- Il cemetery of the Fontanelle It dates back to the 16th century and is located in the center of Naples.
- The cemetery of Fontanelle is located at the address : Via Fontanelle, 80 (adjacent Via Vallone dei Gerolomini), near the catacombs of San Gaudioso .
- More than two centuries later, in 1872, a parish priest called Gaetano Barbati encouraged the local population to clean up the cemetery.
- The Fontanelle cemetery, however, is also the place where you can discover the very special relationship that has always linked the city of Partenope to the...
- The cemetery has remained closed, with restoration efforts started again in 2000–2004 to again sort the remains as well as reinforce the structure of the cave.
- Fontanelle Cemetery is one of the more famous religious sites in Naples, and is known for its intricate interior with human skulls and bones.
- Holding about eight million human bones, the ghoulish Fontanelle Cemetery was first used during the 1656 plague...
- The vast cemetery, dug deep into soft tufo stone, intersects with Neapolitan traditions of religion, folklore and pagan ritual – and is indicative of the many strata of...
- The Fontanelle cemetery in Naples is an ossuary in a cave carved out of a tuff cliff in the city's Materdei region.
- In 1837 all the bones and bodies of the parish cemeteries were removed, fearing the spread of cholera, and were brought here, to the La Fontanelle cemetery.