My beautiful Naples. Part 6
In the morning we went to see the Capodimonte Museum, located in the former palace (summer residence) of the Bourbons in the city park of Capodimonte. Two weeks earlier, Naples, as well as all of Italy, was hit by hurricanes and the museum was closed for some time.
Most of Naples lies on hills and hills, so getting there is quite difficult, there are four funiculars in the city at once, each on this hill: Montesanto, Chiara, Centrale, Mergelina.
There are special paid shuttles to the Capodimonte Museum, and by public transport it is most convenient to take a bus from Piazza Dante. We decided to take the metro line 1 to the square.
New deep subway stations built in the 21st century Almost half of the existing subway stations have turned from gray dungeons into art galleries.
Achille Bonito Oliva supervised all organizational work.
He invited 100 of the most talented architects and artists to create a unique design for spacious rooms. So you need to take the time to explore these magnificent stations.
The entrance to the Garibaldi station at the station is located under a glass roof on the square in the shopping artrium.
Very comfortable escalator
One of the stations of this Toledo metro line was once named the most beautiful station in Europe. The space is really mesmerizing, as if you are moving through the starry sky.
And this is the futuristic design of the Universitet station
Here are examples of the design of some stations in Naples
We leave at the station "Dante" to the square of the same name
A city bus departs from the square, which slowly crawls for twenty-five minutes up the high hill of Capodimonte to the museum. The palace was erected by order of King Charles VII specifically for a huge collection of old paintings and sculptures, the legacy of his mother Isabella Farnese. Later, parts of the collections of other noble families appeared: Borgia, Avalos; canvases from several temples of Naples were transported here.
It can be seen that the airport is close
Because of the past hurricane and fallen trees, you can't walk around the palace park, much is fenced off.
Big plus,
that this magnificent collection of paintings is rarely visited by tourists, it is very comfortable to walk through the almost empty halls, unlike the crowds of people in the Uffizi, the Vatican, the Louvre or the Prado.
"Porcelain Salon" Wall and ceiling surfaces are covered with colored porcelain and painted stucco.
In the Titian Room
Portraits of Pope Paul III
Only a few groups of schoolchildren were brought on an excursion.
They gathered around Parmigiano's paintings.
"Portrait of a young woman"
The museum's collection contains genuine masterpieces of world art. Here are some, although I don't really like photographing paintings in museums.
you won’t find the right angle, the lighting is either bad or glare - it’s better to look in the catalogs.
An interesting triptych by the Dutchman Jos van Cleve. Behind the mirror triptych to view the reverse side
Several works by Raphael. Portrait of Cardinal Farnese
"Madon of Divine Love"
His God the Father and the Virgin Mary
Laughing Democritus, by Carraci
"The Blind" by Brueghel the Elder
Artemisia Gentileschi. "Annunciation" and "Judith and Holofernes"
"Apollo and Marsyas". Luca Giordano.
According to the story, Marsyas lost the competition in music to Apollo and he tore off his skin.
Botticelli "Madonna and two angels"
El Greco "Boy kindling a torch" and "Portrait of Giulio Clovio"
Sebastian del Piombio, "Madonna"
I really liked this painting by Jakob de Bakker
The Flagellation of Christ by Carravaggio is presented in a separate room, there are always a lot of people there
In general, the collection of paintings is the richest, there is Mazzacio, and versions of Titian's Magdalene and Danae, and Goya, and Bellini, Guido Reni, Mantegna, de Ribera, as well as a tapestry hall, a collection of porcelain, weapons.
We also went down on the bus back, it's good that the locals advised us not to wait, but to go down a little ahead. Several routes stop there.
To be continued
