Gesù delle Monache
Gesù delle Monache is a Roman Catholic church located near the Porta San Gennaro in central Naples, Italy. Over the years, the church was also a parish church known as San Giovanni Evangelista in Porta San Gennaro or San Giovanni in Porta.Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Naples, Italy
- Also known as: “Gesu delle Monache”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porta San Gennaro and San Francesco dei Cocchieri.
Porta San Gennaro
City gate
Photo: ho visto nina volare, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Porta San Gennaro is one of the ancient gates of the city of Naples, located just southwest of the edge of the Piazza Cavour, just off the busy Via Foria and leading to a pedestrian alley, just east and parallel to Via Duomo.
San Francesco dei Cocchieri
Church
Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Francesco dei Cocchieri is a church.
Naples Cathedral
Church
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naples Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples. Naples Cathedral is situated 350 metres southeast of Gesù delle Monache.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Lorenzo and Rione Sanità.
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.
Rione Sanità
Neighborhood
Photo: Ruthven, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rione Sanità is a neighbourhood in Naples, part of the Stella quarter. It is located north of Naples' historical centre, adjacent to the Capodimonte hill.
Borgo Sant’Antonio Abate
Neighborhood
Photo: Mark1000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Borgo Sant'Antonio Abate is a neighborhood in Naples, Italy. It was founded in the 15th century.
Gesù delle Monache
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipalità 4, Naples, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.85471° or 40° 51′ 17″ northLongitude
14.2566° or 14° 15′ 24″ eastInception
1582Open location code
8FGPV734+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 271302533OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q731459
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Gesù delle Monache” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “修女耶稣堂”
- Czech: “kostel Gesù delle Monache”
- Dutch: “Gesù delle Monache”
- French: “église du Gesù delle Monache”
- French: “Église du Gesù delle Monache”
- German: “Gesù delle Monache”
- Hungarian: “Gesù delle Monache”
- Italian: “chiesa del Gesù delle Monache”
- Italian: “Chiesa del Gesù delle Monache”
- Spanish: “iglesia de Gesù delle Monache”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Gesù delle Monache”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include MUSA - Sezione di Farmacologia and Piazzetta San Giovanni in Porta.
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