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Santa Maria del Soccorso a Capodimonte

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Italy

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Active

Architectural type
  
Church

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Santa Maria del Soccorso a Capodimonte

Location
  
Naples Province of Naples, Campania

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples

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Santa maria del soccorso a capodimonte



Santa Maria del Soccorso a Capodimonte is a Neoclassic-style Roman Catholic church in the Capodimonte Neighborhood of Naples, Italy.

The interior is centralized and has a cupola frescoes with a starry sky. On the lateral apse are frescoes depicting the Death of St Joseph and the Agony of Christ in the Garden of Gesthemane. In the apse ceiling is a frescoe of the Trinity by Vincenzo Galloppi. The main altarpiece depicting the Virgin of Succor (1879) was painted by Giuseppe Mancinelli. There is a second church dedicated to Santa Maria del Soccorso, called Maria del Soccorso all’Arenalle.

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Santa Maria del Soccorso a Capodimonte Wikipedia