The Sansevero chapel (also known as the church of Santa Maria della Pietà or Pietatella) is among the most important museums in Naples. Located near Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, this church, now deconsecrated, is adjacent to the family palace of the princes of Sansevero, separated from it by an alley once surmounted by a suspension bridge that allowed family members to access the place privately of worship. The chapel houses masterpieces such as the "Veiled Christ" by Giuseppe Sanmartino, known throughout the world for its marble veil that almost rests on the dead Christ, the "Pudicizia" by Antonio Corradini and the Disinganno by Francesco Queirolo, and it is in his together a singular and meaningful complex. It also hosts numerous other works of exquisite workmanship or unusual, such as anatomical machines, two totally stripped bodies where it is possible to observe, in great detail, the entire circulatory system.
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