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R San Domenico Maggiore housed here. The tomb of
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore. Robert the Wise (died 1343) is by
Tel 081 442 00 39. Open 10am–7pm Giovanni and Pacio Bertini; that of
daily. 7 Treasury: Open same as his son, Charles of Calabria (died
church. & 1328), is by Tino da Camaino,
This Gothic church (1289–1324) and the tomb of Charles’ wife,
contains some of the finest Mary of Valois (died 1331), is by
Renaissance monuments and da Camaino and his followers.
sculpture in Naples. The tomb Adjacent is a convent with a
slab of John of Durazzo (died cloister designed by Vaccaro
1335), by Tino da Camaino, is in (1742). There is also a museum
the south transept. In the sacristy and a Roman bathhouse (AD 1).
are the Apotheosis of Faith ceiling
frescoes by Solimena (18th R Gesù Nuovo
century). The choir features a Piazza del Gesù Nuovo 2. Tel 081 557 Mazzoni’s Pietà (1492) in Sant’Anna e San
paschal candle stick (1585) 81 11. Open daily. Bartolomeo dei Lombardi
supported by figures The 16th-century
by da Camaino. The Jesuit church was Also known as Santa Maria di
Cappellone del constructed by Monteoliveto, this church was
Crocifisso contains Valeriano (and later built in 1411 and restored after
a medieval painting Fanzago and Fuga) World War II. It is a repository of
of the Crucifixion, from the Severini Renaissance art. Entering, past
which supposedly palace (15th century), the tomb (1627) of Domenico
spoke to St Thomas of which only a Fontana (who completed the
Aquinas. The grand façade survives. The dome of St Peter’s in Rome after
Brancaccio tomb by Detail of the embossed interior decoration Michelangelo’s death), the
Jacopo della Pila façade of Gesù Nuovo (1600s) is in accor- richness of the interior unfolds.
(1492) is in the dance with the needs The Cappella Mastrogiudice
Chiesa Antica. of the Jesuits, who used drama contains an Annunciation panel
and an appeal to the emo tions to by Florentine sculptor Benedetto
R Santa Chiara draw the faithful. It is resplendent da Maiano (1489). In the
Via Benedetto Croce. Church: Tel 081 with coloured marble and Cappella Piccolomini is Antonio
797 12 31. Open 7:30am–1pm, paintings, including works by Rossellino’s monument (c.1475)
4:30–8pm daily. 7 & Cloister: Ribera and Solimena. In 1688 an to Maria d’Aragona (com pleted
Tel 081 797 12 24 or 081 551 66 73. earthquake destroyed the dome by da Maiano). The Cappella del
Open 9:30am–5:30pm Mon–Sat, – the present one is 18th-century. Santo Sepolcro houses a Pietà by
10am–2:30pm Sun & public hols. Guido Mazzoni (1492). Its eight
This 14th-century church was R Sant’Anna e San terracotta figures are considered
bombed in World War II, but a Bartolomeo dei Lombardi life-size portraits of the artist’s
reconstruction uncovered the Via Monteoliveto. Tel 081 551 33 33. contemporaries. The old Sacristy,
original Provençal-Gothic Open 10am–1pm, 4–6pm Mon–Sat; frescoed by Vasari (1544),
structure. The tombs 10am–noon Sun & pub hols. has inlaid stalls by Giovanni
of the Angevin da Verona
monarchs are (1510).

Majolica tiles decorated with scenes of rural life in the cloisters of Santa Chiara

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