Naples: LAPIS Museum Guided Visit in Italian
ID: GYG421364-763303
Category:
Country: Italy
Duration:
01:15 hours
Description
Discover the incredible underground aqueducts of Naples on an insightful tour through the Lapis Museum. Follow your guide through the ancient Greco-Roman cisterns, now enhanced by beautiful lighting.
The Water Museum is the hub of the underground path of the Basilica of Pietrasanta.
This fantastic hydraulic engineering project brings the ancient Greco-Roman cisterns back into operation.
This complex, located in the historic center of Naples, was built by the architect Cosimo Fanzago in the mid-seventeenth century, on the remains of the Ancient Temple of the goddess Diana.
The Basilica of Pietrasanta, today LAPIS Museum, boasts a suggestive underground path, a "Submerged Decumanus".
Today the cisterns find water and runoffs, and have been enhanced by a technical lighting system that emphasizes volumes and vaults thanks to lights and colors.
A significant step was taken by installing the first archaeological lift in the historic center, capable of connecting the environment of the crypt with the subsoil in just 20 seconds, descending to a depth of 35 meters and 2000 years back in time.
Highlights
- Admire Naples in the basement of the Basilica of Pietrasanta
- Visit the Museo dell'Acqua di Napoli
- Ride the ancient elevator down to 35 meters deep
Guiding languages
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
