Pio Monte della Misericordia

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  • Address
    Via dei Tribunali 253, Spaccanapoli
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  • Phone
    44 69 44
  • Transport
    bus: CS to Via Duomo
  • Thu-Tue 08:30 - 14:00

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Lonely Planet review

Caravaggio's masterpiece Le Sette Opere di Misericordia (The Seven Acts of Mercy) is considered by many to be the single most important painting in Naples. And it's here that you'll see it, hung above the main altar of this small octagonal church. A disturbing image, it depicts two angels reaching down towards a group of shadowy Neapolitan characters, while on the right a hungry grey-bearded man is breast-fed by a young woman.

On the 1st floor of the 17th-century church, a small art gallery boasts a fine collection of Renaissance and baroque paintings by names such as Francesco de Mura, Giuseppe de Ribera and Paul van Somer.