Sometimes referred to as “the Uffizi of southern Italy,” the Capodimonte Museum in Naples, Italy houses one of the world’s most important collections of Italian Renaissance painting. It includes masterpieces such as the “Crucifixion” by Masaccio, Titian’s “Danaë” and “Portrait of Pope Paul III,” Caravaggio’s “Flagellation,” and Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith and Holofernes,” just to name a few. It was originally constructed by the Bourbon king of Naples and Sicily, Charles VII (later King Charles III of Spain) in the 18th century as a hunting lodge overlooking the city of Naples. Buona visita!