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Church of Santa Maria della Consolazione a Villanova

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Santa Maria della Consolazione a Villanova
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Eighteenth-century church in the old village of Villanova, Posillipo, designed in 1737 by Ferdinando Sanfelice.

In the old village of Villanova, high on Posillipo, the church of Santa Maria della Consolazione was built in 1737 to a design by Ferdinando Sanfelice, one of the most sought-after architects of 18th-century Naples.It has a central plan decorated with elegant stucco. Behind the high altar is a small 16th-century panel of the Madonna and Child, flanked by two panels by Giuseppe Marullo; on either side of the entrance, two canvases by Paolo De Majo.

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