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The Pio Monte della Misericordia is a church in the historic center of Naples, southern Italy. It is famous for its art works, including Caravaggio 's The Seven Works of Mercy . A charity brotherhood ( Pio Monte della Misericordia in Italian meaning Pious Mount of Mercy in English ) was founded in August 1601 by seven young nobles, who met ...
The church has altarpiece by Massimo Stanzione (Virgin helps souls in Purgatory, 1638, main altarpiece), Andrea Vaccaro (Transit of St Joseph, 1650-51, third chapel on right), and Luca Giordano (Death and Ecstasy of St. Alessio, 1661, third chapel on left). [1] To the left of the altar is the funeral monument of Giulio Mastrillo, by Andrea Vaccaro.
The church of the Most Holy Trinity, or the new Gesù Nuovo, an ancient palace converted into a church by the Jesuit Provedo (1584). Mention should be made, however, of the catacombs, near the church of San Gennaro degli Poveri, famous in the 2nd century, and of the new cemetery, rich in artistic monuments, among which are the Pietà by Calì ...
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'Saints Peter and Paul of the Greeks') is a church at the Campania, the historic center of Naples, in Via San Tommaso d'Aquino 51. It was the center of the Scuola dei Greci in Naples and the Confraternity of the Greeks in Naples. Around this period there was a similar church in Venice called San Giorgio dei Greci. There was also a Greek ...
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The Church of the Concezione a Materdei is a church in the zone of Materdei in Naples, Italy. Exterior. Building was begun in 1743, and included a conservatory for children. Reconstructed in the present configuration in 1789. The conservatory fell under the leadership of a royal magistrate.
San Carlo all'Arena is a Roman Church located in via Foria after which the entire district is named. The name of the church itself derives from the street in which it was originally built, Via Arenosa (sandy street), formed by the debris left in the wake of the rivers coming from the hills.