The 448 historical and Monumental churches of Naples

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Santa Maria del Ben morire church, Naples:



Santa Maria del Parto a Mergellina:







Santa Maria del Soccorso a Capodimonte:



Santa Maria della Carità:



Santa Maria della Catena:





Santa Maria della Consolazione a Villanova:





Chiesa di Santa Maria della Fede:



Chiesa di Santa Maria della Mercede a Montecalvario:



Santa Maria Assunta dei Pignatelli:





Santa Maria avvocata dei Peccatori:

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Santa Maria Avvocata church, Naples:





Chiesa di San Severo fuori le mura:



San tommaso a capuana:





Santa Barbara ai marinai:



Santa Caterina da Siena:

Before the restoration:



After the restoration:
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Santa Maria addolorata dei Franchis:



Santa Maria Ancillarum:



San Pasquale a Chiaia:









San Potito:



San Severo al Pendino:

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San Carlo all'Arena, Naples:





Basilica della Neve:





Church in Piazza Martiri:



Some other baroque interior from naples (I still don't know the names of the churches):







...and with this one we're 197 I guess, a little less than a half of the total number of the 448 monumental and historical churches in Naples, the "city of 500 domes", as it was once known, I think it is enough for a first approach to this city and I hope you liked it!

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Cappella Pappacoda, Naples:









Cappella del Monte dei Poveri:

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thank you soo much! Yes, artistically this city is really a gem, even if not so touristically known or valorized as it really should be (given its monster potential) at least for the moment. But I'm sure things will change very soon!

Some more churches, always from Naples:

Sant'Anna all'Arenella:



Santissima Annunziata a Fonseca:



Buon Camillo church:



Santa Maria del Carmine church:



Maria Santissima desolata:



virtual tour:

http://www.parrocchiamssdesolata.it/...rtualtour.html

Sant'Erasmo ai Granili:



Chiesa dell'Addolorata alla Pigna:



Sant'Atanasio all'Arenaccia:



Santa Maria in Portosalvo:

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Thank you very much Castor! Me encantan los frescos romanicos! Te crees que todavia no he visto Segovia? Verguenza me da, es una ciudad realmente preciosa! ahora sigo con la borbonica napoles!

Sant'Aniello a Caponapoli, recently restored church:



Underground ancient greek city walls, V century b.C. :

























From skyscrapercity forum user Skeltar:

Little chapel beside Santissima Annunziata maggiore basilica:
(all those following pictures have been taken from 1799 user in the "napoli recupero del centro storico patrimonio unesco" thread in skyscrapercity forum)

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Pio monte di Misericordia chapel

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Santa Maria Regina Coeli, Naples:









image hosted on flickr


An interesting youtube video about the monumental complex of Regina Coeli:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCEx3...layer_embedded

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San Giuseppe Maggiore dei Falegnami in Naples:







Santa Maria alle Grazie a Caponapoli, under restorations:







The interiors:

















Santi Giovanni e Teresa church:







Santi Cosma e Damiano a Porta Nolana:





Santi Francesco e Matteo:





Santi Marco e Andrea a Nilo:





Divino Amore church:

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Just a premise: in the whole thread, we're referring to just the comune of naples, that is the smallest administrative unit, not the greater naples area or the district, just the 117 square km of the city itself. The historical city center is the biggest in the world with 17 square km, even bigger than the one in Rome which is 15 square km. Those datas just makes the city even more and more impressive )

Santissima Trinità dei pellegrini church, naples:

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Chiesa di Santa Lucia al Mare, Naples:







Materdei church, Palazzo Cassano d'Ayerbo d'Aragona:





San Gennaro all'Olmo:

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Ok time now to show some more really important

San Nicola alla Carità church, Naples:



























Chiesa di San Pietro Martire:











The church is undergoing some very important restorations:

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Ok after seeing those countles marvellous churches in naples I have now no doubts: Naples is the most beautiful city in the world, hands down! everyone who have enjoyed these picture would agree, just sooooo many, just sooo gorgeous, and the sea, and the volcano, and the island......than you for sharing! Pleas keep it up!!

Thank you for your very kind words. I don't know why i'm doing this since i'm not from naples ahaha! but still I think the city is a real gem with an historical and an artistical heritage that makes of it a really incomparable city. That said, I would prefer Rome best, since in Rome there are even more monumental churches and even bigger one, hey that is the pope's house!
But I guess naples would came close on a top 5 shortlist.
Also palaces are really wonderful in naples, but there are really thousands of them...

Chiesa della Missione ai Vergini:







Chiesa della Pietà dei Turchini:

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Great. Thank you very much for the compilation. 448!! Wao!!

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thank you very much! I've tried to credit all of your pictures shown here, but if you find someone still not credited, please tell me and I will fix everything!

San Giuseppe de Vecchi church, Naples:





Santa Caterina a chiaia church:

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Santa Maria della Concordia, Naples:









Santa Maria Apparente church:







Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne:

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Santa Maria della Pace:

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Santa Maria Incoronata:













Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella:

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Santuario di San Gaetano da Thiene:

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Vault of the Oratorio dei Genovesi:



Chiesa di Sant'Antonio a Tarsia:

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Santa Lucia Vergine al Monte:









And that was the church number 238!
...any thoughts/opinion?

Thank you!