Our friend, Prof. Jeff Matthews, adds to his articles on Subterranean Naples

Long time Naples resident and American expatriate scholar, Jeff Matthews, has written a number of articles on his popular “Naples Encyclopedia” site about the Naples ‘sottosuolo’ or underground. For English language readers, his wry humor and completely enjoyable historical articles can be a real delight. He has become a friend of napoliunderground.org in the past year, and our Webmaster, Fulvio Salvi, has taken Jeff on a tour of some of the representative marvels of the “Parallel City” beneath Naples. Below is a list of links to his articles about various tunnels, cavities, and even ancient passageways built by the Bourbon rulers of the early Kingdom of Naples which I think you will enjoy.

Larry Ray



Naples underground geothermal zone in Wikipedia.

Piscina Mirabilis in Wikipedia.

The Fontanelle Cemetery on his Around Naples site.

Proud to be aTrog! on his Around Naples site.

Beneath Naples on his Around Naples site.

And another listing on another site that runs Jeff’s articles “Beneath Naples”.