Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro

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Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro
Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro
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Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro
Established2003
LocationVia Duomo, 149 Naples, Italy
Coordinates 40°51′08″N14°15′34″E / 40.85222°N 14.25944°E / 40.85222; 14.25944
Type religious artifacts
Website museosangennaro.it

The Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro is a museum of religious relics in Naples, in Campania in southern Italy.

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It was opened in December 2003.[ citation needed ]

The collection includes a large numbers of ex voto s as well as silver and gold objects, paintings, bronze busts and an eighteenth-century gilded litter which was formerly used to carry the effigy of St. Januarius in processions. [1] : 27  [2] : 491 

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References

  1. ↑ Cristian Bonetto, Josephine Quintero (2010). Napoli e la Costiera Amalfitana (in Italian). Guide città EDT/Lonely Planet. Torino: EDT. ISBN   9788860405401.
  2. ↑ Ros Belford (2014). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Italy. London: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN   9780241013502.

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