Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Naples, Italy
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Experience Naples in Italy in a whole new way with our 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 dei Santi Cosma e Damiano
The church of Santi Cosma e Damiano a Porta Nolana is a Baroque-style church in central Naples.
Sight 2: San Pietro ad Aram
The Basilica of San Pietro ad Aram is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy. It is located about a block from the church of the Santissima Annunziata on Corso Umberto I.
Sight 3: 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, Italy, 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 4: Arciconfraternita della Compagnia della Disciplina della Santa Croce
The church of the Compagnia della Disciplina della Santa Croce is one of the monumental churches of Naples. It is located in the historic center of the city.
Wikipedia: Chiesa della Compagnia della Disciplina della Santa Croce (IT)
Sight 5: Chiesa del Carminiello ai Mannesi
The church of Carminiello ai Mannesi was a church in Naples, Italy, destroyed during the Second World War.
Sight 6: Chiesa delle Crocelle ai Mannesi
The church of St. Francis of Assisi, popularly known as the church of the Crocelle ai Mannesi, is a building of historical and artistic interest in Naples. It is located in the heart of the historic center, in the square of the same name.
Sight 7: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Divino Amore
The church of Santa Maria del Divino Amore is a monumental church in the city of Naples, located between Piazzetta del Divino Amore, Via del Grande Archivio, Via de Blasiis and Vicoletto Paparelle al Pendino.
Sight 8: 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 9: 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 10: 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 11: San Biagio Maggiore
The church of San Biagio Maggiore also known to its locals as 'Santa Patrizia' is a small former religious edifice located at the intersection of Via San Biagio dei Librai and Via San Gregorio Armeno, which was an integral part in the city center of Naples, Italy. It is adjacent, and for many years integral to the church of San Gennaro all’Olmo.
Sight 12: Santi Filippo e Giacomo
Santi Filippo e Giacomo is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy, located on Via San Biagio dei Librai, near the churches of San Biagio Maggiore and Santa Luciella.
Sight 13: Santi Severino e Sossio
The church of Santi Severino e Sossio and the annexed monastery are located on via Bartolommeo Capasso in Naples, Italy.
Sight 14: Santi Marcellino e Festo
The Church of Saints Marcellinus and Festus is a monumental church in Naples, located in the historic center, near Largo San Marcellino, near the lower decumanus.
Sight 15: Gesù Vecchio dell'Immacolata di Don Placido
The Gesù Vecchio is a church in Naples, Italy. Its full title is the Basilica Sanctuary of the Gesù Vecchio or Basilica Sanctuary of the Immaculate Conception and Don Placido. It was founded in 1554 and promoted to minor basilica status in 1958. Its name distinguishes it from the nearby Gesù Nuovo, built to cope with the expansion of the Jesuit order in the city.
Sight 16: Chiesa dei Santi Marco e Andrea a Nilo
The church of Santi Marco e Andrea a Nilo is a former Roman Catholic church, located on via Paladino #50 in central Naples, Italy. It is less than a block east of the Santa Maria Assunta dei Pignatelli church.
Sight 17: Amor Divino
The Cappella Sansevero is a chapel located on Via Francesco de Sanctis 19, just northwest of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, Italy. The chapel is more properly named the Chapel of Santa Maria della Pietà. It contains works of Rococo art by some of the leading Italian artists of the 18th century.
Sight 18: Cappella Pontano
The Pontano Chapel is a small Renaissance temple in Naples located in the ancient center of the city, along the major decumanus, between Via del Sole and Via dei Tribunali. The church of Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta is also located near the building.
Sight 19: Gesù Nuovo
Gesù Nuovo is the name of a church and a square in Naples, Italy. It is located just outside the western boundary of the historic center of the city. To the southeast of the spire, one can see a block away the Fountain of Monteoliveto and the piazza of the church of Sant'Anna dei Lombardi. The square is a result of the expansion of the city to the west beginning in the early 16th century under the rule of Spanish viceroy Pedro Alvarez de Toledo. The square of Gesù Nuovo contains three prominent landmarks:The Church of Gesù Nuovo The Church of Santa Chiara The spire or guglia of the Immaculate Virgin
Sight 20: Santa Chiara
Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum. The basilica church of Santa Chiara faces Via Benedetto Croce, which is the easternmost leg of Via Spaccanapoli. The church facade of Santa Chiara is diagonally across from the church of Gesù Nuovo.
Sight 21: Cappella di San Giovanni dei Pappacoda
The Pappacoda Chapel is a monumental chapel in Naples, Italy. it stands in Largo San Giovanni Maggiore, adjacent to the basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore and in front of Palazzo Giusso, in the historic center of the city.
Sight 22: Basilica di San Giovanni Maggiore
The Basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore is a church in Largo San Giovanni Maggiore in central Naples, Italy.
Sight 23: Chiesa dei Santi Cosma e Damiano ai Banchi Nuovi
Santi Cosma e Damiano ai Banchi Nuovi is a deconsecrated church dedicated to Cosmas and Damian in Naples. It is sited on largo Banchi Nuovi and owes its name to the Banchi Nuovi, whose loggia previously occupied the church's site. The church was founded in 1616 and re-used the loggia's facade. It was extended later in the 17th century, including a scheme led by the engineer Luigi Giura. Its high altarpiece is now in the Diocesan Museum.
Sight 24: Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo ai Banchi Nuovi
The church of Ecce Homo ai Banchi Nuovi is a church in Naples, Italy, located in Piazzetta Ecce Homo, near the churches of Santi Cosma e Damiano ai Banchi Nuovi and Santa Maria dell'Aiuto. It is so named to distinguish it from the Church of Ecce Homo al Cerriglio.
Sight 25: Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo al Cerriglio
The church of Ecce Homo al Cerriglio is a historic congregational place of worship in Naples, located in Via del Cerriglio.
Sight 26: Chiesa dei Santi Alberto e Teresa
The Church of Saints Joseph and Christopher, also known as the Church of Saints Albert and Teresa, is a Catholic place of worship of historical and artistic interest in the historic center of Naples, located in Piazza Santa Maria la Nova.
Sight 27: Basilica dello Spirito Santo
The Basilica of the Holy Spirit or complex of the Holy Spirit is a basilica in Naples located in Piazza Sette Settembre, along Via Toledo, in front of Palazzo Doria d'Angri.
Sight 28: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini
The Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini is a church on via Portamedina in the historic city centre of Naples, Italy.
Sight 29: Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a historic church in Naples, located near Corso Vittorio Emanuele under the ridge of the Certosa di San Martino.
Sight 30: Castel Sant'Elmo
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Castel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on Vomero Hill adjacent to the Certosa di San Martino, overlooking Naples, Italy. The name "Sant'Elmo" derives from a former 10th-century church dedicated to Sant'Erasmo, shortened to "Ermo" and, finally altered to "Elmo". Located near the upper terminus of the Petraio, one of the city's earliest pedestrian connections between upper and lower Naples, the fortress now serves as a museum, exhibition hall, and offices.
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