San Lorenzo Maggiore archaeological site
Via dei Tribunali 316, Naples, Italy

This is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary archaeological sites in the whole Naples region. Beneath San Lorenzo, about half of an original Roman market has been excavated.The site has been open since 1992, the result of 25 years of painstaking excavation.

The market place is the only large-scale Greek-Roman site excavated in the downtown area. Excavation work is still under way, but what has been dug up so far are the streets of ancient Naples as they were 2,000 years ago: complete with a butcher’s shop, a dyer’s, a baker’s and a beautiful porticoed arcade.