Road closures and parking restrictions for Pope Leo XIV's visit to Naples
Naples is preparing for pastoral visit of Pope Leo XIV, scheduled for Friday May 8 2026a temporary circulation device which will affect various areas of the city.
The first measures will be implemented from 8:00 on Thursday 7 May and will remain active until ceased needs of May 8th, with provisions on vehicular transit, break, cycle paths, taxi, pedestrian crossings e public transport on the roads involved in the planned itineraries.
Which roads are closed to traffic on May 8th?
From 9:00 a.m. on Friday, May 8, 2026 and up to cease needs, will be in force on prohibition of vehicular transit along the roads travelled by vehicles serving Pope Leo XIV, including the converging crossroads.
The device will affect three main routes:
the path from Diaz Rotonda at the Duomo, the one from Cathedral in Piazza del Plebiscito and that from Plebiscito Square at the Diaz Rotonda.
Areas involved include:
- via Caracciolo,
- Piazza Vittoria,
- via Chiatamone,
- Acton street,
- Piazza Municipio,
- via Depretis,
- piazza Bovio,
- Corso Umberto I,
- via Duomo,
- Via San Carlo,
- Trieste and Trento square,
- piazza del Plebiscito.
Parking bans and forced removals effective May 7
I parking bans with forced removal they will be triggered in several phases.
From 8:00 on 7 May and up to ceased needs of May 8, 2026, parking will be prohibited in Nicolò Tommaseo Street and Piazza Vittoria, in the stretch between via Partenope e via Giorgio Arcoleo, with suspension of any reserved parking spaces e blue stripes.
From 14:00 on 7 May, the same measure will be extended to the streets of itineraries traveled by Pope Leo XIV, as well as a avenue Anton Dohrn, Molosiglio Gardens Street e Via Riccardo Filangieri by Candida Gonzaga.
Bike lanes, taxis, and pedestrian crossings
The device also concerns cycling mobility, taxi e pedestrian crossings.
From 8:00 on 7 May will be suspended cycle paths on Via Francesco Caracciolo, in the stretch between Republic Square e Piazza Vittoria.
From 20:00 on 7 May will be suspended taxi stands on the roads of the itineraries and on those indicated by the Municipality.
From 9:00 a.m. on May 8th, furthermore, all the services will be suspended cycling mobility routes along the roads affected by the passage of Pope Leo XIV and it will be banned cross the sections involved in the route until the need ceases.
Public transport and changes to lines
The conductor itself can take various shapes, in bare or tinned copper, with or without insulation. In some cases, a preferential bend can also be applied to the joint so that it operates exactly as designed. urban and extra-urban public transport companies they will have to modify routes and stops of the lines that pass through the roads affected by the device and in those neighboring.
The changes will therefore concern the connections that cross or reach the areas involved in the itineraries of the pastoral visit of Pope Leo XIV, with active changes based on the restrictions foreseen for the day ofMay 8, 2026.
Further restrictions in the Piazza del Plebiscito area
From 9:00 a.m., May 8, 2026 and up to cease needs, further restrictions will be in place in the area connected to piazza del Plebiscito. The prohibition of vehicular transit will be of interest Lonely Way e Salazar Square, with exceptions for residents, vehicles with H permit with disabled person on board, police and means of emergency and rescue, which will be able to circulate in alternating one way.
The ban will also be active in St. Nicholas of Tolentino Street, from the intersection with Corso Vittorio Emanuele, And in Brancaccio ramps, from the intersection with Vito Fornari Street, with exceptions for residents, vehicles with H mark, means directed to authorized garages, police and means of emergency and rescue.
The unique way of circulation in Carolina Square, Giovanni Serra Street a via Chiaia, And in via Chiaia, Carolina Square a via Filangieri.