What to see · Pozzuoli

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Pozzuoli: 3 places to start with

1. 1 Archaeology Anfiteatro Flavio Roman amphitheatre of Pozzuoli, third-largest in Italy, with intact underground rooms and San Gennaro's cell.
2. 2 Churches Chiesa di San Marco Neoclassical Greek-cross church in Pozzuoli, built in 1933, with a wooden statue of Saint Mark.
3. 3 Churches Chiesa di San Raffaele Arcangelo Baroque octagonal church in Pozzuoli, built 1745–1760, with paintings by Giacinto Diano.

6 places covered in Pozzuoli Grouped by type, most important first.

Churches and places of worship

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Chiesa di San Marco ★

Neoclassical Greek-cross church in Pozzuoli, built in 1933, with a wooden statue of Saint Mark.

Chiesa di San Raffaele Arcangelo ★

Baroque octagonal church in Pozzuoli, built 1745–1760, with paintings by Giacinto Diano.

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione

The Carmine church of Pozzuoli, built by the Carmelites, with the Madonna del Parto and eighteenth-century chapels.

Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie

Pozzuoli's oldest church, from the early sixteenth century, rebuilt in 1858–1860 after sea flooding.

Archaeology

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Anfiteatro Flavio ★

Roman amphitheatre of Pozzuoli, third-largest in Italy, with intact underground rooms and San Gennaro's cell.

Squares, fountains and monuments

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Santuario di San Gennaro alla Solfatara

Pozzuoli sanctuary of 1580 on the spot where, by tradition, San Gennaro was beheaded, with his stone and bust.