Naples War Cemetery

• Country Italy
• Total identified casualties 1190 Find these casualties
• Identified casualties from Second World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 40.88539, Longitude: 14.23985

Location information

The War Cemetery lies in the locality of Miano at Via Vincenzo Ianfolla, off the Corso Secondigliano, in the Commune and the metropolitan city of Naples. Take the autostrada A1, the Rome to Naples road. After the last toll booth, carry on following the signs for the airport. Pass the end of the airport approach road and turn right at the next T junction, following the main road for about 4 kilometres. Cemetery address: Via Vincenzo Janfolla - 80145 Miano (NA) Campania. GPS Co-ordinates: Latitude: 40.88497, Longitude: 14.24000.

Visiting information

ARRIVAL

The route to the cemetery is signposted.

PARKING

There are vehicle parking areas to the front of the cemetery steps on a sloped concrete area, where there are spaces for three vehicles.

Away from the main entrance, 25 to 30 meters to the left of the main entrance stone steps is a gated, flat, paved area with space for up to 2 vehicles.

ACCESS, LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE

The cemetery is square shaped with flat grass paths around the main burial areas and slopes upwards from the road to the rear of the cemetery.

From the car parking area in front of the cemetery, six stone steps lead up to the main entrance.

The main entrance gate is 160 cm wide (gates locked). Single leaf gates, 0.9 metres wide on either side of the main gates allow access into the cemetery. The main entrance leads to a paved area and onto the grassed area of the cemetery.

There are two stone shelters in the cemetery, on either side of the Cross of Sacrifice at the rear of the cemetery. Each shelter has internal seating areas with built-in stone benches and is on an elevated platform surrounded by stone pathways. The pathways drop down approximately 300 mm on the outer edges.

The Register Box is in an open stone shelter building on the right side of paved entrance area.

There are stone benches around the cemetery. The seating areas and benches are built on elevated stone platforms two steps up from grass level.

ALTERNATIVE ACCESS

There are two accessible parking bays in the small, gated car park to the left of the cemetery.

From the gated parking area, there is a sliding metal double gate (approximately 2.4 metres wide) from the car park, this opens onto a long stone ramp which runs from the car park into the cemetery. There is a metal drainage channel and grille at the top of the ramp.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Visitors are advised not to leave valuable items in vehicles and should ensure that their vehicles are securely locked. There have been robberies reported near to the cemetery.

The cemetery is permanently open.

History information

On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war on the Allied side. Allied objectives were to draw German troops from the Russian front and more particularly from France, where an offensive was planned for the following year.

The 65th and 92nd General Hospitals were in Naples from late in 1943 until the end of the war, also the 67th General Hospital for the greater part of that time. The site for the war cemetery was chosen in November 1943 and burials were made in it from the hospitals and garrison. Later graves were brought in from a number of small cemeteries in the immediate vicinity.

Naples War Cemetery contains 1,202 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. There are also some non war burials and war graves of other nationalities.