Wunderkammer

The Wunderkammer, or “chamber of wonders”, was born between the Renaissance and Baroque as a place of collection and contemplation of extraordinary objects: artistic artefacts, natural curiosities, scientific instruments, exotic relics. It was man's first attempt to enclose the world in a space, making connections between the wonders of nature and the creations of human ingenuity. In these rooms, knowledge coexisted with mystery, and each object was chosen not only for its beauty or rarity, but for its ability to arouse amazement and questions. In the Parthenope project, the Wunderkammer becomes an evocative and immersive, physical and symbolic space, which collects traces, memories and suggestions linked to the extraordinary, real and legendary women of Naples. Here you cannot find common objects, but symbolic finds, narrative fragments that evoke the lives, exploits, mysteries and magic of the city's protagonists. It is a deliberately hybrid collection, between art and myth, between document and suggestion, which speaks to the public through imagination and intuition. This chamber of wonders is designed to arouse curiosity, involve and suggest connections. It invites those who observe to read within the folds of history, to question the legend, to recognize the power of narration in the forms. Far from chronological or didactic logic, our Wunderkammer constructs an emotional and intuitive path, in which the boundary between reality and myth dissolves to make room for a deeper reading of Neapolitan identity. It is a place that preserves and reveals. A space in which the voice of women, often forgotten, returns to animate the memory of the city.