the Silver Altar of San Jacopo” the immersive photographic exhibition

After Pistoia, Santiago di Compostela and Rome, the photographic exhibition «Pistoia Santiago d’Italia: the Silver Altar of San Jacopo», created with photos by Nicolò Begliomini and the joint commitment of the municipalities of Naples and Pistoia, arrives in the Basilica of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Naples.

The exhibition will be open to visitors from 1 May to 30 June. The opening with organizers and institutions will take place on Tuesday 30 April at 5pm.

They will speak with the mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi and the mayor of Pistoia Alessandro TomasiThe Government of the Royal Archconfraternity, Giuseppe de Vargas Machuca, Landolfo Ambrogio Caracciolo of Melissano And Giovanni de Lutio of Castelguidonethe Rector of the Pontifical Royal Basilica of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli Don Luigi Pecorarothe President of the Committee Andrea di Ninothe Sualma Association with Ilaria Moscato, Francesca Avolio And Marta Pisacane, Francesca Marone professor Federico II of Naples, Ana Navarro Ortega Director of the Cervantes Institute of Naples, Don Luca CarlesiArchpriest of the Cathedral of San Zeno in Pistoia, Matteo Carradoridirector of the CARIPT foundation, Nicolò Begliomini, photographer and communication manager Giorgio Tesi Group.

The exhibition

Naples and Pistoia preserve within their historical and artistic heritage two treasures of incredible beauty, two religious monuments dedicated to the figure of the martyr Apostle San Giacomo Maggiore: the Pontifical Royal Basilica of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli of Naples and the Cathedral of San Zeno in Pistoia, built to house the silver altar of San Iacopo. It is from the ideal bond between these two places that the exhibition project begins «Pistoia Santiago d’Italia: the Silver Altar of San Jacopo», achieved thanks to the joint commitment of the municipalities of Naples and Pistoia.

An immersive exhibition, with images of great impact and created with innovative technologies: light boxes in XL format will allow the visitor to observe the full-scale reproduction of the silver altar, admiring down to the smallest details the greatest goldsmith masterpiece of the Middle Ages, which It involved five generations of masters between the 12th and 14th centuries in its creation.

The initiative, designed by Giorgio Tesi Editrice and The Wall Association, was developed with the support of the Municipality of Pistoia, the Caript Foundation, the Giorgio Tesi Group and Conad, in agreement with the Diocese of Pistoia, the Chapter of Cathedral, the Giunta de Galicia and the University of Santiago, and in collaboration with the Mibact and the Italian Center for Compostellan Studies. In Naples the exhibition is organized thanks to the support of the Municipality of Naples and in collaboration with the Real Arciconfraternita Monte del Santissimo Sacramento dei Nobili Spagnoli and the Partidarios De Santiago Committee with the University of Naples Federico II and the Cervantes Institute.

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