Province Province of Naples | ||
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Address Via Vergini, 45, 80137 Napoli, Italy Similar Chiesa di Santa Maria Su, Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi, Palazzo dello Spagnolo, Palazzo San Felice - Naples | ||
Chiesa santa maria dei vergini
Santa Maria dei Vergini is a church in central Naples, Italy, located in the Rione of the Sanità .
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History
In 1326, a church and an adjacent hospital and monastery, titled Santa Maria del Borgo de' Vergini, were erected here by residents of the Rione of Porta San Gennaro. Initially assigned to Padri Crucifero, the Cardinal Innico Caracciolo ceded the property to the Padri della Missione, after it became a parish church. In 1788, the church was rebuilt in its present elliptical interior on designs by Vanvitelli.
Before the war, the main altarpiece by Francesco la Mura depicted a Glory of St Vincent de Paul. Among the chapels, was a canvas depicting a Holy Family, St Jeanne de Chantal with St Vincent de Paul (1758) by Severino Galante. The church also had works by Giovanni Sarnelli. All was destroyed under a bombing in 1943. The marble sculpture of the Immaculate Conception (1858) on the facade was made by Francesco Liberti and Giuseppe Pirotti.