The Sansevero Chapel (also known as the church of Santa Maria della Pietà or Pietatella) is one of the most important museums in Naples. Located near the 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 privately access the place of worship. The chapel houses masterpieces such as the “Veiled Christ” by Giuseppe Sanmartino, known throughout the world for his marble veil that almost rests on the Dead Christ, the “Pudicizia” by Antonio Corradini and the Disinganno by Francesco Queirolo, and is as a whole a singular complex full of meanings. It also houses numerous other works of fine workmanship or unusual, such as the anatomical machines, two completely defleshed bodies where it is possible to observe, in great detail, the entire circulatory system.
