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Church of Santa Maria del Parto

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Santa Maria del Parto
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

Mergellina church commissioned by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro, who is buried there; it holds Giovanni da Nola's nativity scene.

At Mergellina, on land received from King Frederick, the poet Jacopo Sannazaro had two superimposed churches built from 1504. The lower one, carved into the tuff, took its name from his work on the birth of Christ and became a place of prayer for expectant mothers.Today the church is a parish and houses Sannazaro's tomb and the nativity scene by Giovanni da Nola, carved in the 16th century. From the churchyard the view over the little harbour of Mergellina repays the climb.

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