The 448 historical and Monumental churches of Naples

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Annunziata Maggiore Renaissance sacristy, frescoes by Belisario Corenzio:







Santi Apostoli's Altare Filomarino, by great sculptor Francesco Borromini:



(all pictures by Panoramio's profile of user Crime)

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Cappella Firrao in San Paolo Maggiore Basilica:

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Cappella San Tomasi in San Paolo Maggiore basilica:

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Catacombs of San Gaudioso (Cantarelle), under Santa Maria alla Sanità basilica:







the entrance for the crypt and the San Gaudioso catacombs:



ancient mosaics:





other mosaics:

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Side chapels in San Domenico Maggiore basilica:

San Giovanni Battista chapel:



the transept:



side chapel:







Pietro Cavallini's fresco:



Sacristy vault fresco, from Solimena painter:

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Now let give some space to the third level of the city: beside the sea level and the hills level of the Vesuvius, there is an underground level that sometimes is as spectacular as the ground level: the catacombs, dating back to the third millennium before Christ, the ancient greek city is now buried and represents and underground city too, and there is also...an underground lake!

San Gennaro catacombs, V century after Christ:



Ipogeo Purgatorio ad Arco:



















Underground cemetery:

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Cimitero delle Fontanelle:







A youtube video (in italian, sorry!) about the cemetery and its images:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zqRP0yBGLI

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Gesù Nuovo basilica side chapels:

Francesco Solimena fresco:



Side chapels:

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Two pics of mine.

Spirito Santo church


Gesù Nuovo

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Grande Yuri!
that silver dome is just...

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Pictures taken from user Bartol0 the forum "il Cielo di Napoli":

Suor Orsola Benincasa:

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User Crime80 in the forum "Il Cielo di Napoli" presented this beautiful image set about the ancient domes of the city:

Santa Teresa a Chiaia church:



Church of Santi Bernardino e Margherita all'Ordine di Malta:



Santa Maria Egiziaca a Pizzofalcone:



Santi Apostoli church:



Santa Caterina a Formiello church:



Symphony of ancient domes:

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heavy restorations undergoing for the ancient church of Gesù e Maria complex:

[yuri]

Amazing!

[italiano_pellicano]

wow che belleza incredibile

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San Domenico Maggiore complex

After many years of manteinance, this important monastic complex opens to the public. Here there was the ancient site of the University of Naples. There studied Petrarca in his neapolitan period, Giordano Bruno, Gianbattista Vico, San Tommaso d'Aquino.

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Great works of restorations!!!! Thank you Yuri for those amazing pictures!
With all those restorations ongoing and the Lungomare seaside avenue closed to the traffic,
the difference in terms of the image of the city will not be late in being evident also in touristic sector (I mean, in the unqualified and generalized mass tourism, since Naples has always be by far a must see city for the experts or those who studies or appreciate art and culture, but unluckily those are just a minority)

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bellissima napoli

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Santa Chiara church

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San Domenico Maggiore monastic complex.
Great environments, as wished by the prior Ruffo di Bagnara.

This map shows the greatness of the complex
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A sculpture in the courtyard
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Entrance stair
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In the dining hall I was astonished by the frescos those, ideally, continue the perspective of the big room.


This is a fresco of the last dinner of Jesus Christ. The guide explained me that this is the result of three phases of painting in the time. The first phase is the main scene and the two groups of columns; the second one is the crucifixion in the bottom; the last one is in the low left corner, where a part of the painting was lost and repainted.

Here you are the adding.
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The opposite wall is painted with the most important moment in the life of San Tommaso: the dialogue with the cross.
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Some ancient elements located in the wall.
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Chapter room, the most beautiful one in the convent.


Here is showed the chapter of the passion of Christ.


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The cells of the dominican monks
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The most suggestive room is the cell of San Tommaso.
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The crux that talked with San Tommaso
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San Tommaso's leg bone
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Roof of the chapel containing the cell
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