Ex-voto from Napoli

This is one thing that you come across rather often in Naples, or Napoli, in southern Italy. It is called an ex-voto, and if you ever visit the beautiful city do not forget to take a look at the chruch of Gesù Nuovo.

It has a lot of these, ex-voti. An ex-voto is an offering to a saint or a divinity. You can buy these in shops in churches and all over the city of Naples. This one in silver is an offering for someone that need help with a throat, neck or mouth. You could be sick and want to get better or just get a better singing voice really. In Gesù Nuovo you can see a lot of these ex-voti.
Here is a link to another photo from the church, not my photo thu, but you can se many more of them here:
http://flic.kr/p/7SjAdu