CATHEDRAL, Interior

Now enter the Cathedral and get a quick idea of its structure: it is a Latin cross with 3 naves and preserves its original 14th-century layout.

You immediately notice that the Cathedral of Naples is a rich, stratified monument that should be taken in little by little: it should be visited calmly and carefully to avoid missing any of its plethora of treasures from many different ages. The naves are an impressive 100 meters long. You can begin by admiring the sixteenth-century ceiling consisting of golden and inlaid paneling alternated with paintings by various artists; wherever you look you'll see an incredible amount of Baroque decorations. Frescoes, stuccoes, and sculptures envelop the Gothic structure and make it virtually unrecognizable. Begin to look at the paintings on the walls of the Apostles and Doctors of the Church, without neglecting the tondi of the lower band that depict the patron saints of Naples: they have all been painted by one of the greatest seventeenth-century Neapolitan painters, Luca Giordano.

Now turn your back to the main altar and look at the entrance wall: the tombs you see were rebuilt at the end of the 1500s in place of the original 14th-century ones that were destroyed. They belong to two illustrious characters of the city's history: Charles of Anjou and Charles Martel of Anjou, the King of Hungary....