Museo diocesano di Capua

About the museum

The diocesan museum of Capua was inaugurated in 1992 in the Chapel of the Body of Christ (Cappella del Corpo di Cristo), adjoining the cathedral. Its roots go back to the second half of the 19th century, when Cardinal Giuseppe Cosenza began to gather the fragments of inscriptions and the antiquities scattered throughout the cathedral.

The cathedral was severely hit by the bombings of 1943; the museum took in materials from its chapels and works from churches closed to worship after the earthquake of 1980.

On the first level are paintings from the 14th to the 18th century, capitals, coats of arms, sacred furnishings and a sepulchral slab; on the second level are Roman cinerary urns of the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. Some very precious objects, such as the covers of the Evangelario di Alfano (Gospel book of Alfanus), are not displayed for security reasons.

Highlights

• Paintings from the 14th to the 18th century
• Roman cinerary urns of the 1st to 3rd centuries AD
• Capitals, coats of arms and sacred furnishings of the cathedral
• Materials recovered after the bombings of 1943 and the earthquake of 1980

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione permanente del museo diocesano – Paintings, capitals, coats of arms and sacred furnishings on the first level; Roman cinerary urns on the second level.

Founded

1992

Operated by

Arcidiocesi di Capua

Visitors per year

approx. 800

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