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Church of Santa Maria della Purità degli Orefici

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Santa Maria della Purità degli Orefici
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The church of the conservatory founded in 1620 by the goldsmiths' guild for their daughters, on the edge of Materdei.

In Vico Santa Maria della Purità, near Via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi and on the edge of Materdei, stands the church linked to the guild of goldsmiths and silversmiths.In 1620 the guild founded a conservatory for the craftsmen's daughters, with a few places for poor girls; in 1644 it moved it here, onto land belonging to the Fonseca family. A story that tells of the importance of the goldsmith's art in the Naples of that time.

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