Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro
Museum in Naples
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The Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro is a museum of religious relics in Naples, in Campania in southern Italy.
Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro | |
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| Established | 2003 |
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| Location | Via Duomo, 149, Naples, Italy |
| Coordinates | 40°51′08″N 14°15′34″E |
| Type | religious artifacts |
| Website | museosangennaro |
It was opened in December 2003.[citation needed]
The collection includes a large number of ex votos as well as silver and gold objects, paintings, bronze busts and an eighteenth-century gilded litter which was formerly used to carry the effigy of St. Januarius in processions.[1]: 27 [2]: 491
