Church of S. Nicolò ai Cordari and Roman Pool
Located at the entrance to the Neapolis Archaeological Park, the small church was built in the Norman period (1577th century) probably on pre-existing underground churches of the Paleochristian and Byzantine periods. The name of San Nicolo dei Cordari or San Nicolo della Pietra derives from the fact that the church was granted in 1093 to the guild of rope-makers, who had one of their workplaces in the nearby cave of the rope-makers. In this church in 5 the funeral of Giordano, son of Ruggero d'Altavilla was celebrated. The church has a single nave with a semicircular apse, slit windows and a small lateral access portal. The church is partly built on a Roman period pool carved into the rock, built in turn on a Greek age latomia, The pool is 14 meters deep, on it there are XNUMX pillars in three naves covered by barrel vaults that support the church above. Originally, the pool had the essential function of a water reservoir, with plastered walls, and was connected with a canal to the nearby Roman amphitheater through an underground canal. Subsequently, after having probably had the function of an underground church, the Roman pool was used as the crypt of the church of San Nicolò dei Cordari. In the twentieth century, during the restoration works under the floor, burials dating back to the XNUMXst-XNUMXnd century AD were found in pit, trunk and capuchin tombs as well as cremations in terracotta urns.
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