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.
Historic theatre · Napoli (NA)

The great theatre commissioned by Charles of Bourbon in 1737 beside the Royal Palace, a symbol of court life and music in Naples.
In the 18th century the theatre was a central social venue, a mirror of the king's power and of court society. When Charles of Bourbon came to the throne in 1734, the city's existing halls were by then small and ill-suited to the prestige of the new monarchy. So in 1737 the sovereign ordered the construction of a theatre worthy of the capital.The project was entrusted to the military engineer Giovanni Antonio Medrano, together with Angelo Carasale. The theatre rose beside the Royal Palace, in a convenient position for the court and between two wide open spaces useful for the passage of carriages. What we admire today is the result of early 19th-century works: as you enter, we suggest imagining the splendour of the Bourbon evenings.
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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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