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Church of Santo Strato a Posillipo

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Santo Strato a Posillipo
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

The church of the Casale di Posillipo hamlet, founded in 1266 thanks to three Greeks; a 16th-century panel behind the altar.

In the historic hamlet of the Casale di Posillipo, the Church of Santo Strato stands on the ruins of a Roman building. Tradition tells that in 1266 three Greeks turned it into a church with the money they earned performing as jugglers in the streets of Naples.It was enlarged in 1572. Behind the high altar is a 16th-century panel with the Madonna and Saints Francis of Paola and Stratus; on a side altar, a wooden bust attributed to Giacomo Colombo. From the hamlet the view over the gulf is splendid.

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