Santa Maria della Catena

Santa Maria della Catena or Santa Maria del Porto is a church in Borgo Santa Lucia of , Italy. The church was founded in 1576 by the inhabitants of the quartiere, and dedicated to the Madonna della Catena, an important Marian cult in Naples and Sicily.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church building in Naples, Italy
  • Also known as: “Santa Maria del Porto” and “Santa Maria della Catena, Naples”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monte Echia and Villa of Lucullus.

Peak
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is a rocky promontory, entirely made of yellow tuff, located in the Pizzofalcone area, in the district of . This promontory projects into the between the Borgo Santa Lucia to the east, the basin to the west, and overlooks the Megaride islet to the south.

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The was an extensive and sumptuous ancient Roman villa built in the first century BC in by the famous gourmet, general and consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus.

Castle
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Castel dell'Ovo is a seafront castle in , located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who had a reputation in the Middle Ages as a great sorcerer and predictor of the future. is situated 430 metres south of Santa Maria della Catena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Ferdinando and Quartieri Spagnoli.

Suburb
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is a southern district of , with a population of about 18,000.

Neighborhood
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is an area of the city of , . The area, encompassing c. 800,000 square metres, consists of a grid of around eighteen streets by twelve, including a population of some 14,000 inhabitants.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , 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 of the city; the area stretches along the main…

Santa Maria della Catena

Latitude
40.83159° or 40° 49′ 54″ north
Longitude
14.2484° or 14° 14′ 54″ east
Open location code
8FGPR6JX+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 339405624
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q719084
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