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Write a review of a building or monument you know, explaning why it is important to your town Among the many buildings and monuments you may see in Naples, you can't help but see the Saint Severo Chapel, situated in the historic centre of the city. The Chapel is a private museum that belongs to the heirs of the S. Severo Prince, Raimondo di Sangro, who lived in Naples in the XVIII century. This is an essential place not only for those love arts, but especially for those who are passionate about mistery and esotericism. Indeed, Raimondo di Sangro was known for being a genial scientist, inventor, alchemist and freemason and the Chapel, built by himself, represents the compendium of the Prince's vast knowledge. Inside the museum, figurative art's lovers will be fascinated by the extraordinary collection of sculptures, that includes masterpieces as "la Pudicizia Velata" (the Veiled Truth), "il Disinganno" (the Release from Deception) and especially "il Cristo Velato" (the Veiled Christ), one of the most famous sculptures in the world, carved by Giuseppe Sanmartino. Mistery lovers will find good reasons for visit this place for the complicated weave of symbols that covers the Chapel and for the presence fo two dead-bodies called "Macchine Anatomiche" (Anatomic Models), that, according to the legend, in life were two servants killed and mummified by the Prince using a liquid of his own making, capable of metallizing the circulatory system. In short, the S. Severo Chapel is a unique place in the world that implies a traverl in the mind of an equally unique man.

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Write a review of a building or monument you know, explaning why it is important to your town

Among the many buildings and monuments you may see in Naples, you can't help but see the Saint Severo Chapel, situated in the historic centre of the city.
The Chapel is a private museum that belongs to the heirs of the S. Severo Prince, Raimondo di Sangro, who lived in Naples in the XVIII century.
This is an essential place not only for those love arts, but especially for those who are passionate about mistery mystery and esotericism. Indeed, Raimondo di Sangro was known for being a genial scientist, inventor, alchemist and freemason and the Chapel that he built, built by himself, represents the compendium of the Prince's vast knowledge.
Inside the museum, figurative art's lovers will be fascinated by the extraordinary collection of sculptures, that includes masterpieces such as "la Pudicizia Velata" (the Veiled Truth), "il Disinganno" (the Release from Deception) and especially "il Cristo Velato" (the Veiled Christ), one of the most famous sculptures in the world, carved by Giuseppe Sanmartino.
Mistery Mystery lovers will find good reasons for visiting this place; for the complicated weave of symbols that covers the Chapel, and for the presence of fo two dead-bodies called "Macchine Anatomiche" (Anatomic Models), that, according to the legend, in life were in life two servants who were killed and mummified by the Prince using a liquid of his own making, capable of metallizing the circulatory system.
In short, the S. Severo Chapel is a unique place in the world that allows you to travel implies a traverl in the mind of an equally unique man.

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