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Church of San Giuseppe dei Nudi

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of San Giuseppe dei Nudi
Photo: Inviaggiocommons · Public domain · resized

Eighteenth-century church in the Avvocata built in 1785 for an archconfraternity that clothed the poor; inside, an Adoration by Starace-Franchis.

On the street of the same name, in the Avvocata district, the church of San Giuseppe dei Nudi owes its name to the mission of the archconfraternity that had it built in 1785: nobles, lawyers and artists united in works of charity, such as "clothing the naked".The building, by Giovanni del Gaizo, enlarged an earlier Augustinian church. On the high altar a canvas by Achille Jovene depicts this very work of mercy; on the left we look for the Adoration of the Shepherds by Girolamo Starace-Franchis, a painter who also worked at the Royal Palace of Caserta.

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