UNDERGROUND NAPLES

A view of Naples and some images from the official Underground Naples tour dozens of metres below ground, managed by the Napoli Sotterranea association which was the first in Europe, to study and invent it thirty years ago

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UNDERGROUND NAPLES: AN ASTONISHING JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE

See Naples and die, says the proverb, and there is some truth behind it… Naples, the northernmost city among the largest cities of Southern Italy is a living work of art with many examples of creativity and works of artistic value scattered around it, including alleys, churches and ancient buildings, as well as museums of international stature, shopping streets and artisan shops. tic and archaeological sites that you can visit in the old city of Naples, there is a special one that is becoming increasingly popular with elite tourism: Underground Naples aged and organised by the Napoli in Europe to envisage it as many creasing tourists’ knowledge and love for this city. Every day from Piazza San Gaetano (the entrance to the site), thousands of tourists descend into the underground tunnels on which Naples has rested for more than this tour is like travelling in a time when the ancient Greeks underground mines to extract the tufa blocks needed in order to build the walls and temples of ancient Neaplois, to the Roman age with its subterranean water network, which was used to bring water to fountains and houses, and which

enced a rapid expansion so it was necessary to build a new aqueduct. This network of tunnels and cisterns square metres was abandoned at the beginning of the lit and arranged to accommodate VISITING

UNDERGROUND to the underground at the sound

NAPLES MEANS of the siren to protect themselves against the bombs that were hitTRAVELLING BACK ting the city. IN TIME THROUGH -

MORE THAN 24 CENTURIES tres below ground level means immersing oneself in the past of the city among ancient tunnels and

OF HISTORY cisterns, and even the remains of

AT DOZENS OF METRES BELOW a Greek-Roman theatre special hypogeum gardens where plants grew sheltered from acid

GROUND LEVEL, rain, smog and atmospheric par-

BENEATH THE PICTURESQUE of Underground Naples that houses and preserves documents relat-

ALLEYS OF THE

CITY CENTRE objects and documents dating back to the period between June a contemporary art gallery where you can learn about some of the most promising local contemporary artists. A simple walk then becomes a real journey into time thanks to the ancient origins of Naples’ underground, dating back to prehistoric times.