Country Italy Status Active Architectural type Gothic architecture | Denomination Roman Catholic Province Province of Naples | |
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Location Piazza Mercato
Naples
Province of Naples, Campania Address Via Sant'Eligio, Napoli, Italy Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples Similar Santa Maria del Carmine, San Giovanni a Mare - Na, San Pietro a Majella, Santa Caterina a Formiello, Santa Maria Egiziaca | ||
I bastardi di pizzofalcone i luoghi napoli sant eligio maggiore
Sant’Eligio Maggiore is a church in Naples, southern Italy. It is located near Piazza Mercato (Market Square), and was built during the reign of Charles of Anjou by the same congregation that built the nearby Sant’Eligio hospital in 1270. It is the first church built in Naples by the Angevin dynasty.
The arched passageway that opens onto Piazza Mercato is through the original façade of the church and has since been incorporated into the structure of the ancient hospital. Many of the lines of the original structure came to light in the course of restoration after the bombardments of the World War II.
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