Description
A Sansevero Chapel guided tour starts in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, where you meet your guide before heading to the chapel. Inside, the Rococo decoration is elegant and dramatic, and the guide tells the stories behind what you see as you move through the rooms.
Two statues draw most of the attention, both carved so that a cloth seems to lie over the figure beneath.
- Veiled Christ, a body under a veil that looks real
- Veiled Truth, the same illusion in a second statue
- Anatomical Machines, also on view in the chapel
In one visit you take in Rococo art, two statues built on the illusion of cloth, and the Anatomical Machines. The chapel is nearly 500 years old, and the guide's stories give its sculptures a context. Afterwards an audio tour of Naples lets you carry on through the city on your own, with landmarks such as Naples Cathedral and Castel dell'Ovo. It suits anyone who wants the chapel's famous sculptures explained rather than just looked at.