Naples - Naples, Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast - page 83

Box Office (see 10)

60 Galleria 19 B3

Shopping

61 Ars Neapolitana C2

62 Charcuterie B4

63 Cilento A6

64 Colonnese B3

65 Elia's Vintage B3

66 Giuseppe Ferrigno C3

67 Kiphy B3

68 La Duchessa F2

69 La Scarabattola C3

70 Limonè C2

71 Mercato di Porta Nolana F3

72 Salvatore Malinconico B3

73 Scriptura B3

Cappella Sansevero
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( 081 551 84 70; www.museosansevero.it ; Via de Sanctis 19; adult/reduced €7/5;
10am-5.40pm Mon & Wed-Sat, 10am-1.10pm Sun; Dante) It's in this Masonic-in-
spired chapel that you'll find Giuseppe Sanmartino's incredible sculpture, Cristo velato
(Veiled Christ), its marble veil so realistic that it's tempting to try to lift it and view Christ
underneath. It's one of several artistic wonders, which also include Francesco Queirolo's
sculpture Disinganno (Disillusion), Antonio Corradini's Pudicizia (Modesty) and riot-
ously colourful frescoes by Francesco Maria Russo, the latter untouched since their cre-
ation in 1749.
Originally built around the end of the 16th century to house the tombs of the di Sangro
family, the chapel was given its current baroque fit-out by Prince Raimondo di Sangro
who, between 1749 and 1766, commissioned the finest artists to lavish the interior. In
Queirolo's Disinganno , the man trying to untangle himself from a net represents Rai-
mondo's father, Antonio, Duke of Torremaggiore. After the premature death of his wife,
Antonio abandoned the young Raimondo, choosing instead a life of travel and hedonistic

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