'Arena, Naples, southern Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Aspren.
Sight 41: Chiesa della Consolazione a Carbonara
The Church of the Consolation in Carbonara is a Baroque church in Naples, Italy, located under the Church of San Giovanni a Carbonara.
Sight 42: Chiesa della Pietatella a Carbonara
The church of the Pietatella in Carbonara is a sacred building in Naples, located in Via Carbonara and adjacent to the church of San Giovanni a Carbonara.
Sight 43: Chiesa di San Giovanni a Carbonara
San Giovanni a Carbonara is a Gothic church in Naples, Southern Italy. It is located at the northern end of via Carbonara, just outside what used to be the eastern wall of the old city. The name carbonara was given to this site allocated for the collection and burning of refuse outside the city walls in the Middle Ages.
Sight 44: Chiesa di Santa Monica
The Chapel of Santa Monica is a fifteenth-century chapel that was part of the complex of San Giovanni a Carbonara in Naples.
Sight 45: Chiesa di San Gioacchino a Pontenuovo
The church of San Gioacchino in Pontenuovo is a monumental church in Naples located in Salita Pontenuovo.
Sight 46: Santa Caterina a Formiello
Santa Caterina a Formiello is a church in Naples, in southern Italy, located at the extreme eastern end of the old historic center of the city, on Via Carbonara and Piazza Enrico de Nicola, near the gate called Porta Capuana. The term Formiello comes from the forms or containers for water spouts found in the convent. Diagonally across the street and South is the Fontana del Formiello against the rear wall of the imposing Castel Capuano.
Sight 47: Chiesa di Sant'Anna a Capuana
Sant'Anna a Capuana is a church located on the piazza of the same name in Naples, Italy.
Sight 48: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Fede
The church of Santa Maria della Fede stands in Naples in the square of the same name.
Sight 49: Chiesa dell'Immacolata e Sant'Anna al Vasto
The Church of the Immaculate Conception and Sant'Anna al Vasto is a church in Naples, Italy.
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