Santa Maria Regina Coeli, Naples

Church of Santa Maria Regina Coeli
Chiesa di Santa Maria Regina Coeli

The facade of Santa Maria Regina Coeli in Naples .
Coordinates: 40°51′08″N 14°15′15″E / 40.852194°N 14.254270°E / 40.852194; 14.254270
Location Naples
Province of Naples, Campania
Country Italy
Denomination Roman Catholic
Architecture
Status Active
Architectural type Church
Style Baroque architecture, Renaissance architecture
Administration
Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples

Santa Maria Regina Coeli is a Roman Catholic church in central Naples, Italy.

History

After the earthquake of 1561 damaged their original house in Naples, priests of the Canons Regular of the Lateran moved to the Palazzo Montalto, adjacent to the monastery of San Gaudioso.[1] Here they made a new convent dedicated the Holy Mary, Queen of Heaven (Regina Coeli). The present church was built by 1594 under the direction of Luciano Quaranta. The building was reconstructed by Giovanni Vincenzo Della Monica, then later by Giovanni Francesco di Palma; and finally by Francesco Antonio Picchiatti in 1682. In 1812, the monks were transferred to the Monastery of Gesù e Maria and in their place moved in the Sisters of Charity of Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret. This order still owns the complex in 2014.

The entrance is preceded by two staircases leading to a pronaos with arcades, which was frescoed (1594) by the Flemish painter Loise Croys, pupil of Paul Bril. To the right of the sacristy, rises an octagonal bell-tower next to Via Pisanelli.

The interior has decoration from the 18th century. The wooden ceiling was designed by Pietro De Marino, and holds canvases by Stanzione; By the windows are painting by Luca Giordano, Micco Spadaro, Giovan Battista Beinaschi, and Pietro del Pò. The apse has a dome, stuccoed in 1683, while the altar was completed in the 17th century by Giovanni Mozzetta. The walls have frescoes by Pietro Bardellino. Other frescoes in the church are by Lorenzo Vaccaro. In the fourth chapel is a painting by Giordano, and in the sacristy hangs a Pietà by Filippo Vitale.

The cloister

The cloister has a bust of San Vincenzo de' Paoli and by Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret. Reconstructions were carried out in 1599, and further work in the convent occurred in the second half of the 17th century by the architect Francesco Antonio Picchiatti.


References

  1. ↑ Gennaro Aspreno Galante, Guida sacra della città di Napoli, 1872

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