Naples Sights

Cimitero delle Fontanelle

#253 of 349 things to do in Naples

#24276 of 49063 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Piazza Fontanelle alla Sanità 154
  • Transport
    • Museo
  • Phone
    • 081 549 03 68
  • Hours
    • 10am-noon Mon-Fri

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Lonely Planet review for Cimitero delle Fontanelle

Creaking with the skulls and bones of some 40,000 Neapolitans, the ghoulish Fontanelle Cemetery was first used during the plague of 1656, before becoming the city’s main burial site during the cholera epidemics of 1835 and 1974.

 

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