Rome is holy, Turin is esoteric but Naples is the Italian city with the closest relationship with the Otherworld, in all its forms. It’s not because of what is there physically — although, we will see, there are some spots of considerable interest from that point of view, too — but rather because of its people’s attitude towards the spiritual and the supernatural.

In Naples, popular spirituality and ancestral traditions mingle with Faith in a way unmatched in any other part of Italy: colorful, perhaps, but respectful and deeply felt. Neapolitans don’t fear the Great Beyond, they embrace its existence and seek connections with it through a plethora of rituals, especially those related to the cult of the Dead.