The cemetery is very well known because there was held a special ritual, known as "souls pezzentelle" which provided for the adoption and placement of a skull (called "capuzzella"), which corresponded
to a soul abandoned ("pezzentella" then) in exchange for protection.
EMBLEMATIC FIGURE
OF THE CEMETERY
BECAME FAMOUS
FOR HIS ABILITY
TO KNOW
THE WINNING
LOTTO NUMBERS
EMBLEMATIC FIGURE
OF THE CEMETERY
BECAME FAMOUS
FOR HIS ABILITY
TO KNOW
THE WINNING
LOTTO NUMBERS
EMBLEMATIC FIGURE
OF THE CEMETERY
BECAME FAMOUS
FOR HIS ABILITY
TO KNOW
THE WINNING
LOTTO NUMBERS
repuoso, refrisco, cunzuolo. Unique place which reveals the strong relationship of the Neapolitan people with death. Here the sacred and the profane, magic and religion come together in the sign of the souls in purgatory, called pezzentelle
OPEN FROM MONDEY TO SUNDAY
FROM 10.00 TO 17.00.
THE TICKET OFFICE CLOSES ONE HOUR
BEFORE
TAKE YOUR CANDLE AND IMMERSE
YOURSELF IN THE SUGGESTION