Naples – Day 4.
We bought the Cathedral Museum tickets from the Filangieri Museum so we would not have to wait in a queue when the cathedral museum reopened for ‘business’. We did the right thing because when cathedral museum opened we were first to go in and could look around without anybody to disturb us. Beautiful church ornaments all around the place made for a wonderful visit. This is a bejeweled necklace made for Saint Januarius. The museum was in complete darkness except for some LED lights placed in chosen places for special effects.
Some information about this precious necklace: “In 1679, the Most Excellent Deputation of the Royal Chapel of the Treasure of Saint Januarius commissioned the master goldsmith Michele Dato to create a necklace for the reliquary bust of the saint, using several jewels belonging to the treasure. However other jewels donated by Kings, aristocrats and devotees were added in the following centuries. The result is a gorgeous composition of jewels, all of great value and illustrious provenance created by different craftsmen at different times.”
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Ian
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