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 CurioCity Tour

City:  Napoli
Address: It depends on the scheduled tour.
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Telephone: +39 3292885442 / +39 3246823808
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Website:www.curiocitynapoli.it
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Visitalia Discount: With Vtt      isitalia Napoli City Pass you get a 20% discount

Description: What is now Rione Sanità was a burial place in Roman and Hellenistic times, as witnessed by the discovery of Hellenistic hypogea and Paleochristian catacombs. The area was settled in the late 16th Century.
One of most peculiar traits of Rione della Sanità is a unique cult and ritual that takes place in the ossuary of the Fontanelle cemetery. The cult dates back to the 17th Century and involves the ritual burning of candles dedicated to the so-called “pezzentelle” (“little wretches”), i.e., the soul of the “nameless dead” whose bones are preserved in the ossuary. What is now Rione Sanità was a burial place in Roman and Hellenistic times, as witnessed by the discovery of Hellenistic hypogea and Paleochristian catacombs. The area was settled in the late 16th Century.  
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