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Retreat of the Teresian Nuns of Torre del Greco

  • Visit: about 30 min
Retreat of the Teresian Nuns of Torre del Greco
Photo: Baku · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

Materdei monastery founded by the Teresian nuns of Torre del Greco after the 1794 eruption of Vesuvius.

On salita San Raffaele, in Materdei, stands the retreat of the Teresian nuns of Torre del Greco. The nuns had had their convent in Torre del Greco since 1685, but the 1794 eruption of Vesuvius destroyed it.Thanks to the help of a baron from Apulia and his nephew they obtained this new home, where they also opened a boarding school for girls. A story that links Naples to the towns around Vesuvius.

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