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Monumental Church of Santa Maria la Nova

  • Visit: about 20 min
Monumental Church of Santa Maria la Nova
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The Franciscan complex with a gilded ceiling and frescoed cloisters, in the centre of Naples.

The church was rebuilt at the end of the 16th century and has a splendid gilded coffered ceiling with paintings by the leading Neapolitan painters of the time.In the convent cloisters we can see frescoes and tombs. According to a much-debated tradition, Vlad III, Count Dracula, is buried here: a story that draws many curious visitors.

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