Santa Maria la Scala
Santa Maria la Scala is a Baroque style church in a Piazzetta of the same name in Naples, Italy. The complex was built in 1054, when merchants of the town of Scala in the peninsula of Sorrento, traded with Neapolitans, thus were granted a plot which then stood outside the city walls, to erect a church complex.Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Naples, Italy
- Also known as: “Santa Maria la Scala, Naples”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porta Nolana and Santissima Annunziata Maggiore.
Porta Nolana
City gate
Photo: Sergioizzo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Porta Nolana is the remnant of one of the medieval city gates in Naples, Italy. It is located in Piazza Nolana, near a local train station, Napoli Porta Nolana with the Circumvesuviana lines, and a bustling local pedestrian market, Mercato di Porta Nolano, known for seafood. Porta Nolana is situated 210 metres northeast of Santa Maria la Scala.
Santissima Annunziata Maggiore
Church
Photo: Alex Ranaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Santissima Annunziata Maggiore is a basilica church located in the quartieri Pendino near Forcella, in the historic center of Naples, Italy. Santissima Annunziata Maggiore is situated 200 metres north of Santa Maria la Scala.
Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella
Church
Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella, also known as the Church of Santa Maria Egiziaca all'Olmo, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located in the quartiere di Forcella, in the city of Naples, Italy. Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella is situated 130 metres west of Santa Maria la Scala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pendino and Mercato.
Pendino
Suburb
Pendino is one of the 30 quartieri of Naples, 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.
Mercato
Suburb
Mercato is a neighbourhood or quartiere of Naples, southern Italy. It is in the southeastern part of the city, bounded by the industrial port of Naples on the south.
San Lorenzo
Suburb
San Lorenzo is a district of Naples, Italy. It incorporates the precise geographical center of the ancient Greco-Roman city, centered on the intersection of Via San Gregorio Armeno and Via dei Tribunali.
Santa Maria la Scala
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipalità 2, Naples, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.84929° or 40° 50′ 58″ northLongitude
14.26583° or 14° 15′ 57″ eastOpen location code
8FGPR7X8+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 253360380OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q3674161
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Santa Maria la Scala” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Santa Maria la Scala, Naples”
- French: “église Santa Maria la Scala”
- French: “Église Santa Maria la Scala”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria la Scala”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria la Scala”
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