San Gennaro extra Moenia
San Gennaro extra Moenia is a church in Naples, Italy. It is located in the Rione Sanita on the large road that leads up to the Capodimonte museum and is an example of so-called paleo-Christian architecture in the city.Photo: Pinotto992, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church building in Naples, Italy
- Also known as: “Basilica di San Gennaro extra Moenia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Catacombs of San Gennaro and Madre del Buon Consiglio.
Catacombs of San Gennaro
Photo: Dominikmatus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Catacombs of San Gennaro are underground paleo-Christian burial and worship sites in Naples, Italy, carved out of tuff, a porous stone. They are situated in the northern part of the city, on the slope leading up to Capodimonte, consisting of two levels, San Gennaro Superiore, and San Gennaro Inferiore.
Madre del Buon Consiglio
Church
Fontana della Regina Elena (Napoli)
Fountain
Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontana della Regina Elena (Napoli) is a fountain, which is situated 140 metres north of San Gennaro extra Moenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stella and Rione Sanità.
Stella
Suburb
Stella is a neighbourhood of Naples, southern Italy. The area includes the National Archaeological Museum, stretches north through the Sanità section of the city, up the Capodimonte hill to include the grounds and buildings of the Capodimonte art museum.
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.
Colli Aminei
Neighborhood
The Colli Aminei are an area of Naples, Italy, that is part of the municipality of Stella-San Carlo at the Arena, specifically of the Stella district. It is bordered to the west and north by the Vallone di San Rocco, to the east by the Capodimonte ascent, to the south by the valleys of the Scudillo and the Fontanelle.
San Gennaro extra Moenia
- Categories: minor basilica, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipalità 3, Naples, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.86393° or 40° 51′ 50″ northLongitude
14.24643° or 14° 14′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8FGPV67W+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 29509208OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q717729
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tagalog—“San Gennaro extra Moenia” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “城外圣雅纳略圣殿”
- Croatian: “Crkva sv. Januarija izvan zidina”
- Dutch: “San Gennaro extra Moenia”
- French: “Basilique de San Gennaro fuori le mura”
- French: “basilique San Gennaro fuori le mura”
- French: “Basilique San Gennaro fuori le mura”
- Hungarian: “San Gennaro fuori le mura”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Santo Yanuarius di Luar Tembok, Napoli”
- Italian: “Basilica di San Gennaro Extra Moenia”
- Italian: “basilica di San Gennaro fuori le mura”
- Italian: “Basilica di San Gennaro fuori le mura”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Gennaro extra Moenia”
- Russian: “храм Святого Ианнуария”
- Spanish: “Basílica de San Genaro Extramuros”
- Tagalog: “San Gennaro extra Moenia”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palazzo Mecale and Piazzale Madre Landi.
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