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ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility for disabled persons with reduced mobility
Disabled persons using wheelchairs or with reduced mobility have access to the entire nave of the Sansevero Chapel and the sacristy. We regret that the presence of a narrow 19th-century spiral staircase prevents disabled access to the underground chamber housing the Anatomical Machines.
Access for deaf people
Sansevero in LIS is an Italian sign language project offering dedicated guided tours for deaf people. It is run in collaboration with the Naples Provincial Section of the Ente Nazionale Sordi (ENS) and the Associazione Progetto Museo.
Sansevero in LIS aims to bring deaf visitors closer to discovering the monumental complex, ensuring every deaf person optimal accessibility and the chance to enjoy the museum’s historical-artistic heritage, finding appropriate ways of welcoming and communicating with deaf people. The project, financed by the Sansevero Chapel Museum, also promotes training courses for expert ENS (Ente Nazionale Sordi) members to assist deaf people at the museum.
The calendar of free tours for deaf people is updated regularly. All visits must be booked through the Ente Nazionale Sordi. (mail: prenotazioni.ensnapoli@gmail.com – tel.: 081/260941).
Accessibility for the visually impaired
DescriVedendo Sansevero offers an inclusive visit tailored to the specific needs of the visually impaired, making the museum’s historical-artistic heritage accessible through suitable means of hospitality.
The service is always available, and a certified text is included as a special twenty-five-minute tour loaded onto the museum’s audio guide, which illustrates the works and magnificence of the Baroque Chapel, thus allowing visually impaired people to enjoy the wonders of the monumental complex independently.
Audio guides for the special tour are available free of charge to anyone with a demonstrable visual impairment.
Duration of the visit: 25 minutes
For further information: www.descrivedendo.it
Web Accessibility
This website has been designed in accordance with the latest standards and most influential protocols that inform the web content accessibility policy established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
It complies with the accessibility requirements set out in the Web Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG version 2.1), guaranteeing level ‘AA’ conformity to ensure a good site navigation experience for a wide range of users, including those with disabilities and/or special needs, by incorporating the most widespread modern devices (both desktop and mobile) but also with assistive tools (screen readers and/or keyboard navigation).
Specifically:
- all the items on the site can be resized without compromising the graphic layout and readability of the content;
- the colours used in the texts and their backgrounds have been chosen for maximum contrast;
- skip links have now been incorporated - these consist of a navigation bar to give anyone using screen readers direct access the main content. Landmarks help define the main content of the page;
- tables have not been used for page layout, and they have only been included to display data in table format.
- Interactive features are graphically highlighted and are suited to keyboard navigation