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The photo shows the Anjou tombs on the back wall of the presbytery in Santa Chiara. In the centre, behind the high altar is the monument to Robert of Anjou, King of Sicily, made by Giovanni and Pacio da Firenze. At left is is the monument to Mary of Durazzo by a follower of Giovanni and Pacio. At right is the tomb of Charles, Duke of Calabria by Tino di Camaino. The tomb of Mary of Valois by Tino, not shown on the photo, is located on the right wall of the presbytery.
The Capetian House of Anjou was a royal house and cadet branch of the direct French House of Capet, part of the Capetian dynasty. Founded by Charles I of Anjou, the youngest son of Louis VIII of France, the Capetian king first ruled the Kingdom of Sicily during the 13th century. Later the War of the Sicilian Vespers forced him out of the island of Sicily, leaving him with the southern half of the Italian Peninsula - the Kingdom of Naples.
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