The Museo Civico Filangieri ("Filangieri civic museum") is an eclectic collection of artworks, coins, and books assembled in the nineteenth century by

Gaetano Filangieri, prince of Satriano Gaetano Filangieri, prince of Satriano (Naples, 1824–1892) was a prominent Neapolitan art historian and collector who founded the Museo Civico Filangieri. He inherited the titles of prince of Satriano in Calabria and duke of Taormina from his fa ...

, who gave it to the city of Naples as a museum. It is housed in his former palace, Palazzo Cuomo (or Como) on Via Duomo, by the church of San Severo al Pendino.

History

Palazzo Cuomo is in Renaissance style with an

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stone façade. It was built between 1464 and 1490 by the Florentine Giuliano da Maiano for a wealthy merchant, Angelo Como (or Cuomo). It was sold in 1587 and was incorporated into an adjacent monastery. In 1881–82, during the urban renewal of Naples, the entire building was dismantled and moved back some 20 meters to widen the street. The museum was inaugurated in 1888 by Gaetano Filangieri Junior (1824–92), principe di Satriano. Much of the collection was destroyed by the retreating German troops during September 1943. Since then works from other Neapolitan sites were subsequently incorporated to form a new collection. In recent decades, the museum has often been plagued with extended closures. Many of the exhibits are temporarily on display in the

Maschio Angioino Castel Nuovo (; "New Castle"), often called Maschio Angioino (; "Angevin Keep"), is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall ( Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Campania, Italy. Its scenic location and impos ...

. Among the artists with paintings in the Museum are Jusepe de Ribera, Bernardino Luini,

Fedele Fischetti Fedele Fischetti (30 March 1732 – 25 January 1792) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period. He was born and died in Naples the capital of the Kingdom of Naples. Biography F. Fischetti was mainly active as a fresco painter for pa ...

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Francesco Jerace Francesco Jerace (26 July 1853 – 18 January 1937) was an Italian sculptor. Biography He was born at Polistena in Calabria, in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He trained locally under his grandfather, a sculptor, but moved to Naples where h ...

, Lorenzo Vaccaro,

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, and Luca della Robbia.

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