Church of the Carminiello ad Arco in Pagani

The church of the Carminiello ad Arco, dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, is part of a complex called the Conservatorio ad Arco. Work began in 1682 and was completed in 1712, while the church was already consecrated in 1683. The complex came from the transformation of a palace commissioned by Carlo Pignataro, count palatine and chief physician of the Kingdom of Naples.Its purpose was to take in and educate poor and orphaned girls, a work considered of great merit at the time; the conservatory followed the rule of St Teresa, established with the consent of the bishop of the day. We like discovering this corner of Pagani that tells a page of 17th-century social and religious history.