Naples: Church
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Certosa di San Martino
Perched atop the Vomero hill, the Certosa di San Martino dominates the skyline of Naples, Italy, offering a cultural experience as rich as the history it has witnessed. This former monastery, now a museum, is a testament to Neapolitan artistry and religious devotion...
San Lorenzo Maggiore
Art-filled 1200s church and Roman remains Nestled in the heart of Naples, the San Lorenzo Maggiore is an evocative church that stands as a testament to the city's rich historical tapestry. This medieval church, not as globally renowned as some of its contemporaries, harbors a profound history that dates back...
San Domenico Maggiore
Opulent church with frescos and tombs San Domenico Maggiore is a historical gem nestled in the heart of Naples, Italy. This majestic church, steeped in religious and architectural significance, stands as a testament to the Gothic and Renaissance styles that have shaped the city's cultural heritage.
San Paolo Maggiore
Catholic church with an ornate interior San Paolo Maggiore is a historic church located in the bustling heart of Naples, Italy. This significant religious edifice stands on the site of a Greek-Roman temple dedicated to the Dioscuri and has been a cornerstone of Neapolitan spirituality and architecture since...
Gesù Nuovo
Lavish church with striking stone facade The Gesù Nuovo Church stands as a testament to the rich cultural and religious heritage of Naples, Italy. This historical church, with its striking façade, is an architectural marvel that dates back to the late Renaissance period.
San Francesco di Paola
Art-rich circular neo-classical church San Francesco di Paola stands as a prominent landmark in the bustling city of Naples, Italy. This majestic church, nestled in the heart of the city, is not only a place of worship but also a symbol of Neapolitan architectural grandeur.
San Giovanni a Carbonara
Gothic church with ornate art and tombs Nestled in the heart of Naples, the Church of San Giovanni a Carbonara is a hidden gem that encapsulates the rich religious and artistic heritage of the city. This remarkable church, less known than some of Naples' grander cathedrals yet no less significant, dates back...
Naples Cathedral
Naples Cathedral, also known as the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, is a historic religious edifice and a centerpiece of faith in the bustling city of Naples, Italy. This cathedral is a prime example of Italian Gothic architecture, though it also incorporates...
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Parto a Mergellina
Nestled in the scenic district of Mergellina in Naples, the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Parto is a hidden gem that offers visitors a unique blend of history, art, and spiritual solace. This church, though less renowned than some of Naples' grander basilicas, holds a...
Sant'Angelo a Nilo
Nestled in the heart of Naples, within the bustling district of San Lorenzo, lies the historic church of Sant'Angelo a Nilo, a hidden gem that encapsulates the rich tapestry of Neapolitan religious and artistic heritage.
Sant'Anna dei Lombardi
Renaissance artwork in a graceful church Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, and also known as Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto, is an ancient church and convent located in piazza Monteoliveto in central Naples, Italy.
Santa Chiara
Group of landmark religious buildings Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the Church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum.
San Gennaro dei Poveri
San Gennaro dei Poveri is a former monastery and church complex, later converted into a hospital for indigent located on Via San Gennaro dei Poveri #25 in the Rione Sanità, of the city of Naples, Italy. The elongated complex rises towards Capodimonte, lying just south of the domed Basilica dell'Incoronata Madre del Buon Consiglio.
Santa Maria del Carmine
Santa Maria del Carmine is a church in Naples, Italy. It is at one end of Piazza Mercato, the centre of civic life in Naples for many centuries until it was cut off from the rest of the city by urban renewal in 1900.
Santa Maria di Costantinopoli
The Church of Santa Maria di Costantinopoli is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church located on the street of the same name in Naples, Italy, and located a block north of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples.
Gesù e Maria Complex
Gesù e Maria Complex was a small monastic complex in Naples which also included the monastic church. The monastery buildings now house a hospital. It is sited on the summit of the zona di Pontecorvo. It was first built for the Dominican friar Silvio d'Atripalda in 1580 - he had obtained its site from Ascanio Coppola.
Santa Maria Regina Coeli
Santa Maria Regina Coeli is a Roman Catholic church in central Naples, Italy.
Santa Maria La Nova
Santa Maria la Nova is a Renaissance style, now-deconsecrated, Roman Catholic church and monastery in central Naples. The church is located at the beginning of a side street directly across from the east side of the main post office, a few blocks south of the Church and Monastery of Santa Chiara.
Chiesa di San Ferdinando
The Church of San Ferdinando is a historic church located on the Piazza Triesti e Trento, near the Royal Palace of Naples, in central Naples, Italy.
Santa Maria Ancillarum
Santa Maria Ancillarum is a Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy. Its most notable artwork is The Birth of the Virgin Mary by Giacinta Sacchetti. The origin of its name and the date of its foundation are both unknown.
Chiesa di San Nicola alla Carità
The church of St. Nicholas the Charitable is a church located on via Toledo, almost midway between Piazza Carità and Piazza Dante in Naples, Italy.
Santa Marta
Santa Marta is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Benedetto Croce part of Spaccanapoli, in central Naples, Italy. It is located parallel to the convent of Santa Chiara, and stands in front of the Palazzo Filomarino della Rocca.
San Giuseppe delle Scalze a Pontecorvo
San Giuseppe delle Scalze a Pontecorvo is a church, located in Salita Pontecorvo, in the historical center of Naples, Italy. The church was built in 1619 in the site where the Palazzo Spinelli a Pontecorvo stood, and was rebuilt in 1643 and 1660 by Cosimo Fanzago.
Santi Filippo e Giacomo
Santi Filippo e Giacomo is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy, located on Via San Biagio dei Librai, near the churches of San Biagio Maggiore and Santa Luciella.
Santi Cosma e Damiano ai Banchi Nuovi
Santi Cosma e Damiano ai Banchi Nuovi is a deconsecrated church dedicated to Cosmas and Damian in Naples. It is sited on largo Banchi Nuovi and owes its name to the Banchi Nuovi, whose loggia previously occupied the church's site. The church was founded in 1616 and re-used the loggia's facade.
Santa Maria Donnaregina Nuova
Santa Maria Donnregina Nuova is a church in central Naples, Italy. It is called Nuova to distinguish it from the older Angevin church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia.
Santa Maria Donnalbina
Santa Maria Donnalbina is a church located on the street of the same name in Naples, Italy. A church at the site existed in the 9th century, but was reconstructed in the 17th century by Bartolomeo Picchiatti, and the Baroque style church underwent further reconstructions under Arcangelo Guglielmelli.
San Gennaro all'Olmo
The deconsecrated church of San Gennaro all’Olmo is a former religious edifice located in the city center of Naples, Italy, on Via San Gregorio Armeno. It is adjacent and for many years integral to the chapel-church of San Biagio Maggiore.
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Faro
Santa Maria del Faro is a church in the quartiere of Posillipo of Naples, Italy. A church was founded here in the 13th century, and restored in the 18th century using designs by Ferdinando Sanfelice and under the patronage of the Mazza family. The Baroque church incorporates small fragments of Roman sarcophagi.
Girolamini
The Church and Convent of the Girolamini or Gerolamini is a church and ecclesiastical complex in Naples, Italy. It is located directly across from the Cathedral of Naples on via Duomo.
Gesù Vecchio
The Gesù Vecchio is a church in Naples, Italy. Its full title is the Basilica Sanctuary of the Gesù Vecchio or Basilica Sanctuary of the Immaculate Conception and Don Placido. It was founded in 1554 and promoted to minor basilica status in 1958.
Sant'Eframo Vecchio
Sant'Eframo Vecchio is a church in the centre of Naples, Italy. It is said either to be on the burial site of saint Efrimus or on the site - either he was originally buried there in a 5th century catacomb or his relics were translated there in the 13th century with those of Maximus of Naples and Fortunatus.
San Gregorio Armeno
San Gregorio Armeno is a church and a monastery in Naples, Italy. It is one of the most important Baroque complexes in Naples.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Incoronata
Santa Maria dell'Incoronata is an ancient church on Via Medina in Naples, Italy. It is located just south of San Giorgio dei Genovesi and across the street from the Church of Pietà dei Turchini.
Basilica di Santa Maria della Sanità
The Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità is a basilica church located over the Catacombs of San Gaudioso, on a Piazza near where Via Sanità meets Via Teresa degli Scalzi, in the Rione of the Sanità, in Naples, Italy.
Santa Maria di Montesanto
The church of Santa Maria di Montesanto and the annexed monastery were built in Naples, Italy, by a community of Carmelite friars that had its origins in Montesanto, Sicily. The initial architect was Pietro De Marino, but the work including the cupola was completed by Dionisio Lazzari.
Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia
Santa Donna Regina Vecchia is a church in Naples, in southern Italy. It is called Vecchia to distinguish it from the newer and adjacent church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Nuova.
Santa Maria del Soccorso all'Arenella
Santa Maria del Soccorso all’Arenella is a parish church, located in the Piazzetta Arenella in the Rione of Arenella of Naples, Italy. Tradition holds that this church was the parish church for Salvatore Rosa in Naples.
Santi Demetrio e Bonifacio
Santi Demetrio e Bonifacio is a former-Roman Catholic church located on Piazzetta Teodoro Monticelli, in central Naples, Italy. It is now used for meetings and exhibitions by the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples.
Santa Maria del Pianto
Santa Maria del Pianto is a church in Naples, Italy. It was built in 1657 to commemorate the victims of the 1656 plague, buried in the nearby Grotta degli Sportiglioni. Its site was the original core of the Cemetery of Poggioreale on via vicinale di Santa Maria del Pianto.
Pontano Chapel
The Pontano Chapel or Cappella dei Pontano is a Renaissance-style chapel in central Naples, Italy, on Via Tribunali, just in front, and obscuring the left lower facade of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta.
Croce di Lucca
The church of the Croce di Lucca is a religious edifice in central Naples, Italy, on the Via dei Tribunali. In 1534, the husband and wife, Andrea Sbarra and Cremona Spinelli founded at this site a monastery of the Carmelites. It was devoted to the image of the crucifix, similar to one venerated in Lucca.
Santi Severino e Sossio
The church of Santi Severino e Sossio and the annexed monastery are located on via Bartolommeo Capasso in Naples, Italy. The church is attached to one of the oldest monasteries in the city, and from 1835 it has housed the State Archives of Naples.
Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte
The Baptistery of San Giovanni is a Paleochristian baptistery attached to the Santa Restituta church in Naples, Italy. It is the oldest surviving baptistery from medieval Europe.
Purgatorio ad Arco
The church of the Purgatorio ad Arco, or Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco is a religious edifice in central Naples, Italy, located on Via dei Tribunali. The church is two blocks west of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore della Pietrasanta on Via dei Tribunali.
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