Mysteries, Legends and Devotions in Naples: audio walks

Saints, legends and devotions offer a particular way through Naples: listening to what each account means in its setting. These routes connect popular and mysterious stories with urban life. They distinguish tradition from documentation without dismissing the ways residents have told their stories and lived their beliefs within the city.

In “Santa Lucia and the Egg Castle”: Then out to the island: Parthenope the siren, the egg Virgil is supposed to have hidden in the castle (and when that legend really appeared), the last emperor of the West, who ended up here with a pension, and the 1799 surrender that was never honoured.

In “Masaniello and Market Square”: You start under the clock arch of Sant'Eligio, with some little stone heads that legend gave names to and a historian took them back.

In “Saints, skulls and mysteries”: You climb to Via dei Tribunali: a church with a second storey underground, where local people adopted nameless skulls, a bride called Lucia and a ban that didn't do much good.

Choose from 3 independent walks in Naples. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.