Museum
ARCA – Museum of Contemporary Religious Art
Museo di arte religiosa contemporanea nel complesso di Santa Maria la Nova, con una sezione dedicata al presepe.
Palace · Napoli (NA)

An 18th-century palace in the Quartieri Spagnoli, built for the Nardones family who gave the street its name, with a curious radial overdoor.
This palace was built in the first half of the 18th century for the noble Nardones family, who also gave the street its name. Its story is typical of many buildings in the Quartieri: built as residences for aristocratic families and their households, they were later divided into flats to rent when the nobility moved towards Chiaia and Posillipo.The building has a square plan with a central courtyard, tuff walls and a single-flight staircase on cross vaults; two floors were added in the 1950s. The rebuilt façade is very plain, but we recommend pausing at the round-arched portal and above all at the curious overdoor decorated with circular motifs arranged in a sunburst.
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Museum
Museo di arte religiosa contemporanea nel complesso di Santa Maria la Nova, con una sezione dedicata al presepe.
Archaeological site
L'antico acquedotto sotterraneo di Napoli, scavato dal IV secolo a.C., cuore della Napoli Sotterranea.
Church
Antica cappella gentilizia del palazzo dei de' Grassi, signori di Pianura, con un altare settecentesco in marmi policromi.
Palace
Palazzo cinquecentesco nato come laboratorio delle monache di San Gregorio Armeno, poi convitto per orfani; oggi spazio culturale.
Beach
Church
La chiesa più importante di Ponticelli, nata come cappella rurale nel Duecento e ricca di opere d'arte; campanile con cuspide maiolicata.
Church
La «piccola San Pietro» di Capodimonte, ispirata alla basilica vaticana; accanto c'è l'ingresso delle catacombe di San Gennaro.
Napoli (NA)
Thursday, 19 March → 31 December
Napoli (NA)
Saturday, 26 September → 15 January
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