Santa Maria di Caravaggio
The Church of Santa Maria di Caravaggio is a Baroque Catholic church located on Piazza Dante, in Naples, Italy. Construction was begun in 1627 under the patronage of Felice Pignella, and dedicated to the Holy Mary of Caravaggio, a small town in the Province of Bergamo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Naples, Italy
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include piazza Dante and Port’Alba.
piazza Dante
Square
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Piazza Dante is a large public square in Naples, Italy, named after the poet Dante Alighieri. The square is dominated by a 19th-century statue of the poet Dante, sculpted by Tito Angelini. piazza Dante is situated 120 metres southeast of Santa Maria di Caravaggio.
Port’Alba
City gate
Photo: IlSistemone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Port'Alba is the remnant of one of the city gates in Naples, Italy. It is located on the northwestern edge of Piazza Dante, just north of Vanvitelli's colonnade, which obscures the bastion into which the gate was carved. Port’Alba is situated 120 metres southeast of Santa Maria di Caravaggio.
Teatro Bellini
Theater building
Photo: Carla Buccino, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teatro Bellini is a private theatre and opera located in the centre of Naples, across the street from the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples on Via Conte di Ruvo. Teatro Bellini is situated 140 metres northeast of Santa Maria di Caravaggio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Giuseppe and Montecalvario.
San Giuseppe
Suburb
San Giuseppe is a quartiere or neighbourhood of Naples, 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 Gesù Nuovo, the buildings along via Benedetto Croce and the square, Piazza San Domenico Maggiore.
Montecalvario
Suburb
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Montecalvario is a neighbourhood of Naples, southern Italy. The area centers roughly on the square called Piazza Carità and the metal monument to Salvo D'Acquisto at the northern end of the Quartieri Spagnoli of the city; the area stretches along the main…
Avvocata
Suburb
Photo: Armando Mancini, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Avvocata is a quarter of Naples, southern Italy. It is just outside, to the west, of the original historic centre of the Greco-Roman city of Naples. It is the first area beyond the original city developed under the Spanish viceroyship when the Spanish moved into the Kingdom of Naples in the mid-16th century.
Santa Maria di Caravaggio
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipalità 2, Naples, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.85011° or 40° 51′ 0″ northLongitude
14.24964° or 14° 14′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8FGPV62X+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 245710189OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q718599
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tagalog—“Santa Maria di Caravaggio” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡拉瓦乔圣母教堂”
- Chinese: “卡拉瓦喬聖母教堂”
- Croatian: “Santa Maria di Caravaggio”
- Czech: “kostel sv. Marie z Caravaggia”
- Dutch: “Santa Maria di Caravaggio”
- French: “église Santa Maria di Caravaggio”
- French: “Église Santa Maria di Caravaggio”
- Hungarian: “Santa Maria di Caravaggio”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria di Caravaggio”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria di Caravaggio”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa María de Caravaggio (Nápoles)”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa María de Caravaggio”
- Tagalog: “Santa Maria di Caravaggio”
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