At the heart of the most densely populated city in Europe, you can stand in silence and feel as if you've been whisked back to Graeco-Roman Neapolis....

More or less returned to its original 13th-century appearance thanks to post-war restoration work, the vast, stern interior of this much-used church is in...

This lofty, majestic church, dating from the end of the 16th century, stands on the site of a Roman temple to Castor and Pollux. In front of the façade are...

Approached from Via dei Tribunali, San Pietro looks for all the world like an English country church, with its cusp-shaped spire of tufa stone. Dating from...

In the first century AD, the sea almost reached the current site of the Stazione Centrale, lapping against what would later become the estates of the...

The church and convent of Santa Chiara was built for Robert of Anjou's wife Sancia in the early 14th century, and has always been a favourite with local...

Boasting the city's tallest bell tower, at 75m (246ft), the church is part of an ancient complex. It includes a convent, which still provides succour for...

The three bronze skulls on the railings (a fourth was stolen in the 1950s), and its popular name, cap'e morte ('death's head'), are clues to why this...

Step through the 17th-century portal and into a dainty porticoed cloister. On the left is the door to the deconsecrated 14th-century church, which is now...

Also known as the Cappella Brancaccio, on account of its association with the family of that name, this church contains the fine marble tomb of Cardinal...

Sant'Anna dates from the early 15th century, though it was refurbished in the 17th century and rebuilt after wartime bombing. Inside, its Renaissance...

This extraordinary 13th-century church was badly damaged in 1943; subsequent restoration work uncovered much of the original building. Sant'Eligio was the...

The church owes its current appearance to Carlo Vanvitelli's mid 18th-century design. However, the whole Annunziata complex dates from the 14th century. It...

On Via San Gennaro, a few hundred metres south of the Solfatara, the 16th-century Santuario di San Gennaro church marks the spot where Naples' patron saint...