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Particularly interesting is the architectural design and decoration of the building, featuring numerous frescoes, marble paneling, woodcarvings, and floor mosaics, which were created by well-known
artists of the 16th and 17th century.
Worth seeing is also the church, Chiesa delle Donne, which is beautifully decorated with Lanfranco frescoes. After it was extended and restored in the 16th and 17th century, the church
consists today of one single nave and three cross vaults.
The museum is located in the former living quarters of the prior and the monks’ cells. In over 70 halls, it displays exhibits from different eras of
Naples’s city history. There are paintings and sculptures from the 13th to the 19th century as well as a folk art section, a marine- and a Vesuvius section.
Furthermore, you can see a famous collection of Neapolitan nativity scenes including the remarkable Presepe Cuciniello (Cuciniello’s crib), which consists of 162 people, 80 animals, 28 angels, and about 450 miniature items, among the finest nativity scenes in the world.
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