4 articles Updated September 30, 2026

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Longer reads on Naples' art, saints and tunnels

Longer reads on Caravaggio in Naples, the Veiled Christ, Maradona and the tunnels under the city.

A candle-lit still life of a cloth, a book and a painter's palette in deep shadow

Caravaggio in Naples

A painter on the run, two stays in Naples and three paintings still in the city: the Seven Works of Mercy, the Flagellation and his last picture, Saint Ursula. Where each hangs, what it costs and the order to see them.

Three paintings, three venues €33 for all three, full price Capodimonte: see it by 4:30 p.m.
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Terracotta model of the Veiled Christ in a glass case at the Museo di San Martino

The Veiled Christ: how Sanmartino carved it

A dead Christ under a veil so fine people still think it was made by alchemy. What the 1752 bank record and the prince's letters say, what to look for in the marble, and why you must book.

Giuseppe Sanmartino, 1753 €12, booking mandatory Closed Tuesdays
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A worn football on the grass of an empty pitch at dusk under floodlights

Maradona and Naples

Seven seasons, the first two league titles in the club's history, a World Cup semi-final that split the city and a stadium renamed within days of his death. Where to see his Naples today, and the 2026 changes.

At Napoli from 1984 to 1991 Scudetti in 1987 and 1990 Stadium renamed December 2020
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A rough tunnel carved in yellow tuff with daylight from a shaft above

Naples from below: 2,400 years of tunnels

Naples was built from the stone under its own streets, and the holes it left became cisterns, catacombs, an escape tunnel and air-raid shelters. The story in order, with what each underground site costs today.

Greek quarries to war shelters Four sites, €6 to €20 Two are closed on Wednesdays
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