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10:30 / 13:30

Thu - Fri - Sat - Sun

10:30 / 13:30

"Nonne Sfruculià 'A Mazzarella!"

The flowering staff of St. Joseph lives here.

From legend to proverb. The relic that in 1795 inspired one of the most famous sayings of Naples.

The monumental complex

The church

The architectural events that saw the foundation of the eighteenth-century layout and the late nineteenth-century renovation of the current church of San Giuseppe dei Nudi were quite complex and concerned the construction of the definitive seat on the plain of the Costigliola starting from 1743, when the institution He obtained from Duke Domenico Carafa, in perpetual concession, the soil bordering his palace at the Costigliola.

The museum

The museum, which occupies a portion of the eighteenth-century building of the monumental complex, includes the historical archive and the church with its magnificent 18th century organ, as well as the historic garden. There are six exhibition rooms where it will be possible to admire, along the leitmotif of the history of the institution, which covers about three centuries, paintings, sculptures and reliquaries that constitute only a part of the institution's heritage.

The garden

This strip of greenery is set in the popular neighborhood, where children play football on the street, a few meters from the National Archaeological Museum and the Galleria Principe di Napoli, with the large red palace that rises from the staircase, the scene of the filming of Filomena Marturano del 1951: Caracciolo Palace in Melissano.

Events and news

Presentation of Paolino Cantalupo’s novel at the San Giuseppe dei Nudi Foundation

Presentation of the new novel by Paolino Cantalupo at the San Giuseppe dei Nudi Foundation The cultural commitment of the Real Monte Foundation and the Archconfraternity

Presentation of the book “San Leucio. A Company Town in the Kingdom of Naples”

Napoli, 8 luglio 2025 – La Fondazione Real Monte ed Arciconfraternita di San Giuseppe dell’Opera di Vestire i Nudi è lieta di annunciare la presentazione del libro “San Leucio. Una company town nel Regno di Napoli”

Presentation of the book Barbaro

Naples, July 8, 2025 – The Royal Monte Foundation and the Archconfraternity of San Giuseppe dell'Opera di Vestire i Nudi are pleased to announce the presentation of the book "San Leucio. A Company Town in the Kingdom of Naples" by Gerardo Cringoli.

The Foundation

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Relic of St. Joseph’s Stick

He comes from afar, traveled between Palestine and Egypt, crossed Europe and arrived at the home of a famous castrato.
Some relics are better not to make fun of them, but to see them live.

The portraits

Figures of popes, royals, cardinals and benefactors distinct for large donations

The collection of portraits of the Archconfraternity of San Giuseppe dei Nudi, created
Between the mid-eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, it currently counts 52 works, of which 26
of benefactors, 5 of Bourbon rulers, 7 of popes, 8 of archbishops and 6 of cardinals e
Monsignors.