Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Naples, Italy

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 9.3 km
Ascend 437 m
Descend 211 m

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 Naples

Sight 1: Chiesa dei Santi Cosma e Damiano

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Chiesa dei Santi Cosma e Damiano

The church of Santi Cosma e Damiano a Porta Nolana is a Baroque-style church in central Naples.

Wikipedia: Santi Cosma e Damiano a Porta Nolana (EN)

322 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: San Pietro ad Aram

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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.

Wikipedia: San Pietro ad Aram (EN)

129 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa dei Santi Crispino e Crispiniano

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Crispino e Crispiniano (IT)

418 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Arciconfraternita della Compagnia della Disciplina della Santa Croce

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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)

413 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa del Carminiello ai Mannesi

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The church of Carminiello ai Mannesi was a church in Naples, Italy, destroyed during the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Carminiello ai Mannesi (IT)

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa delle Crocelle ai Mannesi

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa delle Crocelle ai Mannesi (IT)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Divino Amore

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Divino Amore (IT)

356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa dei Girolamini

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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.

Wikipedia: Girolamini, Naples (EN), Website

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore

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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.

Wikipedia: San Lorenzo Maggiore, Naples (EN)

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore

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Basilica di San Paolo MaggioreThis Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message. This image is not public domain. Please respect the copyright protection. It may only be used according to the rules mentioned here. This specifically excludes use in social media, if applicable terms of the licenses listed here not appropriate. Please do not upload an updated image here without consultation with the Author. The author would like to make corrections only at his own source. This ensures that the changes are preserved.Please if you think that any changes should be required, please inform the author.Otherwise you can upload a new image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract. / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: San Paolo Maggiore (EN)

281 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: San Biagio Maggiore

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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.

Wikipedia: San Biagio Maggiore (EN)

162 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Santi Filippo e Giacomo

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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.

Wikipedia: Santi Filippo e Giacomo, Naples (EN)

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Santi Severino e Sossio

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The church of Santi Severino e Sossio and the annexed monastery are located on via Bartolommeo Capasso in Naples, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santi Severino e Sossio (EN)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Santi Marcellino e Festo

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Marcellino e Festo (IT)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Gesù Vecchio dell'Immacolata di Don Placido

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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.

Wikipedia: Gesù Vecchio, Naples (EN)

189 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa dei Santi Marco e Andrea a Nilo

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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.

Wikipedia: Santi Marco e Andrea a Nilo (EN)

243 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Amor Divino

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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.

Wikipedia: Cappella Sansevero (EN)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Cappella Pontano

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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.

Wikipedia: Cappella dei Pontano (IT)

550 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 19: Gesù Nuovo

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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

Wikipedia: Gesù Nuovo (EN)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: Santa Chiara

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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.

Wikipedia: Santa Chiara, Naples (EN)

404 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 21: Cappella di San Giovanni dei Pappacoda

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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.

Wikipedia: Cappella Pappacoda (IT)

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Sight 22: Basilica di San Giovanni Maggiore

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The Basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore is a church in Largo San Giovanni Maggiore in central Naples, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Giovanni Maggiore, Naples (EN)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: Chiesa dei Santi Cosma e Damiano ai Banchi Nuovi

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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.

Wikipedia: Santi Cosma e Damiano ai Banchi Nuovi (EN)

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo ai Banchi Nuovi

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo ai Banchi Nuovi (IT)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo al Cerriglio

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The church of Ecce Homo al Cerriglio is a historic congregational place of worship in Naples, located in Via del Cerriglio.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo al Cerriglio (IT)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 26: Chiesa dei Santi Alberto e Teresa

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Alberto e Teresa (IT)

654 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 27: Basilica dello Spirito Santo

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Basilica dello Spirito Santo Antoine Pitrou / FAL

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.

Wikipedia: Basilica dello Spirito Santo (IT)

318 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 28: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini

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The Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini is a church on via Portamedina in the historic city centre of Naples, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Naples (EN)

917 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 29: Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme

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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.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme (IT)

1921 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 30: Castel Sant'Elmo

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Castel Sant'ElmoThis Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message. This image is not public domain. Please respect the copyright protection. It may only be used according to the rules mentioned here. This specifically excludes use in social media, if applicable terms of the licenses listed here not appropriate. Please do not upload an updated image here without consultation with the Author. The author would like to make corrections only at his own source. This ensures that the changes are preserved.Please if you think that any changes should be required, please inform the author.Otherwise you can upload a new image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract. / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Castel Sant'Elmo (EN)

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