Location: Province of Naples
Top Things to do in Province of Naples
Things to do in Province of Naples, Campania: The Best Churches & Cathedrals
The Province of Naples (Italian: Provincia di Napoli, Napulitano: Pruvincia 'e Nàpule) was a province in the Campania region of southern Italy; since January 2015 has been replaced by the Metropolitan City of Naples.
Restaurants in Province of Naples
1. Parrocchia San Gennaro Vescovo e Martire
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. Chiesa di Sant'Anna, Gesu e Maria
3. Cattedrale di Pozzuoli
4. Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
5. Chiesa San Michele
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4.5 based on 635 reviews
Church from the 17th century with its notable San Michele statue and splendid antique ceramic floor.
Reviewed By thomasozbun - Vicenza, Italy
This 18th century Baroque church has an amazing majolica floor mosaic depicting the original sin and paradise filled with animals and dating to 1761. An incredible monument to see.
6. Complesso Monumentale di Santa Chiara
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4.5 based on 3,507 reviews
The Monumental Complex of St. Chiara, including the Church, the Monastery and the Convent, had been raised since 1310 to 1328 by the will of the King Roberto d’Angio and his wife Sancia of Majorca. The sovereigns, both devoted to St. Francis of Assisi and St. Chiara, wanted to build a Franciscan citadel that housed in the Convent the Clarisses and in the contiguous Monastery the Friars Minor. The Church, central nucleus of the whole complex, rose with the title of Saint Host or Sacred Body of Christ, dedication suggested by the Eucharistic Miracle of Bolsena, happened in 1264; the denomination changed immediately in Santa Chiara, probably for the extraordinary number of Clarisses introduces in the Convent.
Reviewed By sharonhW264WM - Las Vegas, United States
The Gothic church of Santa Chiara was originally built 1310-28 by the will of King Roberto d’Angio and his wife, Sancia, of Majorca. They wanted to build a Franciscan citadel to house a convent and a monastery. During the 18th century, the monarchs updated the church with baroque decoration and created the beautiful cloister, with amazing majolica tiles representing social scenes, to introduce art and to give the nuns a chance to see what life was like outside the convent. The church was heavily bombed during WWII, but was restored to its original Gothic style afterwards. Giotto had painted most of the frescoes in the original church, but only pieces/parts of them were recovered to show how the originals looked. Despite the rain on the day we visited, we enjoyed wandering through the church and the old cloisters, restored to their former glory. The majolica tiles were vibrantly colorful and the scenes they portrayed gave us insight into the lives of the people of 1700’s Naples. The biblical scene frescoes along the side walls of the cloister were also amazing, and there was an adjoining museum where we saw many interesting artifacts and an archaeological excavation. A definite hidden gem in Naples.
7. Convento di Sant'Angelo in Palco
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4.5 based on 8 reviews
8. Chiesa di San Biagio
9. Gesu Nuovo Church
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4.5 based on 2,795 reviews
Reviewed By tomj932 - London, United Kingdom
The Gesu Nuovo church is an interesting church located just around the corner from the Toledo metro station and not too far from Vei dei Tribunali. The outer facade of the church is very interesting and quite quirky with the pyramid designs. The interior of the church is massive, with so many different pieces of art to look at and admire and many items laced in gold. The large dome helps to expand the size of the church also.
10. Duomo di Napoli
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4.5 based on 2,630 reviews
Reviewed By lisac436 - Solihull, United Kingdom
We attend mass in this beautiful cathedral and then spent a happy couple of hours walking round and enjoying the beauty, peace and tranquility of this wonderful place. The Chapel of San Gennaro is a particular high point, which is incredibly ornate. NB. Depending on which direction you come from it can be really hard to find, if you come from the front it's fine as on more of a main road but one entrance comes more from a back alley and you think your in the wrong place but you're not just go up the stairs.
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