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

A baroque jewel within the larger Gothic cathedral of Naples, the Royal Chapel of the Treasure of Saint Januarius houses the most venerated relics in the city: two ampoules of dried blood that, since at least the fourteenth century, have been the focus of a recurring miracle in which the blood is said to liquefy at certain moments of the year. The chapel was built in the early seventeenth century to fulfil a public vow taken by the people of Naples during a plague in 1526. The architects France...