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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 16:39:00

Set on a wooded hill at the northern edge of Naples, the Museo di Capodimonte occupies the grand royal palace begun by the Bourbon king Charles VII in 1738 and is one of the largest art galleries in Italy. The collection brings together paintings, sculpture, decorative arts and works on paper covering more than seven centuries of European art. The palace was built to house the Farnese family collection that Charles VII had inherited from his mother, including some of the most important painting...