Location: Pendino
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The 10 Best Museums in Pendino, Campania
Romantic Naples, two hours south of Rome, is the largest city in southern Italy. It has some of the world's best opera and theater houses and is often called an open-air museum, due to its many historic statues and monuments. Join families on promenade as the sun sets on the Bay of Naples. View finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum, destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale or revel in the art and architecture of Museo Cappella Sansevero, built in the late 1500s.
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1. Sant'Anna dei Lombardi (Monteoliveto)
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5.0 based on 797 reviews
The church of Monteoliveto, or Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, is known for its quantity and quality of Renaissance artworks, such as those by tuscans Benedetto da Maiano and Antonio Rossellino, together with famed frescos by Giorgio Vasari within the Sagrestia Vecchia that make the Church one of the most relevant examples of Tuscan Renaissance in Naples. It’s also important to mention the Compianto sul Cristo Morto, a statuesque group by Guido Mazzoni from Modena. Guided Tours of the Museum are organized by the Social Cooperative ParteNeapolis.
Reviewed By RMstevenw - London, United Kingdom
We knew nothing about the church but were introduced to it by a couple of young stuff members that were promoting it outside. The church seems pretty forgettable until you reach the last chapel, a beauty all covered in frescoes by Giorgio Vasari, the illustrious tuscan artist from 1500s. Worth the visit.
2. MUSA - Museo Universitario delle Scienze e delle Arti
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5.0 based on 565 reviews
Reviewed By Travel_Jive - Scotland, United Kingdom
First, do not go here if you do not like the sight of preserved human body parts. This museum is home to many anatomical structures which have been preserved or mummified. Personally I found it fascinating, Inspiring as an artist also, but there are quiet moments of sadness. The collection is incredible and are well displayed. There are descriptions inside the display cabinet but only in Italian but you can get a tablet from the host and this will guide you through many of the displays in English. I dont know what other languages they have. We had a bit of difficulty finding the museum and ended up going through the back door. Its only open until 2pm only so come early! You need around 1-1.5 hours here to really study the works on display. You can take the metro here and you need take Line/Linea 1 and get off at stop MUSEU - It really is a captivating museum if you are interested in anatomy, science/medicine, the human analysis, etc. The host was very helpful, pleasant and welcoming. Very polite indeed! There is no admission into this museum, its free! Definitely highly recommened!
3. Ospedale delle Bambole
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5.0 based on 191 reviews
Reviewed By simonp465 - Bari, Italy
Brought the kids to the dolls hospital/ museum - permanent smiles - all very happy thanks. Easy to find in the Spacanapoli area
4. Chiesa dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo - Complesso Museale dell'Arte della Seta
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5.0 based on 461 reviews
The Association RESPIRIAMO ARTE offers a unique tour in the Church of Art of Silk of Saints Philip and James. Tour's duration is 30 minutes, it walking inside the story of noble Silk Art and includes the visit of the Church and some secret special place: the remains of frescos of XVI century, the wood Neapolitan Sacristy of XVIII century, the Crypt where men of Silk Corporation were buried and archaeological remains in the inside courtyard. A guided tour that returns to Naples the title of City of Silk. Guided tours every 40 minutes with admission until 30 minutes before the closing. The Guided Tour in English language is possible with a descriptive brochure of the places and their history but always following the tour group in Italian language.
5. Biblioteca San Lorenzo Maggiore - Fra Landolfo Caracciolo
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
6. Museo delle Arti Sanitarie
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5.0 based on 970 reviews
7. ilCartastorie - Museo dell'Archivio Storico Banco di Napoli
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5.0 based on 83 reviews
ilCartastorie, the museum at the Banco di Napoli Historical Archives, was created as a way to allow the public access to the enormous patrimony of documents from the ancient Neapolitan public banks. Within these documents are nearly 17 million names, hundreds of thousands of payments, along with detailed reasons for payment which paint a fascinating picture of Naples and all of Southern Italy during the past 450 years, from 1573 to today. ilCartastorie, in a myriad of ways, from multimedia exhibits to creative writing workshops, effectively brings back the voices, the stories and the historical events which have been immortalized in the pages of the large tomes found at the Archives.
8. Magazzini Fotografici
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5.0 based on 23 reviews
9. Museodivino
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5.0 based on 50 reviews
75 minuscule works of art born in the Neapolitan spirit of Twentieth Century: the smallest sculptures in the world of Nativity and Dante’s Divine Comedy. The SAME collection has been discovered ten years ago and we are pleased to show to visitors from all around the world a new jewel of the Neapolitan art: these miniatures are so tiny that you will need a magnifying lens to see them! And they are so beautiful that even those who don’t love miniatures get captured. The author Antonio Maria Esposito (1917-2016) did not want to be known, and only after his death this splendid collection is getting the attention that it deserves. The smallest of these works is the sculpture of a Nativity in a seed of hemp of less then three millimeters ... You will also see dozen of characters living in a in a chestnut, in a pistachio, in a cherry pit - and then, you will travel through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven with Dante’s masterpiece of Italian Literature contained ... in a chestnut.
Reviewed By ox2111 - Oxford, United Kingdom
What an amazing experience! we received a guided tour from a lovely lady who was in charge of the museum. She was obviously very passionate about hosting the collection of Priest Antonio Esposito's works and took such time and detail to explain the works to us and the cultural context and the story of Dante's divine comedy around which a lot of the works are based. The most amazing thing about this place is not just the size of the pieces (there is a nativity scene set in a 3mm wide seed!) but the fact that all this was done by the artist not for the outside world but just for personal meditation and contemplation. And the deep thought and reflection on religion, morals and society that has gone into each piece is therefore very evident. There is so much movement and feeling in the figures despite being made out of blobs of dried paint and just a few millimetres big!
10. Il Mosaico Artistico
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
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