Myths
For over three thousand years Naples has lived and nourished itself on myth. The origins linked to Partenope, the deeds of Virgil the magician, the diving of the fish-man, the ravenous crocodile of the Angevin male…. these myths represent a large part of the city's fascination with people around the world. The room enchants through the myths it evokes and since the most famous myth concerns the very birth of the city of Naples and has the mermaid Partenope as its protagonist... a tub in which to immerse yourself could not be missing. Suitable for intimate people.
Votes
Symbol of a popular tradition that mixes sacred and profane aspects, unconsciously carrying forward an ancient way of interfacing with divinity, the ex voto is a thank you for a good received, the symbol of a debt of gratitude and at the same time the settlement of the debt same. A large part of the votive offerings are linked to recoveries from illnesses. In response to these healings, as a "grace received", there was and still is the tradition of offering as a votive offering an object, usually made of silver, depicting the healed part of the body. So you can find many objects in the shape of hands, feet, busts, eyes...
Rites
Magic, superstition and superstition have been mixed since ancient times in Neapolitan culture. They have their roots in the miseries and misfortunes that struck the city of Naples. “Being superstitious is ignorant, but not being superstitious is bad luck”, said the great Eduardo De Filippo. One of the symbols of this city, Totò, played the jettatore, or the unfortunate possessor of bad luck. To combat bad luck, various superstitious rites and amulets have been developed: from the horn to the horseshoe, from the hunchback to the garlic wreath...
Cunti
Naples has a myriad of stories to tell. They start from distant times and arrive until today, a path along which great writers and scholars have passed, such as Matilde Serao, Benedetto Croce, Eduardo de Filippo and many other illustrious Neapolitans who have told them. The room recalls them, among the pages of the books suspended on the walls, bright books placed on the tables. The veiled image of modesty of the Sansevero chapel recalls that of Bella 'Mbriana and the gecko in which she silently populates the walls. Small niches, illuminated by the flickering light of nativity scene flames, welcome souls from purgatory to which a myriad of stories are linked...
Faiths
In the city of 500 domes, 52 patrons, 2000 votive shrines, the room tells of an aspect of the culture of the Neapolitan people: devotion. The furnishing elements of the room draw on that naively popular iconography of images which, in the most ancient South, have always illuminated the dark corners of old crowded alleys, or the hidden and forgotten recesses of immense and labyrinthine houses, creating a magical atmosphere , suggestive, dreamlike….
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