Santa Maria Donnaregina Santa Maria Donnaregina The monastery was rebuilt between 1307-1316, by the will of Maria of Hungary, on a pre-existing foundation documented since 780. Expanded and modernized in the 17th century, it incorporates the 14th-century church. The current appearance is the result of a restoration (1928-34) that separated the old church from the…
Palazzo Como Palazzo Como Built for the Florentine merchant Angelo Como in Tuscan styles (1464-90), with a facade featuring rusticated and smooth stonework and cross-shaped windows. In 1587, it was sold and incorporatedinto the monastery of San Severo al Pendino. In 1881-82, it was demolished and reconstructed with Neorenaissance interiors, set back to make space…
Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella The complex, also known as all’Olmo, was founded in 1342 by Queen Sancia to house women in difficulty. The church was redone in the 16th century by Gabriele D’Angelo and later by Dionisio Lazzari (1684), with an elliptical floor plan, making it one of the…
Santa Maria del Carmine Santa Maria del Carmine Documented as early as the 12th century, the church was rebuilt starting in 1301 and modified in the 17th and 18th centuries. Tommaso Aniello d’Amalfi, known as Masaniello, delivered his final speech here (1647) before being killed in the nearby convent. Behind the main altar is the…
Santi Marcellino e Festo Santi Marcellino e Festo The convent was founded in 1565 from the merger of two Benedictine female monasteries, originally of the Basilian order. Since 1907, it has been a university building, housing the Museum of Paleontology. The large cloister, designed by Giovanni Vincenzo Della Monica (1567-95), is a typical example of…
Sant’Angelo a Nilo Sant’Angelo a Nilo Founded in 1385, it has the appearance given to it by Arcangelo Guglielmelli’s intervention in 1709. It is also known as the Brancaccio Chapel, named after the family that commissioned its construction. The name refers to the Hellenistic statue of the Nile, found in the nearby square of the…
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore Piazza San Domenico Maggiore Opened by Alfonso I of Aragon, it is one of the most beautiful squares in Naples. The northeast side corresponds to the path of the Greek walls and is dominated by the apse of the basilica. To the west is the Petrucci Palace, owned by one of…
Duomo Duomo Dedicated to the Assumption, the cathedral was completed by Robert of Anjou (1313). Its current appearance is the result of several interventions, the first after the 1456 earthquake and the last in the 19th century, which gave the facade its neo-Gothic forms. The original portals date from 1407. Inside, you can find: the…
Gesù Nuovo Gesù Nuovo Built by Giuseppe Valeriani (1584-1601), the church stands in the Sanseverino Palace, reusing the diamond-point rustication (140), with stonemasons’ marks engraved on the piperno, according to medieval tradition. In 1695, the portal was enhanced with columns and angels on the tympanum. After the dome collapsed in the 1688 earthquake, it was…
Monteoliveto Monteoliveto Built on a hill outside the city walls, the church was founded in 1411 and is the most representative of the relations between the Aragonese and the Medici. In 1799, it was granted to the archconfraternity of the Lombards, from which it took the name of Sant’ Anna dei Lombardi. In the atrium…
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