Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Naples, Italy
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Experience Naples in Italy in a whole new way with our free 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 dell'Ascensione a Chiaia
The Church of the Ascension in Chiaia is a church in Naples located in the Chiaia area, from which it takes its name.
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Pasquale a Chiaia
The church of San Pasquale a Chiaia is one of the historic churches of Naples; stands on the square of the same name in the Chiaia district.
Sight 3: Chiesa di Santa Caterina a Chiaia
Santa Caterina a Chiaia is a Roman Catholic church located on via Santa Caterina 76 in Naples, Italy. It is located near Piazza dei Martiri in the Chiaia section of the city, near where Via Santa Caterina flows toward the tree-shaded Via Chiaia.
Sight 4: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Mercede presso Sant'Orsola a Chiaia
Sant'Orsola a Chiaia is a church in largo Sant'Orsola in the quartieri of Chiaia in Naples, Italy.
Sight 5: Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli a Pizzofalcone
Santa Maria degli Angeli a Pizzofalcone is a Baroque-style church in Naples, Italy.
Sight 6: Basilica di San Francesco di Paola
San Francesco di Paola is a prominent church located to the west in Piazza del Plebiscito, the main square of Naples, Italy. The construction started in 1816 and ended in 1846.
Sight 7: Chiesa di San Ferdinando
The Church of San Ferdinando is a historic church located on the Piazza Triesti e Trento, near the Royal Palace of Naples, in central Naples, Italy.
Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena delle Convertite Spagnole
The church of Santa Maria Maddalena delle Convertite Spagnole is a historic place of worship in Naples.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena delle Convertite Spagnole (IT)
Sight 9: Chiesa di Sant'Anna in Rosario di Palazzo
Sant'Anna di Palazzo is a church in the quartiere of San Ferdinando in Naples, Italy.
Sight 10: Chiesa di San Carlo alle Mortelle
San Carlo alle Mortelle is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in central Naples, Italy.
Sight 11: Chiesa di Santa Caterina da Siena
The church of Santa Caterina da Siena is located in the city center of Naples, Italy, and while built in the 16th century, the interior was decorated by Baroque era artists over the next two centuries.
Sight 12: Chiesa di San Pantaleone
The church of San Pantaleone is a place of worship in Naples, located in the Spanish quarters, in via San Pantaleone.
Sight 13: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli
The church of the Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli is a religious building in Naples, Italy, found in the piazza of the same name.
Sight 14: Chiesa dei Santi Francesco e Matteo
The church of Saints Francis and Matthew is a Baroque church in Naples, Italy. it stands in the historic center in vico along San Matteo.
Sight 15: Chiesa di Santa Maria Francesca delle Cinque Piaghe
The church of Santa Maria Francesca delle Cinque Piaghe is a place of worship, located in the historic center of Naples in the Spanish Quarters.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Francesca delle Cinque Piaghe (IT)
Sight 16: Chiesa di Santa Brigida
Santa Brigida is a church located on Via Santa Brigida in central Naples, Italy. The church is a few doors down from one of the entrances to the Galleria Umberto I.
Sight 17: Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo dei Greci
Santi Pietro e Paolo dei Greci is a church at the Campania, the historic center of Naples, in Via San Tommaso d'Aquino 51. It was the center of the Scuola dei Greci in Naples and the Confraternity of the Greeks in Naples. Around this period there was a similar church in Venice called San Giorgio dei Greci. There was also a Greek Brotherhood of Venice. A prominent member of the Greek Brotherhood was famous painter Belisario Corenzio. The church was initially dedicated to the Twelve Apostles. They began building the church at the request of one of the descendants of the Byzantine Empire Thomas Asen Palaiologos. The church currently belongs to the Greek State.
Sight 18: Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Genovesi
San Giorgio dei Genovesi is a church on Via Medina in the Center of Naples, Italy. It is adjacent and just north of the Church of the Santa Maria Incoronata, two doors south from the Palazzo d’Aquino di Caramanico, and across the street from the Church of the Pietà dei Turchini.
Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Maria Incoronata
Santa Maria dell'Incoronata is an ancient church on Via Medina in Naples, Italy. It is located just south of San Giorgio dei Genovesi and across the street from the Church of Pietà dei Turchini.
Sight 20: Chiesa della Pietà dei Turchini
The Church of Pietà dei Turchini is a religious building in Naples, Italy. A smaller church, located on Rua Catalana, was built originally in 1592–1595 by the Confraternity of the Incoronatella. This church was nearly destroyed by an explosion in the Castel Nuovo in 1638. It was rebuilt in 1638–1639, and retitled Santa Maria Incoronatella della Pietà dei Turchini when it acquired a dome. The facade was completed in 1769–70 by Bartolomeo Vecchione.
Sight 21: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo
The church of San Bartolomeo is a deconsecrated church in Naples, located in Via San Bartolomeo, a few steps from Via Depretis and Piazza Municipio.
Sight 22: Santa Maria della Graziella
The church of the Graziella al Porto Napoli or Santa Maria delle Grazie al Porto Napoli is a small Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy. The church is just behind the church of Pietà dei Turchini, on vico Graziella al Porto. It is accessible through narrow alleys from via Medina, along the church of San Diego all'Ospedaletto and the former Royal Conservatory, but also by pedestrian alleys from via Guglielmo San Felice and via De Pretis. It is located in the rione San Giuseppe Carità.
Sight 23: Chiesa di San Diego all'Ospedaletto
San Diego all'Ospedaletto, also known as San Giuseppe Maggiore, is a Baroque-style church located on via Medina in the rione Carità in Naples, Italy. It is located across the street from the tall modern NH Ambassador Hotel and diagonal from the Palazzo Giordano and Questura.
Sight 24: Chiesa di Santa Barbara dei Marinai
The church of Saint Barbara of the Gunners or Santa Barbara dei Cannonieri e dei Marinai is a small religious edifice in central Naples, Italy. It is located on Rua Catalana, near the church of San Giacomo degli Italiani. The church embedded in the Castel Nuovo of Naples, has also been called Santa Barbara.
Sight 25: Chiesa di San Giacomo degli Italiani
San Giacomo degli Italiani is a church located on Via Depretis in Naples, Italy.
Sight 26: Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo al Cerriglio
The church of the Ecce Homo al Cerriglio is a historic place of congregational worship in Naples, located in Via del Cerriglio.
Sight 27: Chiesa di Sant'Aspreno al Porto
The church of Sant'Aspreno al Porto, also known as the church of Sant'Aspreno ai Tintori, is a place of worship in Naples; the building is located near the port, in Via Sant'Aspreno, incorporated into the side of the Palazzo della Borsa.
Sight 28: Chiesa di Sant'Onofrio dei Vecchi
The church of Sant'Onofrio dei Vecchi is one of the monumental churches of Naples. Located in Piazzetta Sant'Onofrio dei Vecchi, it also has access from a building in Corso Umberto I.
Sight 29: 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 30: Basilica di San Giovanni Maggiore
The Basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore is a church in Largo San Giovanni Maggiore in central Naples, Italy.
Sight 31: 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 32: Chiesa dell'Ecce Homo ai Banchi Nuovi
The church of the Ecce Homo ai Banchi Nuovi is a church in Naples located in Piazzetta Ecce Homo, near the churches of Saints Cosma and Damiano ai Banchi Nuovi and Santa Maria dell'Aiuto. It is so called to distinguish it from the Church of the Ecce Homo in Cerriglio.
Sight 33: Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Aiuto
Santa Maria dell'Aiuto or Holy Mary of Succour is a Baroque-style church, located at Vico S Maria dell'Aiuto number 10, near the church of Santa Maria la Nova in Naples, Italy
Sight 34: Chiesa di San Girolamo delle Monache
San Girolamo delle Monache is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Mezzocannone in the Quartiere Porto of the historic center of Naples, Italy.
Sight 35: San Pietro Martire
Sight 36: Santa Caterina della Spina Corona
The church of Santa Caterina della Spina Corona is a monumental church in Naples, Italy. On one of the external walls of the building rests the Fountain of the Spinacorona, locally known as the Zizze.
Sight 37: 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 38: 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 39: 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 40: San Biagio ai Taffettanari
The church of San Biagio ai Taffettanari is a monumental church in Naples located in Via San Biagio ai Taffettanari.
Sight 41: Sant'Andrea Apostolo dei Gattoli
The church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo known as dei Gattoli is a place of worship in Naples located in via San Giovanni in Corte.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo detta dei Gattoli (IT)
Sight 42: Chiesa di San Giovanni in Corte
The church of San Giovanni in Corte is a church in Naples, located in via San Giovanni in Corte.
Sight 43: Chiesa di San Giovanni a Mare
San Giovanni a Mare is a church in Naples, Italy; located near the docks, not far from the church of Sant'Eligio Maggiore.
Sight 44: Chiesa di Sant'Eligio Maggiore
Sant’Eligio Maggiore is a church in Naples, southern Italy. It is located near Piazza Mercato, and was built during the reign of Charles of Anjou by the same congregation that built the nearby Sant’Eligio hospital in 1270. It is the first church built in Naples by the Angevin dynasty and therefore the first one in Gotico Angioiano style.
Sight 45: Chiesa della Santa Croce e Purgatorio al Mercato
Santa Croce e Purgatorio al Mercato is a church in the center of the Piazza Mercato, in Naples, Italy.
Sight 46: Torre La Brava
The Carmine Castle was a castle in Naples, Italy. It was one of the fortifications built by the Spaniards under viceroy Pedro Álvarez de Toledo in the mid-16th century as part of the Spanish plans to surround the city with walls and forts. It stood at what was then the south-east corner of the walled city, that wall then turning in to the north. The fortress had great strategic value in the military history of the city up to and including the defense of the Neapolitan Republic of 1799 against the returning royalist forces of King Ferdinand IV. The castle was partially demolished in 1900 as part of Naples' great urban renewal in order to make room for a road along the sea. Two towers and fragmentary ruins still stand as historic markers.
Sight 47: Chiesa di Sant'Alessio al Lavinaio
The church of Sant'Alessio is a church of historical and artistic interest in Naples.
Sight 48: 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 49: Chiesa di Sant'Anna alle Paludi
The church of Sant'Anna alle Paludi is located in Corso Arnaldo Lucci, in Naples, in the Market District.
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