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Church of Santa Maria della Colonna

  • Visit: about 20 min

Baroque church opposite the Girolamini, founded in 1580 for abandoned children; Pergolesi studied here. Today it hosts exhibitions.

On via Tribunali, opposite the church of the Girolamini, Santa Maria della Colonna was founded in 1580 to take in abandoned children. It later became the conservatory of the Poveri di Gesù Cristo, one of the great music schools of Naples: Giovan Battista Pergolesi trained here.The façade of 1715, by Antonio Guidetti, is an elegant play of pilasters and stucco; the Greek-cross interior with its dome is decorated by the stuccoist Costantino D'Adamo. Today it is no longer used for worship and hosts exhibitions and conferences.

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