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A trip to Naples\u2019 underground, which is entwined by mysterious legends, is a special experience and has in the meantime become an important part of the city tours.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Entrance of Napoli Sotterranea – Subterranean Naples (\u00a9 Portanapoli.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the historic centre<\/a> of Naples<\/a>\u00a0you can find one of the entrances to the mysterious\u00a0underworld: Napoli Sotterranea, the Subterranean Naples<\/a>\u00a0(Piazza San Gaetano). It is one of the most famous attractions in Naples<\/a>. Underneath modern Naples is an 80-kilometer-long labyrinth of caves hidden, which lies up to 40 meters underground. The individual caves were created when people mined the yellow tufa that was used to build the houses that stand above each of these caves.<\/p>\n

It is interesting that the cistern system of the Subterranean Naples, which first originated at the time of the Greek colonization, was extended until the 19th century. Using different aqueducts, the surrounding springs were rerouted to subterranean chambers. That way, people could get water from different wells.<\/p>\n

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Napoli Sotterranea (\u00a9 Francesca Buommino – Portanapoli.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

Since 400 B.C., the caves have been used for all kinds of different purposes<\/h4>\n

They served as secret places of refuge, cult sites, catacombs, and dumps. In the Second World War, people took shelter there during bombing raids. They left impressive drawings of their fears and thoughts on the walls of the caves, which you can still see today.<\/p>\n

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In past centuries, many poor families have lived in the subterranean caves of Naples<\/h4>\n

Sometimes, hungry children managed to get through subterranean connections into other people\u2019s houses and take food and other things. For the people they had stolen from, it would seem like their possessions disappeared as if by magic. That\u2019s how the legend of the endearing house ghost Munaciello originated, Naples\u2019 most well known \u201cesoteric\u201d creature. Numerous legends are entwined around this lovable creature that unpredictably appears as a monk with a hood und has things disappear from people\u2019s houses over night. Some Neapolitans think that Munaciello can also be helpful in predicting lottery numbers and finding lost treasures.<\/p>\n

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