Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Naples, Italy
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9.1 km
231 m
Explore Naples in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
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: 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 5: 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 6: 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 7: 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 8: 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 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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 12: 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 13: Cappella di San Giovanni dei Pappacoda
The Pappacoda chapel is a monumental chapel in Naples; It stands in Largo San Giovanni Maggiore, adjacent to the Basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore and in front of the Palazzo Giusso, in the historic center of the city.
Sight 14: Basilica di San Giovanni Maggiore
The Basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore is a church in Largo San Giovanni Maggiore in central Naples, Italy.
Sight 15: 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 16: 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 17: 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 18: Chiesa dei Santi Bernardo e Margherita
The Church of Saints Bernardo and Margherita is a monumental church in Naples, Italy, located in Via San Giuseppe dei Nudi. The building is incorporated into the Sovereign Military Order of Malta's Complex, and is also known as St. John's Church of the Sovereign Order of Malta.
Sight 19: 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 20: Castel Sant'Elmo
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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