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Why go
- San Gennaro’s dried blood, said to liquefy in the cathedral’s celebrated ritual
- Santa Restituta’s surviving colonnade and mosaic floor
- The baptistery’s 4th-century mosaics
- The Minutolo Chapel’s medieval frescoes, family tombs and Gothic flooring
Opening hours
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Don't miss
- Paintings above the naveFive biblical scenes decorate the carved, gilded 17th-century coffered ceiling.Central nave
- Santa Maria del Principio mosaicLello da Orvieto’s early 14th-century mosaic depicts the Madonna and Child with San Gennaro and Santa Restituta.Chapel of Santa Maria del Principio
- San Gennaro’s reliquary and statueThe New Treasury Chapel holds San Gennaro’s reliquary bust and blood ampoules, and a statue by Giuliano Finelli.New Treasury Chapel
Know before you go
- Open daily, 08:30–19:30.
- The right-hand portal traditionally opens only for special occasions, including San Gennaro celebrations or a Capece Minutolo family wedding.
- For the blood ritual, arrive about 90 minutes early to improve your chances of securing a seat.
Legends and hidden details
- Legend says disaster will befall Naples if San Gennaro’s blood fails to liquefy.
Interesting facts5
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The cathedral’s three Gothic portals align with three gables, each corresponding to one of its three naves.
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Sixteen nave piers bear busts of Naples’s first sixteen bishops, sculpted between the 17th and 18th centuries.
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100 metres
The central nave is about 100 metres long and 35 metres high.
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A cocciopesto font, made with a crushed-pottery mortar, stands at the centre of the baptistery floor.
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The left transept contains tombs of Popes Innocent IV and XII and monuments to other bishops and cardinals.
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Shorts
History
Construction continued under Charles II of Anjou. Building the Angevin cathedral cost Santa Restituta a third of its length and its façade.
- 334Bishop Zosimo built the Basilica of Santa Restituta over the ruins of a temple of Apollo.
- 1272Charles I of Anjou founded the cathedral in Angevin Gothic style.
- 1313Construction ended under Robert of Anjou.
- 1314Archbishop Umberto d’Ormont dedicated the cathedral to the Virgin of the Assumption.
- 1497–1508Cardinal Oliviero Carafa commissioned the Succorpo beneath the main altar to house San Gennaro’s body.
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- 1608–1637The New Treasury Chapel was built in thanksgiving for salvation from the 1527 plague.
- late 19th c.Enrico Alvino reworked the façade, retaining its 15th-century portal.
How to get there
- TrainThe Duomo metro stop serves the cathedral.
Sources: Naples Cathedral - Wikipedia · Naples - Wikivoyage (see) · Duomo di Napoli - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Ass… · Pianifica la tua visita - Duomo di Napoli · Duomo di Napoli - Wikipedia · Kathedrale von Neapel - Wikipedia · Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Naples… · Duomo di Napoli: description (its own site) · checked 6 Oct 2026
- Website
- duomonapoli.it/
- Phone
- +39081449097
Questions and answers
When does the blood ritual take place at Duomo di Napoli?
The rite takes place three times a year, including the first Saturday of May and 19 September.
What is Duomo di Napoli’s connection with Boccaccio?
A story in the Decameron is set in the Minutolo Chapel.
What historic church furnishings survive at Duomo di Napoli?
The cathedral preserves a 14th-century episcopal throne and a Renaissance pulpit.
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