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Church of the Consolazione a Carbonara

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of the Consolazione a Carbonara
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Baroque church below San Giovanni a Carbonara, designed by Ferdinando Sanfelice, with an altar and balustrade by Giuseppe Sanmartino.

At the foot of the staircase of San Giovanni a Carbonara is Santa Maria della Consolazione, founded in 1620 by the Augustinians for an image of the Virgin found under the plaster in a carpenter's workshop.The building was designed by Ferdinando Sanfelice; the high altar and balustrade, by Giuseppe Sanmartino, creator of the Veiled Christ, come from the church above. The stucco-rich interior has an elliptical dome.

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