Museu de Capodimonte

Campânia / Itália

O Museu de Capodimonte é um museu de Nápoles instalado num antigo palácio da Casa de Bourbon. Antigamente era a residência de verão dos reis do Reino das Duas Sicílias e hoje abriga uma galeria e um museu de arte.

Museu de Capodimonte

Campânia / Itália

O Museu de Capodimonte é um museu de Nápoles instalado num antigo palácio da Casa de Bourbon. Antigamente era a residência de verão dos reis do Reino das Duas Sicílias e hoje abriga uma galeria e um museu de arte.

Capela de Sansevero

Campânia / Itália

A Capela de Sansevero é uma capela localizada na Via Francesco de Sanctis 19, a noroeste da igreja de San Domenico Maggiore, no centro histórico de Nápoles, Itália. A capela é mais apropriadamente denominada Capela de Santa Maria della Pietà ou Pietatella e abriga trabalhos artísticos da autoria de alguns dos principais artistas italiano do século XVIII.

Castel Nuovo

Campânia / Itália

O Castel Nuovo, também conhecido pelo nome de Maschio Angioino, é um castelo na cidade de Nápoles, na Itália. Sua construção foi iniciada em 1279, por ordem de Carlos I de Anjou, sendo completada três anos mais tarde, mas permaneceu desabitado até 1285, quando foi ocupado por Carlos II de Nápoles. Sob o reinado de Roberto I de Nápoles o castelo foi ampliado e embelezado, tornando-se um centro de patronato artístico, mas em 1347 foi saqueado pela armada húngara, sendo gravemente danificado. Restaurado e fortificado por Joana I de Nápoles, tornou-se uma resistente fortaleza contra vários assédios subsequentes. Sob a dinastia aragonesa as estruturas foram renovadas. Afonso V de Aragão mandou construir um grande arco triunfal no pórtico, obra de Francesco Laurana. Depois do saque de Nápoles em 1494 pelos franceses, o castelo deixou de ser residência real e assumiu a função de fortaleza militar, voltando a ser ocupado pela realeza no século XVIII.

Certosa di San Martino

Campânia / Itália

The Certosa di San Martino is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples, southern Italy. Along with Castel Sant'Elmo that stands beside it, this is the most visible landmark of the city, perched atop the Vomero hill that commands the gulf. A Carthusian monastery, it was finished and inaugurated under the rule of Queen Joan I in 1368. It was dedicated to St. Martin of Tours. During the first half of the 16th century it was expanded. Later, in 1623, it was further expanded and became, under the direction of architect Cosimo Fanzago, essentially the structure one sees today. In the early 19th century, under French rule the monastery was closed and was abandoned by the religious order. Today, the buildings house the National Museum of San Martino with a display of Spanish and Bourbon era artifacts, as well as displays of the presepe—Nativity scene—considered to be among the finest in the world.

Pio Monte della Misericordia

Campânia / Itália

The Pio Monte della Misericordia is a church in the historic center of Naples, southern Italy. It is famous for its art works, including Caravaggio's The Seven Works of Mercy. A charity brotherhood was founded in August 1601 by seven young nobles, who met every Friday at the Hospital for Incurables and ministered to the sick.In 1602 they established an institution and commissioned a small church, built by Gian Giacomo di Conforto, near the staircase leading to the Cathedral, on the corner of the Via dei Tribunali and the Vico dei Zuroli. In 1605, they received an apostolic letter from Pope Paul V, according special privileges to the high altar.The church was consecrated in September 1606. From 1658 to 1678 the edifice was enlarged, also with the annexation of neighbouring structures, by architect Francesco Antonio Picchiati, forming a complex with a palace and a renewed church. The latter, at the high altar, houses Caravaggio's Seven Works of Mercy. There are also paintings by Luca Giordano, Carlo Sellitto, Fabrizio Santafede, Battistello Caracciolo and others. The noblemen of the brotherhood at Pio Monte della Misericordia were looking for painters "to give permanent visual expression to their sense of charitable mission”. Regarding the sharp contrasts of the chiaroscuro in Caravaggio's painting’s, the German art historian Ralf van Bühren explains the bright light as a metaphor for mercy, which "helps the audience to explore mercy in their own lives".

Sant'Anna dei Lombardi

Campânia / Itália

Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, , and also known as Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto, is an ancient church and convent located in piazza Monteoliveto in central Naples, Italy. Across Monteoliveto street from the Fountain in the square is the Renaissance palace of Orsini di Gravina.

Basílica de Santa Clara (Nápoles)

Campânia / Itália

Santa Clara é um complexo religioso existente em Nápoles, na Itália. Esse complexo é formado por uma basílica, um mosteiro duplo, cripta e um museu arqueológico. Sua construção foi iniciada em 1310, sobre o terreno ocupado anteriormente por antigas termas romanas. Na basílica encontram-se os túmulos do rei Roberto I de Nápoles e de sua esposa, a rainha Sancha de Maiorca, que foi levado para lá somente no início do século XIX, com a instalação da cripta que abriga os restos mortais de membros da Casa de Bourbon-Duas Sicílias.

Vasari Sacristy

Campânia / Itália

The Vasari Sacristy or Old Sacristy is a room in Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples, Italy, one of its two sacristies. It was the refectory of the Olivetan monastery of Santa Maria di Monteoliveto until 1688, when it was converted to its current role. The conversion in 1688 revealed 15th century inlays by Fra Giovanni da Verona, also to be seen in the church's Tolosa Chapel. The church was renamed Sant'Anna dei Lombardi in 1805. An Adoration of the Shepherds by a follower of Vasari was moved to its present position above the door in the counter-facade during the 17th century. The two side lunettes contain sculptures of the archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary, attributed to Giovan Battista Cavagna and resting on two marble lavabos leaning against the walls. The central nave vault is divided into three quadrants, showing personifications of Faith, Religion and Eternity It is accompanied along the walls by 17th century furniture decorated with a cycle of precious wooden inlays by Fra Giovanni da Verona dating to 1506 with views of the city and scenes of life in the Olivetan order. Between the inlays are niches with wooden statues showing saints relating to the Olivetans. Behind the altar is a painting of Carlo Borromeo by Girolamo d'Arena, which had hung in the original church of Sant'Anna dei Lombardi but was moved to its present location after that church was destroyed in the 1805 earthquake. Either side are two paintings of Michael the Archangel and the Virgin Mary.