Established 1602 Phone +39 081 446944 | Province Province of Naples | |
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Location Via dei Tribunali 253, Napoli, Campania, Italy Type Art museum, Historic site Website www.piomontedellamisericordia.it Address Via dei Tribunali, 253, 80139 Napoli, Italy Hours Open today · 9AM–6PMMonday9AM–6PMTuesday9AM–6PMWednesday9AM–6PMThursday9AM–6PMFriday9AM–6PMSaturday9AM–6PMSunday9AM–2:30PM Architect Francesco Antonio Picchiatti Similar Naples Cathedral, Via dei Tribunali - Naples, Cappella Sansevero, San Domenico Maggiore, San Lorenzo Maggiore Profiles | ||
Pio monte della misericordia video istituzionale
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.
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- Pio monte della misericordia video istituzionale
- Caravaggio e il pio monte della misericordia
- References
A charity brotherhood (Pio Monte della Misericordia meaning "Pious Mount of Mercy" in Italian) was founded in August 1601 by seven young nobles, who met every Friday at the Hospital for Incurables and ministered to the sick.
In 1602 they established an institution and commissioned a small church, built by Gian Giacomo di Conforto, near the staircase leading to the Cathedral, on the corner of the Via dei Tribunali and the Vico dei Zuroli. In 1605, they received an apostolic letter from Pope Paul V, according special privileges to the high altar.
The church was consecrated in September 1606. From 1658 to 1678 the edifice was enlarged, also with the annexation of neighbouring structures, by architect Francesco Antonio Picchiati, forming a complex with a palace and a renewed church.
The latter, at the high altar, houses Caravaggio's Seven Works of Mercy; there are also paintings by Luca Giordano, Carlo Sellitto, Fabrizio Santafede, Battistello Caracciolo and others.