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Church of San Giuseppe Maggiore dei Falegnami

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of San Giuseppe Maggiore dei Falegnami
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

Poggioreale church that since 1934 has housed the furnishings and marble of San Giuseppe Maggiore, demolished in central Naples.

In the rione Luzzatti, in Poggioreale, stands a church with an unusual history. Born as the church of the Holy Family, in 1934, at Cardinal Ascalesi's wish, it received the furnishings and marble of San Giuseppe Maggiore, the carpenters' church that stood in the city centre.Damaged in the war and later rebuilt, it has a façade with a piperno doorway, Corinthian pilasters and a majolica dome. Inside we find the works of the original church, including the angels by the sculptor Angelo Viva.

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