Sant’Aspreno ai Crociferi: Church & Jago Museum Guided Tour

The Church of Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi is a magnificent Baroque and Rococo building located at the beginning of the ancient village of the virgins, in Rione Sanità.
The Church of Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi was built in 1633 and dedicated to Sant'Aspreno, the first bishop of Naples. The religious complex, damaged by the rainwater flowing along the valley of Sanità, was rebuilt in 1760 by the architects Bartolomeo and Luca Vecchione, collaborators of the famous Luigi Vanvitelli. The church, after about forty years of closure and abandonment, has reopened to the public with the realization of an exhibition of contemporary art by the sculptor Jago.

The interior of the building is a Latin cross, with a single nave and two side chapels on each side, and houses some of the most famous works of the sculptor Jago. A place that through art, culture, and its many wonders contributes to the process of cultural and urban regeneration that has affected the Rione Sanità for years.

The façade has many stucco decorations and is preceded by a staircase in lava stone, built so that the church was raised concerning the height of the road, to protect it from the Virgin Lava, rainwater that invaded the streets of stones and mud.

In 2021 the church became the workshop of the famous artist Jago, a place that saw the realization of the Pietà, a life-size sculpture that represents a contemporary reworking of a moment of recollection and pain. The work, together with the "Aiace and Cassandra" today enriches the collection of the Jago Museum present inside the complex.

In 2023 the Church of Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi, after years of neglect, gives the Rione Sanità with its reopening a new exhibition space dedicated to contemporary art. The complex, located a few steps from the ancient city center of Naples, is the starting point for the discovery of a neighborhood that through its historical and artistic heritage is returning to the Light.

With the ticket is included the entrance to the nearby Basilica of San Severo outside the walls that house, in the extraordinary Chapel of the Whites, the work "Figlio Velato".

In addition, the ticket allows you to visit the Catacombs of San Gennaro and San Gaudioso at a special reduced rate.

لضمان التوفر، احجز في أقرب وقت ممكن. الحجز المبكر يستحق النظر خاصة إذا كنت تخطط للرحلة خلال موسم الذروة مثل العطلات العامة أو عطلات نهاية الأسبوع.

يمكنك إلغاء هذه الرحلة بدون تكلفة حتى 24 ساعات قبل بدء الرحلة. إذا قمت بالإلغاء بعد 24 ساعات أو لم تحضر في الرحلة، فسيتم تحصيل السعر الكامل للنشاط. التأخر في الاستلام أو المغادرة سيعتبر كعدم حضور.