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Church of Santa Maria la Bruna in Vicolo Scassacocchi

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Santa Maria la Bruna in Vicolo Scassacocchi
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

A Baroque church in the ancient centre run by the Scassacocchi confraternity, in the alley where carriages bumped against the walls.

In the heart of the ancient centre, on the little square of the same name, stands Santa Maria la Bruna, a Baroque church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and run by the confraternity of the Scassacocchi, built on land granted by the Caracciolo family.The name of the alley tells a whole story: carriages heading for the law courts passed through here, and their wheel hubs knocked against the walls of the narrow street, «smashing» the coaches. A corner of Naples where history can be read even in the street names.

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