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Via dei Tribunali 253
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Founded in the sprit
of charity, now home
to art and archives
Caravaggio’s famous ‘Seven Works of
Mercy’ has a natural home in Pio Monte
della Misericordia, one of the oldest
charitable organizations of Naples. It
was founded in 1600 by a group of
young nobles who met every Friday at
the Hospital of Incurables to carry
out charitable and assistance works. Pio
Monte della Misericordia conserves a
vast historic and artistic heritage of various
schools and times. A few rooms of the
building even house the historic archive
where ancient documents are conserved.
Only in Naples 