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Monument to Ferdinando Maiorca. San Giacomo degli Spagnoli is a basilica church in Piazza Municipio in central Naples, Italy.The Renaissance church was enveloped in 1812 by the Palazzo San Giacomo built by King Ferdinand I of Bourbon when he built a central block of offices for the ministries of his government adjacent to the fortress of the Castel Nuovo.
Naples Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Napoli; Neapolitan: Viscuvato 'e Napule), or the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta), is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples.
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. In 1593, the church was commissioned by local merchants and tradesman in the zone. The church we see today is the product of a 1758 reconstruction by Gennaro Papa.
St Celestine V and Anthony of Padua, third altar on left by Giuseppe Simonelli Both Simonelli and Malinconico were students of Luca Giordano . The main altarpiece is a canvas depicting the Ransom of Slaves (1672), by Giacomo Farelli , which depicts the Virgin with the child between whose arms above a group of slaves awaits redemption by the ...
The church of San Pietro ad Aram, so called because it contains an altar upon which St. Peter is said to have celebrated Mass. The church of Santa Maria del Parto , built by the poet Sannazaro, contains the mausoleum of its founder, a work of Fra Giovanni Montorsoli
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. Today the adjacent monastery is a meeting site ...
Fr. Jose Mercau in 2014 as part of the Catholic Church sexual abuse cases scandal. [140] [141] Samantha Hudson, a Spanish drag artist, was excommunicated in 2015 by the bishop of Mallorca for a controversial musical video about the oppression the LGBTQ+ community faces due to the Catholic Church. The video was a school project, she was 15 years ...
San Pietro Martire (Italian: "St. Peter, the Martyr") is a Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy. It is located directly across from the principal building of the University of Naples on the main street, Corso Umberto corner with Via Porta di Massa, near the port area. In the piazza in front of the church is a statue of Ruggero Bonghi. Interior