Culture
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Museums & Galleries
The National Archaeological
Museum
 Considered
to be one of the most important galleries in the world, the National
Archaeological Museum contains valuable and very ancient collections
from the classic age. Outstanding among these are interesting sculptural
discoveries from Herculaneum and Pompei and various objects that belonged
to the Farnese family. The latter are part of important finds made
during the sixteenth century at the Caracalla Spa. The museum boasts
numerous funerary and religious objects, as well as very beautiful
mosaics from the villas built in the Vesuvius area. Located in the
centre of the piazza of the same name, the museum is open every day,
except Mondays, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Museum and National Gallery
of Capodimonte
 The
Royal Palace of Capodimonte is an eighteenth-century construction
built according to the orders of King Charles of Bourbon. The gatherings
of art housed here include: on the first floor, the Nineteenth-Century
Hall, the historic apartment and the museum, and on the second
floor, the National Gallery, containing
works by Simone Martini, Masaccio, Perugino, Raphael, Botticelli,
Mantegna, Michelangelo, Rosso Fiorentino and other noted artists.
The Nineteenth-Century Hall displays sculptures and paintings prevalently
from the Neapolitan School, while in the Museum one finds nineteenth-century
European paintings, gatherings of porcelain and majolica, tapestries,
drawings and prints.
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The Ceramic Museum
 Located
inside Villa Floridiana, a neo-classic building on the Vomero hills,
the Ceramic Museum houses more than six thousand pieces including
splendid examples from the Neapolitan and European porcelain schools,
valuable glassware, sixteenth century majolica ware from Faenza and
enamels from Limoges. There is a remarkable collection of lustre majolica
from the Saxon manufacturer Meissen, from Bourbon Capodimonte and
Naples and from the Marquis Ginori in Doccia. There is also beautiful
renaissance majolica ware from Deruta, Gubbio and Faenza and seventeenth
century majolica from the Castelli d'Abruzzo. The Duke of Martina's
collections include venetian glassware, Chinese and Japanese porcelain,
jade and enamels. Alongside these you can see keys, ivories and sacred
objects and valuable antique furniture. The museum is open to the
public every day, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., except Mondays.
Nightlife
For Nightlife, the beautiful Piazza Bellini
is a popular drinking spot, where tables spill out from the surrounding
bars. The atmosphere, especially in summer, is great and the crowd
is trendy. Discotheques you will find along the seacoast drive. |
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