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Church · Napoli (NA)

Church of Santa Croce ad Orsolone

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 281 m
Pictured: Napoli · Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Ancient church at the top of the Camaldoli hill, documented from the 12th century; it holds a fragment of the Cross.

At the top of the Camaldoli hill, in the locality of Santa Croce, Chiaiano, stands one of the oldest churches in the hilly part of Naples: it is documented as early as a deed of 1130.The name comes from a painting of the Holy Cross, now lost, and from a relic considered a fragment of the wood of Jesus's cross, still kept by the parish. A destination for anyone who enjoys walks on the Camaldoli hills.

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