Charterhouse San Martino, new section dedicated to the largest polychrome fictile complex of the Southern Renaissance

As of Aug. 10, the ticket office at the Charterhouse and Museum of San Martino is back in operation daily, open except on Wednesdays, the day the museum is closed, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on Sundays until 4 p.m. The restoration of on-site ticketing throughout the week will facilitate access for visitors to the Charterhouse, who can also purchase tickets online at coopculture.it.

The Charterhouse’s scenic gardens, overlooking the Gulf and the city of Naples, have also been reopened to the public. The green area that is once again accessible is the highest part of the terraces that slope down from the hill of San Martino to the old city center, where gardens and Mediterranean-grown vegetable gardens have always coexisted.

The museum itinerary has recently been enriched with an exhibition section dedicated to the Cona dei Lani, from the church of Sant’Eligio al Mercato: exceptional evidence of the 16th-century phase of the Angevin church destroyed by bombing in 1943. The specially equipped room of the Museum of the Charterhouse of San Martino has been telling the story of the most impressive polychrome fictile complex of the Southern Renaissance since June. It is a monumental set of terracotta works that were part of the rich decoration of the destroyed Lani chapel in the church of Sant’Eligio al Mercato. In the course of the complex modern restoration and assemblage, numerous figures were reassembled from fragments, including Sybils and Prophets, Christ the Redeemer, the scene of the Adoration of the Child, the scene of the choir of musician angels, as well as the recovery of the Virgin and the predella with the Stories and Martyrdom of St. Cyriac.

Charterhouse San Martino, new section dedicated to the largest polychrome fictile complex of the Southern Renaissance

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