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Church of San Giuseppe delle Scalze a Pontecorvo

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of San Giuseppe delle Scalze a Pontecorvo
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

Church of 1619 on salita Pontecorvo, remodelled by Cosimo Fanzago between 1643 and 1660.

On salita Pontecorvo, above via Toledo, the church of San Giuseppe delle Scalze was built in 1619 in place of Palazzo Spinelli for the Teresian nuns.Between 1643 and 1660 Cosimo Fanzago substantially remodelled it; further work followed in 1709 to a design by Giovanni Battista Manni. The interior was redecorated around 1903 after the vault collapsed. Another stop on the climb towards the Vomero.

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