UNESCO Sites

Cappella Sansevero Cappella Sansevero The chapel, also known as Santa Maria della Pietà dei Sangro, was founded in 1590 by Giovanni Francesco di Sangro, Prince of Sansevero, and later expanded by his son Alessandro (1613), who made it the family burial site; a bridge connected it to the palace until 1889. Between 1749 and 1771,…

Santissima Annunziata Santissima Annunziata Founded in 1318, but rebuilt in 1343. The church was damaged in 1456 and restored between 1513 and 1540 by Ferdinando Manlio. Destroyed by a fire in 1757, it was reconstructed by Luigi Vanvitelli and completed by his son Carlo from 1760 to 1782. From the 16th century, the bell tower…

San Severo al Pendino San Severo al Pendino In 844, the first chapel was dedicated to St. Mary at Selice, which was damaged in 1448, and later granted to the city and dedicated to the secondary patron. The church was rebuilt by Giovan Giacomo Di Conforto (1575-1604), and in 1587, Palazzo Como was acquired and…

Santa Croce e Purgatorio al Mercato Santa Croce e Purgatorio al Mercato In 1791, Francesco Sicuro redesigned the medieval market, known as the moricino, and placed the church at the center of the large square, replacing two chapels dedicated to the Holy Cross and the Souls in Purgatory, which had been destroyed by a fire…

San Pietro Martire San Pietro Martire The Dominican church (1294-1347) was situated in a dense medieval urban fabric, later transformed by post-Unification redevelopment. It was damaged by a flood (1343) and an earthquake (1456), then rebuilt by Fra’ Nuvolo in the mid-17th century. Its current appearance dates to after 1755, when Giuseppe Astarita redesigned it…

Santi Cosma e Damiano Santi Cosma e Damiano The site takes its name from the airy Merchant Loggias built after 1569 on the land previously occupied by the monastery of San Demetrio, after Spanish artillery had bombarded the old loggias in Piazza dell’Olmo in 1547, which were later called Banchi Nuovi. The market was abolished…

Archivio di Stato Archivio di Stato The complex was founded in 902, when the Benedictines abandoned Pizzofalcone to escape the Saracen attacks. The monastery was rebuilt starting in 1490 and reached its current configuration in the 16th century, becoming one of the oldest, largest, and wealthiest in Naples. In the Cloister of the Plane Tree,…

Santi Severino e Sossio Santi Severino e Sossio The first Benedictine church is documented in 902, later expanded until the 14th century, becoming one of the oldest and largest monasteries in the city. The new church was built starting in 1494, redesigned in 1537 by Giovanni Francesco Di Palma, and consecrated in 1571. After the…

San Giovanni a Carbonara San Giovanni a Carbonara The church, built between 1343 and 1418 and expanded in the early 18th century, a period during which the double-flight staircase by Ferdinando Sanfelice was added, was damaged by bombings in 1943. Its history is closely linked to the Angevin dynasty. It houses the tomb monument of…