Cimitero Delle Fontanelle in Mugnano di Napoli

Unfortunately it is still closed today. Renovation work still going on

Much better than Napoli underground my opinion! Is a must

Closed. Dont waste your time coming here

From what Ive heard its really worth a visit, though unfortunately its currently closed.

Following work in progress for strengthening the vaults, the cemetery is closed until the end of the same

Incredibly eerie and spooky cemetery, large cave with an incredible amount of skulls & bones, a must see if you’re in Naples, Located in the Materdei section, Fontanelle cemetery contains the remains of some 40,000 persons, many victims of WWII and the plague, it’s free to enter, with a donations box. Can’t recommend it enough, real eye opener 🙌🏼

It’s closed for work “for the foreseeable future” but the Italian functionaries who “run” it didn’t think good tell anyone. It’s extraordinary and moving (I’ve already beenbut the sloppiness of the civil service is unpardonable given the distance one must go to visit.

Interesting place but without "wow" effectThis place is a medium size chamber with a lot of bones nice place to visit after catacombs giving a broader view of the overall culture from those time, but I dont think this is a mandatory position on the Naples map

Incredible! Somenthing you must see !!!

Amazing place. I find it more interesting than the big catacumb in Paris

Nice catacombs to visit and it is free.

Very unusual place, different experience full of history. Free to visit worth it!

So many people are cared for and looked after even if they had no money for a burial. It is very easy to get to catch a train to Materdei station and walk for around 15 min. There is no charge to enter but there are dishes around to leave a coin donation.

Its open from 10 am not 9:30 am as google says!!!The neighbourhood is not very nice so waiting 30 mins here is not the most funny experience in Napoli. Change it Google to not mislead people! 👎🏼

Its a really sad and creepy place, but worth to view.

A really fascinating place. It’s free and you can spend as little or as much time wondering around as you like. It’s definitely worth visiting the catacombs first to get a bit of context

There are a lot of things that you should do in Naples but this is a MUST. Ive been to a fair share of cemeteries, ossuaries, and necropli, but this really stands alone. Its location and esoteric past/present makes it otherworldly. Naples feels as much defined by ongoing superstition and general mysticism as it is by its food. Fontanelle exhibits those former qualities in spades -from the walk through the neighborhood surrounding it to the cult of the dead which offers votives to the remains to this day. Oh, and its free.

Great experience and free!

This place is incredible, very creepy and I interesting. It’s free and you can take pictures.

The Cimitero is definitely something to see. The entrance is FREE, but I would recommend leaving a TIP once youre done roaming around - €1,00 should be good & write in the notebook a short message of respect.I felt too guilty taking photographs of the Cimitero, but loads of people were, for obvious reasons - it is majestic. The ambiance is peaceful and "architecture" is overwhelmingly massive - not what I expected at all.The little trinkets scattered along the barriers from people paying their respects is a beautiful touch. I was overwhelmed with the about of skeletal remains there were - just mind blowing.Do yourself a favour and make sure to pay the Cimitero Della Fontanelle a visit when in Naples - or truly is something else.

Scary but the most amazing grave site I have ever seen. Totally free and well worth seeing. You havent seen anything like this beforeIf you have an hour to kill and need to get out of the sun, this place is for you. Totally free to get in you can see the remains of anonymous skeletons as old as the 1500’s. No toilets FYI.

Scary but the most amazing grave site I have ever seen. Totally free and well worth seeing. You havent seen anything like this before

FREE to visit. Lots of bones and skulls-thousands! Very interesting.

If you have an hour to kill and need to get out of the sun, this place is for you. Totally free to get in you can see the remains of anonymous skeletons as old as the 1500’s. No toilets FYI. Read up on the Wikipedia page before you go as there’s not a lot of information inside and the history is really interesting.

Free to visitThe Fontanelle cemetery in Naples is a charnel house, an ossuary, located in a cave in the tuff hillside in the Materdei section of the city. It is associated with a chapter in the folklore of the city. By the time the Spanish moved into the city in the early 16th century, there was already concern over where to locate cemeteries, and moves had been taken to locate graves outside of the city walls. Many Neapolitans, however, insisted on being interred in their local churches. To make space in the churches for the newly interred, undertakers started removing earlier remains outside the city to the cave, the future Fontanelle cemetery. The remains were interred shallowly and then joined in 1656 by thousands of anonymous corpses, victims of the great plague of that year.Sometime in the late 17th century—according to Andrea De Jorio, a Neapolitan scholar from the 19th century, great floods washed the remains out and into the streets, presenting a grisly spectacle. The anonymous remains were returned to the cave, at which point the cave became the unofficial final resting place for the indigent of the city in the succeeding years—a vast paupers cemetery. It was codified officially as such in the early 19th century under the French rule of Naples. The last great "deposit" of the indigent dead seems to have been in the wake of the cholera epidemic of 1837.Then, in 1872, Father Gaetano Barbati had the chaotically buried skeletal remains disinterred and catalogued. They remained on the surface, stored in makeshift crypts, in boxes and on wooden racks. A spontaneous cult of devotion to the remains of these unnamed dead developed in Naples. Defenders of the cult pointed out that they were paying respect to those who had had none in life, who had been too poor even to have a proper burial. Devotees paid visits to the skulls, cleaned them—"adopted" them, in a way, even giving the skulls back their "living" names (revealed to their caretakers in dreams). An entire cult sprang up, devoted to caring for the skulls, talking to them, asking for favors, bringing them flowers, etc. A small church, Maria Santissima del Carmine, was built at the entrance.The cult of devotion to the skulls of the Fontanelle cemetery lasted into the mid-20th century. In 1969, Cardinal Ursi of Naples decided that such devotion had degenerated into fetishism and ordered the cemetery to be closed. It has recently undergone restoration as a historical site and may be visited.

Quite scary place (no problem for children, was with my 6 years doughther), never have seen something like that before. For sure worth to see. Incredible history of people lying on this cmentary and people (of Napolitaking care for them. We were visiting before noon on week days, almost empty!.. So you are feeling the climate even more..

You Just cannot explain this Place. Must visit

Beautiful and at the same time sad. Definitely a must see.

very unusual and creepy place, mysterious and interesting. I think there is no more cemeteries like Fontanelle. You feel great sad history inside of it, with many skulls and bones, but at the same time you see how people respect death. It looks like a huge cave, free entrance is a nice bonus :)

Honestly, the information available in here about what everything is. Theres tours available I believe but we just popped in and didnt stay long as its not my partners cup of tea.Nice and quiet with a bit of an eerie vibe because of the lighting. Fascinating looking at how the dead are treated in different cultures, also the differences in the skills are interesting

It is not an easy place to reach in the summer - the surrounding area is has more trash compared to other places in Naples, and it gets really stinky. The cemetery is kind of an experience, it is somewhat overwhelming.

Its breathtaking and numbing to see the continuous row after row of human remains that have been collected here over the past centuries. Its not just from the black plague but also the bodies taken from Naples catacombs of San Gennaro. Definitely combine this with a tour from the catacombs (you can easily get to this Cimetro Delle Fontanelle from the end of that tourto understand and feel the history of these two historical locations.

Excellent initiative. Really informative and detailed tour by Julia. Would definitely recommend.

Cool and creepyFree and worth the climb up the streets. Amazing photography in impressive setting District a bit scary but they are trying to rejuvenate.

Fascinating and free. Hardly anyone inside. Well worth it.

Great place to see in Napoli. Rare and for free.

I really enjoyed visiting here. Not what I expected, but fantastic.Highly recommended.

A great historical place for visiting while in Naples. Full of history and you can feel the religious aspect of it. Free of charge but you have to find it first and not get lost in all those similar streets here in Naples.

Very eerie and sombre. It is what you expect - a vast area of skeletons. There were around 40,000 skeletons in this tomb, which made the whole experience quite surreal. To think that there were so many bodies buried here is quite distressing. I understand that there are many many more skeletons underneath the ground you walk on which have not been dug up.The tombs were a good 10-15 mins walk from the nearest underground station but it was well signposted. It was free to enter.

Marvellous place with great mystic skeleton graves. The light is playing enormous role in the cemetery visual and emotional perception. The history behind it is sad, however it is worth visiting when you are staying in Naples, you wont be disappointed.

Impressive! A bit scary and creepy but definitely worth to visit. Prepare yourself, it might be difficult for light hearted people.

Must see in Naples. Unremarkable expierence. Also a fascinating way up to the Cimitero through the very authentic Sanita district (if you walk from the Museo metro station).

Cemetery with bones brought from San Gennaro catacombs. Creepy and uneasy place, but on other hand a must see place.

Very interesting cemetery. Free entrance and the man at the entrance loves to give a little speech about the place. (Also free, but you can give him a tip.)

Good. But a bit abandoned...

This experience was impressive. It is a bit scary and weird for us as forgeiners to see the remains of approximately 40,000 people. But the overseers of this special graveyard will make a great effort to give you some background information.

One of the most suggestive place in Naples.

Absolutely realistic definitely worth the visit!

Stunning and priceless place. Really had my breath taken away...

A visit in this cemetery is a strong experience and you should not miss it once in Napoli. Hystory and religion mixed in a mysterious place.