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Cappella Sansevero

Address: Via de Sanctis 19, Spaccanapoli, Naples
Phone: 081/5518470
www.museosansevero.it

Category: Religious Sites
Location: Naples

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 5.0/5

Fodor's Review:

Off Spaccanapoli, the Cappella di Santa Maria della Pietà dei Sangro, better known as the Cappella Sansevero, holds the tombs of the noble Sangro di San Severo family. Much of it was designed in the 18th century by Giuseppe Sammartino, including the centerpiece, a striking Veiled Christ carved from a single block of alabaster. If you can stomach it, take a peek in the crypt, where some of the anatomical experiments conducted by Prince Raimondo, a scion of the family and noted 18th-century alchemist, are gruesomely displayed.

Cost: EUR 6
Open: Mon. and Wed.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-1:30
Metro: Dante

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Reviewed by Frasi from west haven, ct on 11/22/07
A must see, one of the most interesting atraction in Napoli

Member Rating: 5.0
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Reviewed by clementine31129 from Rochester, NY on 9/15/07
The entire chapel is incredible by itself, but the famous sculpture of the Veiled Christ will make you cry it is so beuatiful. Literally, tears formed in my eyes. This site to visit in Naples is so underrated its criminal, but doent miss it or you will miss something that will stay with you forever. When you see art in its true and perfect state, it changes you. See the Capella Sansevero. It will change you.