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=== Museums === {{See also|List of museums in Naples}} [[File:Napoli, museo archeologico2.jpg|left|thumb|[[National Archaeological Museum, Naples|National Archaeological Museum]]]] [[File:Museo Capodimonte Napoli facciata Sudovest.jpg|thumb|[[Museo di Capodimonte|National Museum of Capodimonte]]]] Naples is widely known for its wealth of historical museums. The [[Naples National Archaeological Museum]] is one of the city's main museums, with one of the most extensive collections of [[artifact (archaeology)|artefacts]] of the [[Roman Empire]] in the world.<ref name="bestnap" /> It also houses many of the antiques unearthed at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]], as well as some artefacts from the [[Magna Graecia|Greek]] and [[Italian Renaissance|Renaissance]] periods.<ref name="bestnap">{{cite news |url=http://www.best.unina.it/ac07/napoli.htm |publisher=Best.unina.it |title=Napoli |date=8 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915120247/http://www.best.unina.it/ac07/napoli.htm |archive-date=15 September 2007}}</ref> Previously a Bourbon palace, now a museum and art gallery, the [[Museo di Capodimonte]] is another museum of note. The [[List of works in the Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte|gallery features paintings]] from the 13th to the 18th centuries, including major works by [[Simone Martini]], [[Raphael]], [[Titian]], [[Caravaggio]], [[El Greco]], [[Jusepe de Ribera]] and [[Luca Giordano]]. The royal apartments are furnished with antique 18th-century furniture and a collection of [[porcelain]] and [[Victorian majolica|majolica]] from the various royal residences: the famous [[Capodimonte porcelain|Capodimonte Porcelain Factory]] once stood just adjacent to the palace. In front of the [[Royal Palace of Naples]] stands the [[Galleria Umberto I]], which contains the [[Coral Jewellery Museum]]. Occupying a 19th-century palazzo renovated by the Portuguese architect [[รlvaro Siza]], the [[Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina]] (MADRE) features an [[enfilade]] procession of permanent installations by artists such as [[Francesco Clemente]], [[Richard Serra]], and [[Rebecca Horn]].<ref>Aric Chen (18 September 2005). [http://travel.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/travel/18going.html Going to Naples] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628090048/http://travel.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/travel/18going.html |date=28 June 2012 }}. ''[[New York Times]]''. Retrieved 30 January 2013.</ref> The 16th-century palace of Roccella hosts the Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, which contains the civic collections of art belonging to the City of Naples, and features temporary exhibits of art and culture. Palazzo Como, which dates from the 15th century, hosts the [[Museo Civico Filangieri]] of [[plastic arts]], created in 1883 by [[Gaetano Filangieri, prince of Satriano|Gaetano Filangieri]].
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