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Cimitero delle Fontanelle: Prices, Booking & the Skull Shrines

Representative image of a cave ossuary with devotional skull shrines — not a confirmed photograph of Cimitero delle Fontanelle's own galleries.

⏱️ Visit Time

40 min

🏛️ Category

Ossuary & Cave Cemetery

⏳ Era

Tuff quarry caves used as a mass ossuary since the 17th-18th century

📍 Address

Via Fontanelle, 80, 80136 Napoli, Italy

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💶 Box Office Price

€6.00

🎟️ Reduced Price

€8.00 (from, guided tour, Italian)

🕒 Opening Hours

Cimitero delle Fontanelle: 10:00 - 18:00 · Cimitero delle Fontanelle (worship): 09:00 - 10:00 (hours vary — see full schedule below)

📋 Entry Rules

Mandatory timed-entry reservation for all visitors, including standalone ticket buyers.

🗓️ Seasonal Opening Hours

Standard	Cimitero delle Fontanelle	10:00 - 18:00	Last Admission: 17:15
Worship-only hours (free, prayer area only, Mon & Fri)	Cimitero delle Fontanelle (worship)	09:00 - 10:00

Last Admission: 17:15

Closed On: Closed Wednesdays and 25 December.

Free Admission Dates: Free for residents of Naples' 2nd and 3rd Municipalities (local-resident concession); a free worship-only hour (prayer area only, not the full ossuary) runs Mondays and Fridays 09:00-10:00.

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What The Ticket Includes

Access to the ossuary caves/galleries containing the famous stacked-skull 'anime pezzentelle' shrines, via either the audioguide-accompanied route or a human-guided tour.

Ticket Options & Pricing

Option	Price	Reservation	Booking
Accompanied visit (audioguide, from)	€6.00	Mandatory	Official site only
Guided tour, Italian (from)	€8.00	Mandatory	Official site only

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Ticket Options

Official Ticket

€6.00

City Pass

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Overview & Visitor Introduction

The Cimitero delle Fontanelle is a cave ossuary in former tuff quarries in the Sanità district, holding the remains of tens of thousands of Neapolitans from plague and cholera epidemics and famine. It's known for the 'anime pezzentelle' folk tradition — informally 'adopting' and caring for an anonymous skull in exchange for favors or protection.

Visiting requires mandatory advance online booking for a specific time slot. An audioguide-accompanied visit starts from EUR 6.00; a human-guided tour (Italian-language) starts from EUR 8.00.

What to See: Top Highlights

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The Skull Galleries

Vast stacked arrangements of skulls and bones along the cave walls, some with small personal shrines.

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Anime Pezzentelle Shrines

Small devotional niches where visitors historically 'adopted' an anonymous skull, leaving offerings and rosaries.

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The Tuff Quarry Caves

The cemetery's raw volcanic-rock cave setting, distinct from any built catacomb structure.

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Checked directly against Campania Artecard's own official participating-sites pages (Napoli 3 Giorni, Campania 3 Giorni, Campania 7 Giorni, 365 Lite) and not found on any of them — not a free-choice or discount-only site on those tiers. Coverage on the 365 Gold tier is unconfirmed. Not found among Turbopass Naples's named core or optional-upgrade attractions on either its City Pass or Flex Pass.