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Church of the Santi Apostoli

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of the Santi Apostoli
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Large Baroque church on the upper decumanus with frescoes by Giovanni Lanfranco and the only work by Borromini in Naples.

Let's not be fooled by the plain façade: inside the Santi Apostoli, on the upper decumanus, unfolds one of the great spectacles of Neapolitan Baroque. Tradition has it that the church was founded in 468 by Bishop Soter, perhaps on a temple of Mercury; the Theatines rebuilt it from the end of the 16th century.Let's look up at the Stories of the Apostles frescoed by Giovanni Lanfranco between 1638 and 1646 and at Beinaschi's dome. Then we look for the Filomarino altar: it is the only work by Francesco Borromini in Naples.

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