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Le principali bellezze monumentali di Napoli
) National Archeological Museum
The most important archaeological museum in Italy, hosted in a building with a complex and interesting architectural history. Born towards the end of the sixteenth century as a stable, in 1612 it was turned into a “Palace of the Studies”, venue of the University. In 1777 it was chosen as the seat of the “Real Bourbon Museum”, to host the rich archaeological, artistic and bibliographic collections and the cultural institutions related to it, like the Royal Bourbon Society and the School of Fine Arts. Garibaldi gave it the name of “National Museum” and, during the twentieth century, with the shift of the library to the Royal Palace and of the pinacotheca to Capodimonte, it was finally devoted to the Archaeological Museum. Many are the important collection here preserved, like the extraordinary Farnese collection with its archeological finds of the Vesuvian area coming from the Ercolanese Museum in Portici (among which are frescoes, sculptures, bronzes, ivories, bones, terracotta, glass windows, vases and mosaics), the collections of the Palatine Museum, created by Carolina Murat, the important numismatic collections of the University of Naples and Carelli, the collection of Etruscan vases Falconet, the Egyptian collection with mummies, mummy-cases, mirrors, vases, the collection of vases and terracotta Gargiulo, the collection from Cuma, the Santangelo collection, with findings coming from southern Italy and the Stevens collection from Cuma.
Dates of this event
01/01/2010 - 31/12/2011 |
) San Severo’s Chapel
San Severo’s Chapel, located in the heart of Naples, is bound to the popularity of its genial creator, Raimondo de Sangro, prince of San Severo (Torremaggiore 1710 – Napoli 1771), follower of the Enlightenment, a soldier, a man of letters, a patron of arts, the first meatro of the Neapolitan Masonry, and yet, most of all, a genial inventor. He granted an esoteric and obscure value to knowledge and this is why he was always reluctant to reveal its discoveries. Part of his knowledge can be deduced from the chapel’s symbolism, a real jewel of the baroque creativity, beauty and mystery. Among its masterpieces are the “Veiled Christ”, famous for its marble texture of its veil, the “Release from deception” and cryptic anatomical models, an unresolved mystery still today: two skeletons or, according to some, the reconstrution of two skeleton with an impressive accurate reconstruction of the arteriovenous.
Dates of this event 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2011 Web Site: http://www.museosansevero.it/index.php
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) National Capodimonte Museum
The museum is located in the Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte, which sits in an idyllic park on a hill overlooking Naples. It contains one of Italy’s finest painting collections.
When Charles III inherited the extensive Farnese Collection in 1735, he moved it to this city palace, which was originally planned to be the royal residence. From 1759 to 1806 the palace was both a residence and a museum, in which the invaluable Farnese collection was exhibited.Only in the French period from 1806 to 1815, the palace was a residence, whose rooms were furnished for the new rulers. In these years all paintings and works of art were brought in the Palazzo degli Studi. After the Italian Unification (1861) the Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte passed to the Italian king house Savoia, which gave it to the Italian state in 1920. In the 50's other paintings were added from the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Napoli to the existing collections. The Museum as you can see it today was opened in 1957 and houses exhibitions of different topics: In one of the wings on the ground floor, you can see changing exhibitions. The graphics collection and the paintings of the 19th century are located on the mezanine floor. On the first floor, you find the former Farnese Collection and the outstanding craftwork of the Capodimonte School like porcelain and glass- and ceramic tableware. On the two other upper floors you can see a significant collection of paintings with works of the Renaissance (e.g., Titian, Raphael, Botticelli, and Tintoretto), and the “Neapolitan Gallery” exhibits works from the 13th to the 19th century. Besides the paintings of the 19th century, the second floor has also a collection of contemporary art. You’ll find works of Jannis Kounellis, Alberto Burri, and Sigmar Polke, and you can also admire the pop art painting “Vesuvius” by Andy Warhol. Dates of this event 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2011 Web Site: http://www.museo-capodimonte.it/
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) Theatre San Carlo
In fact, King Charles wished to give to endow his capital city with a grand house to replace the old and crumbling San Bartolomeo.
On March 4th, 1737 a contract was signed with architect Giovanni Antonio Medrano and with Angelo Carasale. This contract was fulfilled with astonishing precision: as early as November 4th, 1737 - the king's nameday - San Carlo was inaugurated with Metastasio's opera Achille in Sciro, set into music by Domenico Sarro, who also conducted the orchestra, and with two ballets as intermezzos created by Gaetano Grossatesta. The part of Achilles, as was usual at that time, was performed by a woman, Vittoria Tesi, known as the "Moretta" who sang along with primo soprano Anna Peruzzi, known as "la Parrucchierina", and tenor Angelo Amorevoli. Now carefully restored to its former splendour, the San Carlo is the oldest working theatre in Europe (41 years older than Milano's Scala and 51 years older than Venice's Fenice) its regular seasons having only been interrupted once, in 1874 and 1875 - due to a lack of funds. Neither the 1816 fire nor the Second World War put a halt to its activity: after the 1816 fire the theatre was rebuilt in a mere six months and during the war a series of concerts for the armed forces was staged in lieu of operas. The San Carlo shares with La Scala the record for the first Italian ballet school (1812) whilst its set design school opened as early as 1816. Dates of this event 01/04/2010 - 31/03/2013 Web Site: http://www.teatrosancarlo.it/index.php
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