Exploring Italy's crumbling Necropolis of horrors- Poggioreale Naples Part 10 🇮🇹
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- The final instalment. I get as close as possible to the collapse which saw over 200 bodies crashing to the ground and hanging in the air #napoli #cemetery #explore
The disrepair is one thing, but I love that it's not all covered with graffiti. People clearly respect this place enough to at least keep it clean.
But there is still vandalism and looting😢
Aside from the exposed remains, it looks like a little village. I imagine it it transforming into a spirit village at night, where they all commune together as if they were still alive.
A charming thought. How many old songs, old tales, the good and the bad, the hilarious and the sad....
Oh, my word! It's so sad to see cemeteries in such disrepair!!
That's the fate of all who are forgotten. It's not sad. It's life. Or death in this case.
You should see the state of many abandoned and seriously neglected mausoleums and crypts in the US, especially in the southern states, how is it allowed to get like this in supposed 1st world, wealthy countries? Just heartbreaking.
@@WinahhTaylahh Give it a rest. It happens in every country. 🙄
Its crazy that there are alive people living in smaller accommodations than some of those structures.
i used to go in poggioreale cemetery with my mom to visit my grandpa and other relatives (mom passed away on 25th of december last year sadly) and she always told me that the monumental cemetery (there are several in Poggioreale and limit areas) has always been in a state of decays for years. My grandpa passed away about 35 years ago and the cemetery was already in bad state. The monumental cemetery also """"houses""" tombs of 1700-1800 and prior
This cemetery really looks like a city of the dead with streets, alleys and very large mausoleums, looking like houses, everywhere. Impressive!☠☠☠
In the US, earthen burials last an average of 150 years AFTER the most recent interment; before the land may be (ethically) re-purposed. I learned in mortuary school that if you want "forever" (yeah, right), be interred in a cemetery that has celebrities. Today's church cemeteries are tomorrow's shopping centers. EVERYTHING in life (and death) is temporary. I don't feel this cemetery is neglected; it's just forgotten. Thanks for the tour. It's a stark reminder at how transitory life is.
@@mattrost2574 Et chez vous, vous avez également les cimetières privés. Mais bon, les seuls que j'ai vu sont dans la campagne de Virginie occidentale. Je pense bien que c'est dans les milieux ruraux que celà existe.
@@mattrost2574
My family is buried next to John Candy and the last queen of Egypt
In the US, everything is temporary, which is atrocious.
@@samuellourenco1050 J'imagine. Vous savez, nous aussi dans les grandes villes c'est temporaire. Par exemple, dans un simple petit village, c'est 50 € pour 30 ans.😭 J'imagine pas à Paris 💀
J'ai réussi à retrouver la tombe de mon ancêtre, né en 1807, mais c'est une exception. Un village dans la forêt à la frontière de la suisse.
Clemson University just moved thousands of parking spots for football games because they found unmarked slavery graves all around the stadium.. its not like that everywhere
Collapsing structures, exposed bodies, people following you.....what a crazy adventure!
Most of this is happening in the guy's head. There's just dust, a few old bones, and neglect there.
@@andreasmartin7942 I agree. The video by itself is cool, but I can do without the other stuff.
I googled the name on the first readable tomb (minute 0:46, Alfredo Jannitti Piromallo) and it turned out that he was a jurist. Some of his yellowed books are on Amazon : D
I think it's beautiful in a way. They are letting them rest in this beautiful place untouched by anything but time. The collapse is unfortunate and the building and development is a shame. This is one of the most resful places I've seen.
I love the topography of this cemetery! All the ups and downs, nooks and crannies! Great video Dan! Thanks!
Cemetry was built on an hill
@@vrcfncpdci yes of course it was! 👍
Awsome tour. When bodies are interred above ground, this WILL eventually happen. Mausoleum's do NOT last forever. They will fall apart, don't expect family members who never knew you many years down the road to take care of expensive repairs for something they will never use. The living need money, the dead don't eat, pay bills, drive cars, need doctors, have chirlden to cloth and educate. I know in some places this is how its done, but it is what it is and will last only so long.
In these cases (of beautiful cemeteries) the mayors should take care of the old tombs. But the majors are often progressive, which means atheist.
@@teresayates8274 the question is who actually runs the cemetery !…. This never would have happened if this was run by a religious order ( Catholic Church).
@@deusvult2559there are atheists who have respect for the dead and wouldn’t allow this to happen, this isn’t about being progressive, this is about pocketing the peoples’ money for yourself and being corrupt 🤦♀️
@@deusvult2559 That is such BS. I'm an atheist and you really think we don't take care of our dead? The fact that you don't believe in a god has nothing to do with how you treat the dead ! This is in Italy you know one of the most religious countries. Hell even the government of the Catholic church and the pope are located in Rome so if we use your logic it's religious people that don't take care of their dead.
@@sparringa exactly. This kind of stuff is taken care of through tax dollars. In my experience, it’s usually the “religious” who complain the most about taxes. Maybe I’m just biased as an American 🤔
Thanks again for these great videos Dan. Adult bones are sad enough but little children's bones are pitiful. I hope Italian people watch your videos and are moved enough to spur the local authorities on to do more.
When archaeologists are excavating a site that’s thousands of years old. Then come across a burial spot and all the things they use to bury the dead with for the “afterlife”. People watch and are amazed in the findings. But everyone cries how disgusting the exposure of the more recent dead is to show.
I’m from there I live about 10km from there, and let me tell you our local and state government is hopeless and corrupt af, the whole public infrastructures are outdated and need maintenance/replacement.
@@t.m.5004 so, basically it's italy.
@@FUPA_CABRA it's fair that there's a disconnect. that's them... this is *us,* and our expectations are different.
@@ryanbarker5217 Says the murican ..think to the tons of homeless people you have in your country before to denigrate others. Also this is South Italy and it is way worse than other parts of the country.
The super rich Genovese family's from the 17th, 18th and 19th century are gone. Their promise mausoleum are decaying. No grounds keepers, no families left. The walls crumble and caskets and what's left falls out. Though ornate and beautiful, in this modern world they are crumbling.
Some of the stained glass and art are almost like mini chapels or churches. Just amazing ❤
Thats exactly what they are. Many people believed the closer to a place of worship you were buried, the easier it was to get to heaven. When space ran out near those places noble families would be allowed to build their own chapels to be buried in.
Sad 😔 those structures are abandoned. Thank you for sharing this video. Beautiful 🤩 structures. May they all rip Amen 🙏 🇺🇸🇵🇷🙏.
I never saw a cemetry like this.... Wow, so many Crypts and Mausoleums in a row.... Like a city of death
I can imagine myself walking through that place at night with my headphones playing Valse Triste or the Danse Macabre.
This is why Italy is the most beautiful and mysterious place in the whole world!
Thank you for having the courage to tour through that unbelievable cemetery and show it to us. I had no idea anything like that even existed.
@@LarcR Because you've never been in Italy...
That place looks like a little town with store fronts lining the street from the 1800's. Incredible!
I get so excited when you upload 😊 Being from America and a life long lover of cemeteries, it's so amazing seeing ones that I'd never get to see over here.
I was there when I was younger and loved it. Nothing to be afraid of.
Major props to you for not censoring every single bone and all! I see these other grave tour channels use it as clickbait and then just blur the whole thing out and then talk for 10 mins bout why they didn’t show it or what they thought. This basically helps us to see what the bones and all look like and if we see any in our own tours to not be scared by it. Sure a little unnerving but gotta keep remembering that that is what our remains are after a while.
"A while"? That's an understatement, LMAO!!! Most of the oldest bodies in intact mausoleums seem to be from between 1880 and 1910, so the collapsed ones are probably from around that time or older. That gives us a birth range of anywhere between 1790 to 1910 for those bones.
NOBODY remembers anyone from 1790 unless they were an important historical figure. That's just called the passage of time. We're all eventually forgotten on this Earth and these collapses are direct results of no one being around to look after these long-gone people.
@@scottkrafft6830sad😢
It really is its own town. If everyone there suddenly came back to life, its mind blowing, to imagine the amount of people.
From someone that's worked in the industry, in America, this is actually insane. The construction and work it took to make a place like that, and seeing nature taking it back is incredible. Let alone all the bones and vandalism. 🤯
I can't imagine passing all those bones on my way to visit grandma. 🤦🏼♀️
That’s what I was thinking
Neither can I.
Your Grandma doesn't want you to either!
@@Dayna-Punky well those are other peoples family members too
Older cemeteries in Italy have ossuaries in them, sometimes with open, barred windows, from which you can get a view of the decades/centuries worth of bones.
I look forward to your tours. I'm enjoying a glass of wine and chatting with you for the entire tour. It's so sad to see so many exposed bones.
Thank you for showing us through. Can’t believe the state of the place. And you’re right. It does look like old streets in a town.
I have seen things I have never seen before in these videos! What gets me is there’s seems no urgency by anyone to fix what is obviously been left in ruins for quite a long time. Enjoyed the video!👍🏼
That's about Italy all over
In many cases the family migrated to other regions or countries, in other cases it is needed a license to make repairs, pay for it, buy the materials and pay someone to repair. Some families don't have the money for it. There's also a lot of vandalism.
I have enjoyed walking through this hauntingly beautiful cemetery with you in this series.
Amazing walk and footage. Fascinating. And the architecture, stonework and woodwork top quality.
Such an incredible place. It really does look like a little village. Great work my friend, I've been following since the very beginning.
This place is unbelievable, thank you for showing it to us
My stomach lurched a little each time you said you were lost. I appreciate you going there, because I would never be brave enough to do so.
@@Betharoot I thought he was super brave too. I'd hear every noise, jump every minute.
Same.
Same here. I’ll get lost for sure, if I visit that cemetery.
And there you have it! No matter how much you achieved in life; within a couple of generations you're a forgotten box of bits.
The ironwork on those cast railings are incredible!
Dan, I've been following you for almost 2 yrs now, I don't comment as much as I should but I enjoy your channel a lot..I' m always amazed where you'll end up especially in this cemetery, watch out for snakes..Eww..Great video as always..Take Care 💛
4:48 “I don’t know which is the way out” 👏🏻🤣
There are two arrowed signs on the walls, saying “Uscita”. Take a note, for future reference, “Uscita” means “Exit” 😬
Quand on visite un pays on apprend au moins un minimum de la langue
I really like the design here. Would make a great film set.👍
It does look like alley ways with shops! That place is crazy. As much as i would like to see inside those places, please don’t put yourself in danger.
i fear grave robbers may have been to blame for much of the damages
De stad Napels heeft blijkbaar andere katjes te geselen dan de laatste rustplaats van vele te onderhouden dit gezegd zijnde zeer interessante video kijk uit naar meer
Amazing series! Thank you for taking us along. I would never have imagined something like this existed. It’s funny how after seeing so many bones and shrouds and open graves I just started getting accustomed to it. This was the craziest cemetery I’ve ever seen! Great job Dan.
18:30 get down there!!!
What a sad and depressing thing to see with all the abandoned mousuleums and all the resting places of dead and their bones all becoming broken and scattered amongst the nature reclaiming things here while at the same time this is very interesting to see these abandoned mousoleumns as well. These tours of abandoned mousoleumns give an idea of what abandoned cemeteries would look like underground as well with the briken decaying coffins and scattered broken bones underground only seeing that above ground here. Love these tours of Mousoleumns here.
WOW ! I've been following your series in Naples and all I can say is WOW. It has got to be the biggest necropolis in Europe. That cemetery is awesome. Creepy, but awesome. There seems to be an Italian tradition of crypt burial because I noticed that Italian cemeteries here in the US have a lot of private mausoleums as compared to other nationalities. That place is a testament to the old Italian saying of "See Naples and Die".
Was binge-watching them back to back; this must be my favorite. Like you said, it looks like a city! Also, it's really obvious how these mausoleum practices have influenced American ones via ( i presume )the Italian community. These are really the og mauso's. cool!
I'm glad evry time you upload. Then I know you are ok. Seems like anything can happen in that cemetery.
I have been there in February 2018. Your clip makes me want to go back! Great job, man. Thank you!
As Italian I must inform you that filming it is already the limit.
But if you going to be more adventurous and ppl see you doing od things apart from filming, you can really have a bad time, if the locals see you in other cases you can be arrested for ''Contempt of the tombs''...
Whoever violates a tomb, a sepulcher, or an urn is punished with imprisonment from one to five years.
So my suggestion is don't enter the Crypts, they are tombs.
Having a dilapidated cemetery with the desecrated graves of children in the fourth largest economy in Europe “is already the limit”. This necropolis is an utter disgrace, the people of Naples should be ashamed of themselves.
Wow! I’m just curious to make sure I read this correctly…so in Italy you’re not allowed to film graves? Then if you disturb, move ect you get into more trouble?
@@kristensneed2830 it is not prohibited to film the graveyards, it is just one of many not-written social norms.
You can film, but if they see you for a long time in the graveyard they will start to think very bad things and eventually, someone will approach you to ask you what you are doing etc.
Do not disturb and be quiet, respectful of the place, but never stand on the gaves, or enter the crypts.
I some videos I saw ppl are cleaning tombstones and respectfully taking it back to the original.
You can also do it, but you must ask permission to the family or if there is no family you must ask permission to the comun.
@@marcoterranova3679ohh ok. I like to learn about different cultures. Thanks
This was an awesome series - thank you for braving bones, snakes, and angry locals to film it! But please do not come back here and try to climb down those rickety steps into the collapsing vaults. It's just too dangerous!
Dan this was an awesome series. This place was a beautiful nightmare maze with bodies spilling out everywhere. It was like an incredible set for some type of horror film. Thanks
Incredible exploration in Poggioreale Naples, thank you for sharing. Be safe.
Thanks for this great series of this place! I guess they don't have perpetual care there, otherwise the graves wouldn't be falling apart with bodies exposed everywhere. Places like this is why I'm being cremated and scattered at sea!
Thank you for this ballad in cemetery of Naples!!! Impressive .!😮😮👁️👌
I've been following your videos on this fascinating cemetery. Even though it's unkempt in many places, it still holds a magical eerie quality. Be careful if you plan to return. Take a companion for safety and some Zyrtec for allergies! Your posts are amazing and teach us a lot about European burial customs, which are so different from the USA. I was born and raised in Mexico and came to the States when I was twelve. The cemeteries there, especially in the old colonial cities like Guadalajara where I was born, follow the European style of burial in vaults,crypts and catacombs, and under church floors. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. Cheers!
Wow,definitely one of the creepiest places I've ever seen,like a town of the dead !!
Exactly! The term "necropolis" is from the Greek, necro = dead . polis=city.
Vous êtes vite effrayé
I enjoy wandering amongst the gravestones here in the UK. And my other hafl thinks I am crazy! But this video series shows much better cemeteries to see and explore. And this one is sure very interesting! Especially a mazy one like this one!!!!
That shrouded knee creeped me out too! You've certainly got a lot more courage than I do; I don't think I'd have the nerve to go in there alone, that's for sure. VERY cool video! Thanks for sharing it.
Or walking around at night!
You would think the various parishes would adopt sections of the cemetery and help to keep it clean and maintained. Let's face it. after awhile the family all dies and there is no one to care for the crypts any more. I know I would help to keep the place clean. Just my two cents.
Thank you for sharing this historic video may all rest in peace .
I have truly enjoyed your videos of this place! However, I have to say this cemetery is a nightmare. How many acres does this place entail, it goes on forever. The disrespect of the dead is atrocious and shameful. I hope it is no longer open for burials. It is because of places like this I have decided on cremation. Again, love your channel.
Yes, I too hope they aren't adding any more to what is already a disaster area.😢
cremation is inhuman and barbaric, infact It has always been forbidden in Europe (for almost 2000 years)
@@deusvult2559 'inhuman and barbaric', if it has not escaped your attention, these people are deceased and do not care less. Life on earth, for many, while alive, is inhumane and barbaric. Try thinking of the living first than concerns of the dead. Plus, esp in Europe and smaller islands humans live on, there is not the land mass to keep burying. The majority of the living live in slums; are homeless; or have no access to land, that's more my concern! BTW Europe is a continent, not a country, so different countries, different rules. So where is cremation forbidden?
@@user-tk2sc3rz9t now it's not forbidden, because the states have been secularized. It was forbidden in Europe until the late XIX /early XX century, because it's against many aspects of the Christian doctrine, and therefore a sin (believe it or not).
Wauw .. beautiful … really looks like a closedown shopping center..
Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground--because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.". That verse keeps running through my head watching him walk through this city of death.
WOW! That place is amazing! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing.
Judge an entire society as to how they honor their deceased. No maintenance whatsoever and long forgotten.
Yea because other countries' cemeteries are always perfect and people never forgot their deceased.
That place sure is quite a sight, all that masonry work, combined with platn growth making the place look older than some of the graves are.
It makes me really sad seeing the childrens coffins or babys even like that does no-one maintain this cemetery or at least enclose their little coffin's shut 😢thank you for sharing 🤍🕊️🙏
The problem is that those cemeteries are huge and very difficult to mantain, the bones you see are usually from poor people from early 1900/ late 1800, there are no family members alive/ they don't even know that their relatives are buried there, and so...time does the rest of the work. But in the very end, we'll probably end up like that in 300/400 years, so let's pray the good Lord to have a beautiful life while we're here
206 bones per body, that place is immense... some cemeterys you only rent the grave until you decay,then the bones are cleaned and placed in a charnal house
Terrible thing done to the bodies as construction of tunnel goes on. This is bound to cause unrest for their spirits in years and decades possibly centuries to come just like what happened on shows i watched about old buildings being built on abandoned cemeteries.
Nice depiction of the everyday problems in cemeteries like this. It’s a fault of the town hall administration and it’s useful to report the shameful condition of that graves. However I find very sad and disrespectful seeing all those bones and reading the names of the people lying there. I think you should obscure them to protect their privacy especially for the relatives who can watch the video. Nice video though 👍🏻
Bravissimo, grazie per questo nuovo filmato ❤❤❤
You for sure have put this cemetery on a map for me. I'll for sure go an have a visit at some point.
that was so awesome.
thank you for posting this.
I definitely want to go there❤👍
This cemetery’s crypts look very old and some look like they are about to colapse! The structures look like houses and makes it look like a little town. Beautiful and peaceful scenery.
Never have seen such a huge area (Necropolis in Italy to honor past family loved ones. ) Also would be terrifeid to spend a night in there. Some of the buildings which were looked into were beyond creepy.....( do not go into gut feeling) ..,.Bones being exposed out in the weather was sorrowful and creepy... ! Good video!
Some beautiful and well maintained, some nasty and abandoned -- sort of like the cities of the living. All in all, a lovely, quiet place to rot in.
This place is almost disgusting.......you are right it is creeping me out too I am absolutely sure I will never go there..........respect to you for doing so..............great series
Disgusting is a too strong word, u wouldn't say that to a cemetery would u.?
Couillon, les morts ne sont pas dangereux
What on Earth made them think it was a good idea to tunnel under a cemetery that contained all those mausoleums?
Thank you for the tour.😞❤️🐝
i think its in good shape. if this was in america it would have been vandalized and graffiti smeared forever. and some of them have incredible art work, glass, ceilings, iron work. bellissimo
Thanks for sharing. This is very reminiscent of a cemetery I visited in Portugal a couple of years ago. I was told it's the family's responsibility to upkeep, so when time goes on a long time, this is what happens.
I don't think I've seen so many beautiful tombs. The size of the place is enormous!
Hey Dan, did you or are you (assuming you're still in Italy) going to visit the Sleeping Beauty of the capuchin catacombs, also known as Rosalia Lombardo? She was a little girl who died in 1920 just before her 2nd birthday. Her corpse is incredibly well preserved until this day.
It's very beautiful, even in its decay. I can only imagine how scary it must be to walk through there at night, when the doorways are dark and the shadows are long! (My imagination is probably more frightening than anything the dead could do to me.) ☠
Surely your asking for trouble redeveloping such an old place ? In the end the whole structure will just crumble to the ground with the vibrations. Shocking the way the place has just been left by the authorities 😮.
Those stairs look dark. Need flash light. Interesting. Yes, explore. Wow. That pic is unbelievable where it collapsed. Best to take a friend if exploring those dark stairs.
Pourquoi ? on n'est pas en danger avec les morts, on ne risque rien
Built on the crumbling hill of volconac rock, and how do these people expect that much weight bearing down on that unstable rock, not collapse?? Just figure the weight of the coffin, the marble vaults, the decor, the crosses, the statues, the brass fittings, etc! All that weight! The " sandstone" is not sandstone, it Tofa a volcanic stone that is mostly small volcanic ash, blown out of Vesuvius all the way over there where it was built up during the eruption. Then after hundred of years, these people built this cemetery of building on crumbling ground.
I believe once a person dies . Its body should be burned or cremated . Living the body to rot with all the sicknesses they had .i think its unhealthy for the living ☝️it could be contagious or infections could exist in these tombs
13:11 “please be no snakes” while the hounds of Baskerville are wailing is very Raiders of the Lost Ark of you, Dan 🐍
They do look like little shops
I could have done with a coffee shop :)
10:56 Oh the design on that door is brilliant. The inverted torches are a nod to Thanatos, or in this case, Mors, his Roman counterpart. He represented a peaceful death in Greek-Roman mythology.
It would appear a lot of these crypts have an electric supply hence all the Fuse Boxes fixed to the outside walls, I'm not sure if the Electric supply is a recent addition but one of the Boxes at 18:03 seems to have the Exit Red Arrow behind it.
I guess the electric is for lighting when anyone enters the lower crypts and for running the "Grave Candles" that are prevalent in Catholicism. I'd be very interested to know how this was achieved before the electric supply was available?
This is so sad that these are all being destroyed.
Vanity vanity everthing in time crumbles to dust.
That place is an amazing maze.❤
This would of been a truly stunning place in its heyday.
Some of those Mausoleums would of costed tens of thousands of Lira to build back then.
A family's lifetime of savings would of been put into it, thinking future generations would come back, bury their dead and care for it as they once did.
Looking at these dates on some of those crypts, tells me that not more than one or two generations latter, this place has fallen into disrepair and decay.
Those loved ones passed, are now no longer remembered, respected nor cared for...
Being half Italian myself and seeing all my life, how the dead are still cared for and respected here in Australia ... leaves me quite shocked that my late Mother's homeland isn't quite what I've been led to believe my whole life.😔😥
That thing against the wall was absolutely terrifying. Stay safe and be blessed
It's pretty sad to see such a huge, amazing, historical place in such disrepair. The entire place needs a good renovation, but I suppose no one is going to fund such a project and left to collapse into ruin.
Another macarbre, haunting & jarringly fascinating video mate! Don't put yourself in danger, but I'd really like to see what's down those stairs behind the green gate! I really would!
I kinda laughed when you said they look like shops! Trying not to imagine people scurrying back & forth, looking for their particular shop.
"Oh yeah, just looking for a shop to buy some bone broth?" "Most shops here should have what you need!". "Right thanks." "What about you; what are you looking for then?" "Oh, I'm just looking for some dried flowers, & somewhere to sleep." "Aha, well the dried flowers aren't hard to find but somewhere to sleep is very expensive; it's gonna cost you your life!"
Sorry, I couldn't resist that rather sickening dark attempt at inappropriate humour!
Bur really, the absolute enormous expense to those left behind to create these magnificent 'mansions for the dead' seems almost like a competition of 'who's got the biggest, nicest mausoleum'. But then we see some of these palaces deteriorate, decay, rot & fall apart as badly as their occupants, & be almost as awful a sight to see. It seems like a bit of a joke anyway
But I guess, maybe a lot of the worst ones may be where there are no family members left, & the last of their bloodline has gone, I don't know.
Vents on the ground to ventilate the tombs below? Is that really necessary? - Or would that be for the loved ones visiting their ancestors' remains?
it's both beautiful and shocking.