Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro

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Baroque architecture Catholic religious building chapel

The Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro is an ornate Baroque chapel in Naples, Italy, renowned for housing the precious relics and treasury of the city’s patron saint, Januarius (San Gennaro).

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro canonical	2
Chapel of San Gennaro	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque architecture ⓘ Catholic religious building ⓘ chapel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Chapel of the Treasure of St. Januarius NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque ⓘ
associatedWith	cult of Saint Januarius ⓘ miracle of the liquefaction of the blood of Saint Januarius ⓘ
builtFor	City of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityPatron	Saint Januarius NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	city authorities of Naples ⓘ
constructionEnd	1646 ⓘ
constructionStart	1608 ⓘ
contains	bronze gates ⓘ frescoes ⓘ marble altars ⓘ paintings ⓘ precious reliquaries ⓘ relics of Saint Januarius ⓘ silver busts of saints ⓘ treasury of Saint Januarius NERFINISHED ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Januarius NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ
hasDecoration	gilded ornamentation ⓘ polychrome marble ⓘ stucco decoration ⓘ
hasFeature	central dome ⓘ main altar ⓘ side chapels ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Naples ⓘ
locatedIn	Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ Naples Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ historic center of Naples ⓘ
notableFor	devotional importance to the people of Naples ⓘ rich treasury of liturgical objects ⓘ sumptuous Baroque interior ⓘ
partOf	Naples Cathedral complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronage	municipality of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to house the relics of Saint Januarius ⓘ to house the treasury of Saint Januarius ⓘ
region	Campania NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significance	important pilgrimage site ⓘ major example of Neapolitan Baroque art ⓘ votive offering of the city of Naples to Saint Januarius ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Januarius → associatedWith → Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro ⓘ

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta → contains → Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro ⓘ

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta → hasChapel → Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chapel of San Gennaro