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Church of Santi Filippo e Giacomo

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Santi Filippo e Giacomo
Photo: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

The church of the Silk Guild on via San Biagio dei Librai, commissioned from 1591 by the powerful silk workers' guild.

On via San Biagio dei Librai, near Santa Luciella, stands the church of Santi Filippo e Giacomo, known as the church of the Arte della Seta (Silk Guild). It was commissioned from 1591 by the guild of merchants, weavers and dyers, so powerful that it had its own court.The guild also ran a conservatory for the daughters of poor or deceased craftsmen, moved here into an old noble palazzo. Visiting it means discovering how silk made the wealth of Naples for centuries.

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