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Archaeological site · Napoli (NA)

Sant'Anna di Palazzo Air-Raid Shelter

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
Pictured: Napoli · Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Cavity beneath the Quartieri Spagnoli used as a shelter in the Second World War, rediscovered in 1979 and open to visitors.

Beneath the Quartieri Spagnoli, between the gradoni di Chiaia and via Chiaia, lies one of the cavities of the Neapolitan underground used as an air-raid shelter during the Second World War.It was rediscovered in 1979, following a fire in an underground room. The entrance is on vico Sant'Anna di Palazzo: guided tours tell the story of Neapolitans' lives under the bombing, among objects, inscriptions and rooms of the period.

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