San Giovanni dei Napoletani

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San Giovanni dei Napoletani , actually San Giovanni Battista la Nazione Napoletana, is a Renaissance church in Palermo .

history

Built in 1519 from Naples coming Brotherhood San Giovanni Battista la Nazione Napoletana in the grounds of the old port a church, but on the orders of Emperor Charles V to be torn down had, as they, in his opinion too close to that of the Swabians built attach Castle complex (Castello a Mare) stood. Around 1526, construction began on a new church in Piazza Marina, which was completed in 1617. It was given the name of the brotherhood, San Giovanni dei Napoletani. Since 1925 the church has belonged to the Confraternita della Carità (Brotherhood of Charity), which oversees the galleries and works of art in Sicily and is located in the Palazzo Abatellis .

San Giovanni Napoletani, view into the nave

description

It was built as a three-aisled basilica with a portico, a transept and three apses. The arches between the marble columns, the carefully worked capitals and the octagonal choir that ends in a dome give the image of a typical Sicilian Renaissance church. The multi-colored marble floor of the transept dates from the 18th century, only remains of the original terracotta have been preserved in the right aisle. The stucco decoration, like the two figures of Justitia and Caritas, comes from Procopio Serpotta . The tomb for Don Tommaso Trabucco (1690–1761), one of the rectors of the Brotherhood of San Giovanni Battista, was made by Emmanuele Gabriele.

By lengthening Via Vittorio Emanuele to Porta Felice , the portico was trimmed and additions to the street were removed.

literature

  • Giuseppe Bellafiore: Palermo. Guide to the city and the surrounding area. Istituto Geografico de Agostini, Novara 1959.
  • Adriana Chirco: Palermo la città ritrovata. Flaccovio, Palermo 1999, ISBN 88-7758-469-6 .
  • Pierfrancesco Palazzotto: Palermo. Guida agli oratori. Confraternite, compagnie e congregazioni dal XVI al XIX secolo . Kalós, Palermo 2004, ISBN 88-89224-07-X .
  • Giuseppe Spatrisano: L'architettura del Cinquecento in Palermo. Flaccovio, Palermo 1961.

Web links

Commons : San Giovanni dei Napoletani (Palermo)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 7 '7.1 "  N , 13 ° 22' 8.6"  E