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Museum of the Opera Pia Purgatorio ad Arco

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
Museum of the Opera Pia Purgatorio ad Arco
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The museum of the church of the «capuzzelle», with the hypogeum of the cult of the «anime pezzentelle».

The museum of the Opera Pia Purgatorio ad Arco is located in the Church of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio, on Via dei Tribunali, recognisable by the bronze skulls at the entrance.It tells the story of the confraternity and of the cult of the «anime pezzentelle»: in the hypogeum beneath the church, Neapolitans «adopted» the skulls of unknown dead, praying for them in exchange for graces.

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