The Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri is housed in Palazzo Como, a fifteenth-century building defined by its rusticated ashlar stone façade. This structure is a rare example of Tuscan Renaissance architecture in Naples. To save it from being…
Via dei Musei
This walk through the historic heart of Naples links several of the city's key cultural and religious museums, highlighting everything from ancient relics to cutting-edge contemporary art.
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1. Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri
2. Palazzo Ricca
Palazzo Ricca stands on the southernmost end of Via dei Tribunali, marked by a late-Baroque facade designed by Gaetano Barba. This monumental building served for centuries as the headquarters for the Banco dei Poveri, or Bank of the Poor,…
3. Pio Monte della Misericordia
The Pio Monte della Misericordia is marked by a distinctive five-arch portico on the Via dei Tribunali, adorned with sculptures by Andrea Falcone that depict the acts of physical mercy. This institution began in sixteen oh one, when seven…
4. Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro
The Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro is a lavishly decorated space inside the Naples Cathedral, recognizable by its Greek cross plan and dome. Unlike other parts of the cathedral, this chapel does not belong to the church…
5. Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta stands out for its nineteenth-century Neo-Gothic facade, a sharp, ornate contrast to the surrounding dense urban streetscape of Via Duomo. While many major cathedrals occupy vast, open squares, this one…
6. Donnaregina Monumental Complex - Diocesan Museum of Naples
The Donnaregina Monumental Complex is defined by the proximity of two distinct churches, Santa Maria Donnaregina Vecchia and Santa Maria Donnaregina Nuova, which house the Diocesan Museum of Naples. This site preserves a rare architectural…
7. Donnaregina Contemporary Art Museum - Madre Museum
The Madre Museum sits within the Palazzo Donnaregina, a nineteenth-century building that occupies a large portion of an ancient city block. You can distinguish the structure by the way it layers Neapolitan history, having served as a…