Santa Maria del Faro
Santa Maria del Faro is a church in the quartiere of Posillipo of Naples, Italy. A church was founded here in the 13th century, and restored in the 18th century using designs by Ferdinando Sanfelice and under the patronage of the Mazza family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Santa Maria del Faro, Naples”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gaiola Island and Pausilypon Archaeological Park.
Gaiola Island
Islet
Pausilypon Archaeological Park
Museum
Photo: Armando Mancini, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pausilypon Archaeological Park is a museum, which is situated 540 metres west of Santa Maria del Faro.
Parco sommerso di Gaiola
Archaeological site
Photo: ChristiHarri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parco sommerso di Gaiola is an archaeological site, which is situated 510 metres southwest of Santa Maria del Faro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagnoli and Fuorigrotta.
Bagnoli
Suburb
Photo: Mentnafunangann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagnoli is a western seaside quarter of Naples, Italy, well beyond the confines of the original city. It is beyond Cape Posillipo and, thus, looking on the coast of the Bay of Pozzuoli. Bagnoli is situated 3 km northwest of Santa Maria del Faro.
Fuorigrotta
Suburb
Fuorigrotta is a western suburb of Naples, southern Italy. Covering an area of 6,2 km2, it is the most populated suburb of the city. Fuorigrotta is situated 3½ km north of Santa Maria del Faro.
Santa Maria del Faro
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipalità 1, Naples, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.7957° or 40° 47′ 45″ northLongitude
14.19135° or 14° 11′ 29″ eastOpen location code
8FGPQ5WR+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 270111038OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q1256274
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Santa Maria del Faro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة فنار القديسة مريم”
- Arabic: “كنيسة فنارالقديسة مريم (نابولي)”
- Croatian: “Santa Maria del Faro”
- Czech: “kostel Santa Maria del Faro”
- Dutch: “Santa Maria del Faro, Naples”
- French: “église Santa Maria del Faro”
- French: “Église Santa Maria del Faro”
- Hungarian: “Santa Maria del Faro (Nápoly)”
- Hungarian: “Santa Maria del Faro”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria del Faro”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria del Faro”
- Italian: “Chiesa Santa Maria del Faro”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Maria del Faro”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Casa degli Spiriti and Parco Sommerso di Gaiola.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Santa Maria del Faro”. Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 3.0.