Catacombe di San Gennaro

Cultural siteNaplesAbout 1.3 hours

Early Christian burial galleries cut into the tuff, frescoed from the second century onward, and far roomier than the word catacomb suggests — these are wide corridors rather than crawlspaces. Guided, run by a local cooperative, and easily paired with Capodimonte on the same hill.

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