The Undergrounds

Our journey starts under St. Dominic's monastery area, the entrance is in a XIIth century church, discovered just 30 years ago. This church still preserves some of the most ancient frescos of the city. Through  a passage in the masonry we enter into a large room with a roman cistern, which is probably the remains of a roman house, a "domus". Then, through a long narrow passage, we reach a large dark room which was the Tribunal of the Inquisition, where the accused heretics were put on trial. Several documents, discovered in the municipal and Vatican Archives and Trinity College in Dublin, and the traces left on the masonry by the torture instruments , prove the existence of these trials. A little cell, unique in this way in Italy, gives evidence, through graffiti on its wall, of the pain suffered by those who were imprisoned there to be put on trial. One of them left a message in a graphic code that still isn't  completely decoded.

A photogaphic exibition shows the instruments used by the Tribunal to extort confessions from those accused of heresy. Our visit continues in  the underground of Santa Maria Impensole's church. We can see here some roman structures and 2 cisterns, in fact the 8^th century church was built on top of a roman house, and the romanic church was built on top of the more ancient church. The tour of "Narni Underground" ends in the big cistern of the medieval "Lacus", under Garibaldi Square.

  Opening:

From 1 April to 31 October:

Saturday at 15.00 - at 16.30 - at 18.00

 On holidays at 10,00 - at 11,15- at 12,30- at 15,00 - at 16,15 -  and at 17,30

From 1 November to 31 March:

On holidays at 11,00 - at 12,15 - at 15,00 - and at 16,15

By reservation for groups, you can take guided tours on any day and time of the year. During long weekends the visits are carried out even on weekdays, contact us.

JULY AND AUGUST VISITS ALSO FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

AT 12:00 AND AT 17:00

For information:

Tel: +39 339 10 41 645

Tel fixed: +(0039)744.722292

 www.narnisotterranea.it

E-Mail: info@narnisotterranea.it

At the above times do not need a reservation for groups of less than 10 people, and for groups of more than quantity, but reservations must be received at least 10 days before the date of visit.