CHURCHES

MUSEUMS

MONUMENTS

Archeological Museum

Museum of St. Martino   

Capodimonte Museums  

Royal Palace-Capodimonte Museums  

On the hill of the same name are the beautiful Royal Palace and the Park. The architect Antonio Medrano built the Royal Palace as a hunting lodge for the king Charles III of Bourbon in 1743.

The pre-existent wood was arranged as a park with rare and exotic plants creating a splendid landscape and garden. Strolling in the park you can visit the Villa of the Princes, the famous Porcelain factory, the curious Chapel of San Gennaro, the Cottage of the Queen and the Capuchin monastery.

The magnificent Royal Palace houses now The National Gallery of Naples with the splendid Farnese collection that together with various other collections give an overview of Italian and European art, including works by Titian, Botticelli, Perugino, Raphael and Caravaggio.

Alalanta e Ippomene by Guido Reni 1622 - 1625

Guido Reni is considered the most elegant painter in the history of art.

Flagelation of Christ by Caravaggio 1606

In this painting there are all the typical elements of the extreme expressive phase of the artist.