Museums and Palaces in Naples, Italy

Fresco of the Poet Sappho, Pompeii, Insula Occidentalis, Archaeological Museum of Naples

The Poet Sappho, Archaeological Museum Naples’ museums are full of wonders; there you can see an impressive number of masterpieces – some of the most famous.

The unmissable museum is undoubtedly the Archaeological Museum of Naples, the famous MANN, which houses hundreds of sculptures and frescoes unearthed at Pompeii and Herculaneum that illustrate daily life in Greco-Roman antiquity.

As well as these wonders dating back two thousand years, you can also admire the famous and superb Farnese collection.

Underground Naples: Unusual and Mysterious

Lower vestibule of the Catacombs of San Gennaro in Naples, Italy

Lower vestibule of the catacombs If you have a particular fondness for the unusual and the mysterious, you’ll be in your element in the labyrinth of underground galleries that criss-cross the underground of Naples.

First and foremost, don’t miss the Borbonica Gallery with its old cars and Vespas still on display.

The catacombs are both moving and surprising in the way they’re laid out, and you can then round off your journey into Naples’ underground history by visiting Neapolis, a city beneath the city, where the Greek Agora once stood before becoming the Roman Forum in the 4th century.

The Royal Palace and Capodimonte Palace in Naples

Caravaggio, The Flagellation of Christ, Capodimonte Museum in Naples, Italy

Caravaggio, The Flagellation of Christ On returning to the surface, if you enjoy rediscovering the splendours of days gone by, you can admire them at your leisure as you wander through the halls, drawing rooms, bedrooms and antechambers of the Royal Palace of Naples.

Art lovers will want to admire the masterpieces of the great masters at the Capodimonte Palace Museum: Botticelli, Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, and even Andy Warhol.

And those interested in contemporary art should not miss Jago’s sculptures, a young, world-renowned Italian artist from the region, regarded as the new Michelangelo.

Jago’s works, which express universal themes with astonishing intensity, are a feast for the eyes as well as food for thought.

Museums Borbonica | MANN | Catacombs | Capodimonte | Royal | Jago | Neapolis | Pio Monte Caravaggio |

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