The Poggioreale cemeterial complex experienced a gradual development since the
second half of the XVIII century and now covers approximately fifty hectares
of the hill by the same name.
Santa Maria del Popolo Cemetery
The component that markes the beginning of the cemetery infrastructural pattern at Poggioreale is the Cimitero di Santa Maria del Popolo, also known as the "366 graves cemetery". It was designed by Ferdinando Fuga, and built in 1762. The cemetery is of extraordinary relevance, as the only known example with cemeterial "Enlightenment buildings".Santa Maria del Pianto Cemetery
Another basic element of the cemeterial complex in Poggioreale is the Santa Maria del Pianto
Cemetery, with the church by the same name - a XVII century central-plan
building, around which, as early as the plague of 1656, corpses were interred.
Monumental Cemetery of Poggioreale
The Monumental Cemetery is the largest (162,873 sqm), most effective and most
imposing. It opened in 1838, after several interruptions and some
rethinking. The original plan (1825) was designed by Francesco Maresca. After
his death, Luigi Malesci (bridge and road engineer) and Ciro Cuciniello (architect for the Royal House) took over.
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Cemetery contacts
Monumental cemetery (Cimitero Monumentale) Via Nuova Poggioreale, 73I - 80143 Napoli
Tel: +39 081 7957509
Fax: +39 081 7957510
E-mail: ass-periferie@comune.napoli.it
Website: http://www.comune.napoli.it
Tourist Information Office
Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno Cura e Turismo di Napoli Piazza Plebiscito1 Palazzo Reale
80132 Napoli - Italia
Phone: +39 081 2525711
Fax: +39 081 418619
E-mail: info@inaples.it
Tourist information websites
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City Portal
http://www.comune.napoli.it
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