Santa Sofia, Naples

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Santa Sofia was a church on via Santa Sofia in the city of Naples, Italy, [1] now deconsecrated.

It was founded around 308 by Constantine, though the present church was built in 1487 to house a congregation which worked to bury the poor. It has a 1754 maiolica pavement and its facade has two doors. [2] It also contained paintings by Fabrizio Santafede and Marco Pino, but these were removed after the 1980 earthquake.

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References

  1. (in Italian) La chiesa di Santa Sofia on Napoligrafia
  2. (in Italian) Francesco Domenico Moccia e Dante Caporali, NapoliGuida-Tra Luoghi e Monumenti della città storica, Clean, 2001.