Location Naples Denomination Roman Catholic Province Province of Naples | Country Italy Phone +39 081 681898 Architectural type Church | |
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Address Riviera di Chiaia, 80122 Napoli, Italy Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples Similar San Francesco degli Sca, Santa Maria in Portico - N, Santa Teresa a Chiaia, Santa Maria del Parto a M, Santa Maria di Piedigrotta | ||
San Giuseppe a Chiaia is a church in Naples, Italy. Founded as a chapel for the Jesuit Order; it was enlarged during 1666-1673 under designs by Tommaso Carrere.
With the suppression of the Jesuit Order, the church changed management. About 1817, under the patronage of Ferdinando I it became a hospice for the blind called the Casa di San Giuseppe e Lucia.
The interior has a paintings of St Ignatius of Loyola by Luca Giordano, Family of the Virgin by Nicola Malinconico, a St Anne and Holy Family by Francesco di Maria.
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