San Giovanni Maggiore

The Basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore is a church in Largo San Giovanni Maggiore in central , Italy. A 4th-century church at the site was likely erected sometime in the 4th century.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church in Naples, Italy
  • Also known as: “San Giovanni Maggiore, Naples”
  • Address: Rampe San Giovanni Maggiore 2, Napoli, 80134

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cappella Pappacoda and San Girolamo dei Ciechi.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a deconsecrated church dedicated to Cosmas and Damian in . It is sited on largo Banchi Nuovi and owes its name to the Banchi Nuovi, whose loggia previously occupied the church's site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porto and San Giuseppe.

Suburb
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is one of the thirty quarters of the city of Naples. It covers 1.14 square kilometres, and as of 2009, had 5738 inhabitants. is in the 2nd municipality subdivision, adjacent to the main passenger and freight terminals of the Port of Naples, in the historic part of the city.

Suburb
is a quartiere or neighbourhood of , southern Italy, which includes many of the points of interest on the western side of the historic centre of the city, including the square and church of , the buildings along via Benedetto Croce and the square, Piazza .

Suburb
is one of the 30 quartieri of , southern Italy. It covers an area of 0.63 km2 and in 2009 had a population of 15,588 inhabitants. The neighbourhood is part of the historical city centre, including the Palazzo Como, that houses the Filangieri Civic Museum, on the main north–south street in the area, Via Duomo.

San Giovanni Maggiore

Latitude
40.84554° or 40° 50′ 44″ north
Longitude
14.25576° or 14° 15′ 21″ east
Open location code
8FGPR7W4+68
Open­Street­Map ID
way 166243061
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­basilica
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1255747
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“San Giovanni Maggiore” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣若翰洗者大殿”
  • Czech: “kostel sv. Jana hlavní”
  • Dutch: “San Giovanni Maggiore, Naples”
  • French: “basilique San Giovanni Maggiore”
  • French: “Basilique San Giovanni Maggiore”
  • German: “San Giovanni Maggiore”
  • Hungarian: “San Giovanni Maggiore (Nápoly)”
  • Hungarian: “San Giovanni Maggiore”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Giovanni Maggiore (Napoli)”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Giovanni Maggiore(Napoli)”
  • Italian: “basilica di San Giovanni Maggiore”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Giovanni Maggiore”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Giovanni Maggiore (Napoli)”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Giovanni Maggiore”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Giovanni Maggiore”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Giovanni Maggiore”

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