Fascinating virtual visits to the San Gennaro Treasure Museum in Naples: discovering the largest treasure in the world!
Il Treasure Museum of San Gennaro in Naples organize interesting and fascinating virtual visits, to let everyone know this directly from home extraordinary place and its incredible history.
A real journey back in time to discover fascinating masterpieces donated, over time, by the devotees of San Gennaro who led to the creation in about 700 years of the largest treasure in the world, after that of the Crown of England.
The treasure of San Gennaro
Through the virtual visits presented by Paolo Jorio and available on museum website you can observe the majestic treasure from Reliquary for the blood of San Gennaro, the famous ampoules with the blood of the Saint shown on the occasion of the extraordinary Miracle and which were commissioned by King Robert of Anjou, who had them set in a precious display case.
Then the San Gennaro treasure necklace, made in about 250 years with the gifts of kings and queens, nobles and ordinary people. Commissioned in 1679 to the Neapolitan goldsmith Michele Dato, as an ornament for the Bust of San Gennaro, the necklace was later enlarged with other precious stones donated from kings and queens who reigned or who passed through Naples and who transformed the necklace into a extremely valuable object, full of golds, diamonds and emeralds.
These are only two of the extraordinary jewels contained in the San Gennaro Treasure Museum, so we advise you not to miss this fantastic appointment to discover the other fascinating objects.
