Museo diocesano di Aversa

About the museum

The Museo diocesano di Aversa was established in 1995 inside the cathedral of San Paolo and holds the artistic and liturgical heritage of the cathedral.

The route is divided into two parts: a section in the ambulatory of the cathedral, with architectural, sculptural and liturgical finds, and a second section in the Loreto side chapel and the Tesoro Vecchio (Old Treasury).

Among the works preserved are sacred silverware from the 17th and 18th centuries by important Neapolitan workshops, documents from the Norman period, the Madonna with the Gonfalon, a canvas signed and dated by Francesco Solimena, and several panels from the second half of the 15th century by Angiolillo Arcuccio, including the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Of particular importance is also the marble slab of the 11th century with Saint George and the dragon, one of the few pre-Romanesque sculptures in southern Italy.

Highlights

• Madonna with the Gonfalon by Francesco Solimena
• Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian by Angiolillo Arcuccio
• 11th-century marble slab with Saint George and the dragon
• Sacred silverware from Neapolitan workshops of the 17th and 18th centuries
• Documents from the Norman period

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione permanente – Works and liturgical objects from the cathedral, displayed in the ambulatory and the Loreto chapel with the Tesoro Vecchio.

Founded

1995

Operated by

Diocesi di Aversa

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