San Giovanni a Carbonara

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Church of San Giovanni a Carbonara
Chiesa di San Giovanni a Carbonara
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The façade of San Giovanni a Carbonara
San Giovanni a Carbonara
40°51′22″N14°15′37″E / 40.856013°N 14.260372°E / 40.856013; 14.260372
Location Naples
Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania
CountryItaly
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
StatusActive
Architecture
Architectural type Gothic architecture
Groundbreaking 1339
Administration
Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples

San Giovanni a Carbonara is a Gothic church in Naples, Southern Italy. It is located at the northern end of via Carbonara, just outside what used to be the eastern wall of the old city. The name carbonara (meaning "coal-carrier") was given to this site allocated for the collection and burning of refuse outside the city walls in the Middle Ages.

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Interior
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Somma chapel

History

The monastery/church complex of San Giovanni was founded by the Augustinians in 1343. The church was begun in Gotico Angioiano style, but completed in the early 15th century under King Ladislaus of Durazzo, who turned the church into a Pantheon-like tribute to the last of the Angevin rulers of Naples.

To the left of the entrance, almost at Via Carbonara is the church of the Pietatella.

Architecture and decoration

The current façade, with its scenographic stairwell entrance was constructed in 1707 or 1708 by Ferdinando Sanfelice. It maintains the Gothic portal with a lunette frescoed by the Lombard Leonardo da Besozzo.

The interior is on the Latin Cross plan, with a rectangular nave. The main altar decorated with polychrome marble dates from 1746. The apse contains Ladislaus' tomb, commissioned by his sister Queen Joan II from the sculptor Andrea Ciccione. The sepulchre of Sergianni Caracciolo was also completed by Ciccione.

Among the main chapels are the following:

The church also contains a statue of the Madonna delle Grazie (1578) by Michelangelo Naccherino, and a sacristy whose decorative plan was formulated by Giorgio Vasari, with the help of Cristofano Gherardi.

The church was restored in 1856, but was severely damaged by Allied bombardments in 1943.

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