Art installation by Santiago Calatrava opens at Church of San Gennaro in Naples
An initiative of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte and designed pro bono by Santiago Calatrava, the newly inaugurated Chapel integrates motifs from nature and objects manufactured by Italian artisans.
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.- Reopened to the public after 50 years, the Church of San Gennaro in Naples has inaugurated a chapel redecorated with a multi-layered art installation designed pro bono by architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava. An initiative of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, the Chapel features porcelain objects, stained glass, and textiles from specialized Italian manufacturers and artisans.
Enjoy a great breakfast at the Regency Cafe
“LYING in bed,” wrote the writer/philosopher GK Chesterton, “would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a coloured pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”
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Diary does not yet possess such a wondrous thing, let us shake a leg, don our late-winter weather gear and step out for another instalment of our virtual tour round this magical borough of historical delights.
We parted last week by Lambeth Bridge, so let us turn heel up Horseferry Road and chuck a right into Dean Bradley Street to gaze at the Robert Hooke Science Centre, which is part of Westminster School.