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Church of the Ascensione a Chiaia

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of the Ascensione a Chiaia
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

Fourteenth-century Celestine church in Chiaia, rebuilt in the 17th century with work by Cosimo Fanzago; three-arched façade.

In the Chiaia area, the Ascensione was founded in the 14th century, under Robert of Anjou, in what was then marshland near the sea, and entrusted to the Celestines.After a long period of neglect, rebuilding began in 1622 thanks to a devout nobleman and was completed by Giovan Giacomo Di Conforto and Cosimo Fanzago in 1645. We recognise the three-arched façade; inside, a Greek-cross plan with polychrome marble decoration.

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