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Church of Sant'Anna a Capuana

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Sant'Anna a Capuana
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

Porta Capuana church on a mixtilinear plan, completed in 1751 to a design by Giuseppe Astarita, with a double staircase.

At the edge of the square of the same name, near Porta Capuana, the church of Sant'Anna began in the 16th century as a small chapel of the friars of San Francesco di Paola.It took its final form in 1751 to a design by Giuseppe Astarita: a mixtilinear plan with a circular interior. Its special feature is the raised altar, reached by a splendid double staircase.

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