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Archaeological site

Museum Correale

Museum in Sorrento, Italy

Sorrento (NA), Campania

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At a glance

Area
3,200 m²
Protection
Italian national heritage
Coordinates
40°37′43″ N, 14°22′52″ E
Address
Via Correale, 50, 80067 Sorrento

History and description

Museum Correale (Italian: Museo Correale di Terranova) is a museum in Sorrento in the south of Italy.

The museum is situated in a patrician villa, surrounded by a citrus grove, with a terrace of Belvedere that overlooks the Gulf of Naples. The villa and its contents were donated by Pompeo and Alfredo Correale, the last of their line.

The museum exhibits collections of Neapolitan painters dating from the 17th and 18th century. It contains valuable Capodimonte and Sèvres ceramics, Murano glassware, Bohemia crystals and a collection of watches. There is also an archaeological collection. Some works date from the 19th century, and the mansion displays tables, furnishings and finely inlaid jewel cases. In the library are works by Torquato Tasso.

Collection

The museum's collections are arranged on three floors in twenty-four halls:

Founders' hall and chapel: The Sorrento tarsia section dates from the 19th century, with an archaeological section and Romanesque section.

First floor: This area hosts paintings and furniture dating to the 18th century by Caracciolo, Andrea Vaccaro, Micco Spadaro, Corenzio, Lanfranco, Paolo de Matteis, Del Po, Rossi, Francesco de Mura, Giuseppe Bonito, C. Amalfi, Giuseppe Pascaletti and Oriental chinaware dating to the 17th and 18th century. The hall of Flemish painters exhibits Rubens, J. Vari Kassel, Grimmer and Michiel Sweerts.

Second floor: Paintings dating from the 17th and 18th century by Giovan Battista Ruoppolo, Tommaso Realfonso, G. Cusati, Aniello Ascione, G. Casissa and landscape painters from the 18th and 19th century: Déms, Gaspard Dughet, Rabbel and Vervloet; landscape painters of the School of Posillipo: Antonie Sminck Pitloo, Duelere, Giacinto Gigante and in the hall of the Italian and European watches dating from the 18th century.

Third floor: Italian and foreign majolica dating from the 17th and 18th century from Milan, Savona, Castelli Romani, Sicily, Calabria and Ruen. Italian and foreign chinaware dating from the 18th century from Meissen, Vienna, Ludwigsburg, Nymphenburg, Zurich, Chelsea, Bow, Saint Petersburg, Capodimonte and Venice.

Keep reading on Wikipedia

Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Full article: «Museum Correale».

Timeline

  1. 1924Opened

Events and people from Wikidata (CC0).

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Getting there

Castellammare di StabiaTrain, nearest
11.4 km as the crow flies
Museum CorrealeVia Correale, 50, 80067 Sorrento
Port400 m
Aeroporto di Napoli Capodichino29.4 km

Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Museum Correale?

Museum Correale is in Sorrento, in the province of Napoli (Campania), Italy. Address: Via Correale, 50, 80067 Sorrento. GPS coordinates: 40.62861, 14.38111.

What else is there to see near Museum Correale?

Nearby you’ll find: Necropoli di Sottomonte (700 m away), Bishophouse of Sorrento (700 m away), Villa Tritone (1.1 km away).

Sources and licences

Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).

Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.

Credits for the 5 photos
  1. Museo Correale di Terranova a Sorrento — Carlo Dani, CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Sorrento Museo Correale di Terranova — Own work, CC BY 3.0
  3. Correale Terranova, Duclere — Filippo Espo, CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. Forma geometrica — Tremej, CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. Sant'Ignazio in gloria e le Opere dei Padri Gesuiti. (1865) — Giuseppe Guida, CC BY-SA 4.0

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