Naples Museums

Naples is the third-largest city in Italy after Rome and Milan. First settled by Greeks in the second millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world.

The city was an essential part of Magna Graecia, played a significant role in the merging of Greek and Roman society and a vital cultural center under the Romans.

It served as the capital of the Duchy of Naples (661–1139), then of the Kingdom of Naples (1282–1816), and finally of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861.

Naples is also considered the capital of the Baroque since Caravaggio arrived in the city in the 17th century. Naples’ historic city center is the largest in Europe, with a wide range of culturally and historically significant sites nearby, including the Palace of Caserta and the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A Virtual Tour of the Museums in Naples

Naples National Archaeological Museum
Museo Cappella Sansevero
Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte
Naples underground geothermal zone
Royal Palace of Naples
Catacombs of San Gennaro
Donnaregina Contemporary Art Museum – Madre Museum
Galleria Borbonica
MUSA – Museo Universitario delle Scienze e delle Arti
Castel Sant’Elmo
Certosa e Museo di San Martino
Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro
Castel Nuovo
Donnaregina Monumental Complex – Naples Diocesan Museum
Pignatelli Museum
Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano
Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri

Naples

City: Naples
Italian: Napoli
Country: Italy
Demonym: Napoletano, Neapolitan (English)
Population: 1 million

A Virtual Tour of Museums in Italy

Rome Museums and Historical Sites

The Vatican Museums
Capitoline Museums
St. Peter’s Basilica
National Roman Museum
Galleria Borghese

Florence Museums

Uffizi Gallery
Accademy’s Gallery
Palazzo Pitti

Milan Museums

Santa Maria Delle Grazie
Sforza Castle Museums
Brera Art Gallery, Pinacoteca di Brera
Museo Poldi Pezzoli

Bologna Museums

The Archaeological Civic Museum (MCA) of Bologna
Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita

Venice Museums

Gallerie dell’Accademia

National Archaeological Museum, Naples

Italian Proverbs and Quotes

Italian Proverbs and Quotes

Map of Museums in Naples

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“I won’t say another word about the beauties of the city and its situation, which have been described and praised often. As they say here, “Vedi Napoli e poi muori! — See Naples and die!” One can’t blame the Neapolitan for never wanting to leave his city, nor its poets singing its praises in lofty hyperboles: it would be wonderful even if a few more Vesuviuses were to rise in the neighbourhood.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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