The historic Fontanelle Cemetery in Naples has reopened to the public, marking the completion of a restoration project spearheaded by Senator for Life and star architect Renzo Piano, who chose to directly fund—with his senatorial salary—scholarships for young professionals working on the redevelopment of marginal and peripheral areas in several Italian cities. The reopening of one of Naples' most fascinating and emblematic sites helps to revitalize tourism in the Rione Sanità, one of the city's most historically and culturally rich neighborhoods. The cemetery is famed for the "anime pezzentelle" (pezzentelle souls) rite, which involves a Neapolitan adopting and caring for a specific skull of an abandoned soul in exchange for protection. Every corner and passage of the Fontanelle Cemetery is steeped with history, anecdotes, legends, and curiosities.