San Giuseppe a Chiaia, Naples

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Via Riviera di Chiaia, 109, 80122 Napoli, Italy

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N40° 49' 59.556" E14° 13' 41.61"   (40.83321, 14.228225) Start navigation »

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San Giuseppe a Chiaia is a church in Naples, Italy. Originally founded as a chapel for the Jesuit Order; it was enlarged during 1666-1673 under designs by Tommaso Carrere.

With the suppression of the Jesuit Order, the church changed management. About 1817, under the patronage of Ferdinando I it became a hospice for the blind called the Casa di San Giuseppe e Lucia.
The interior has a paintings of St Ignatius of Loyola by Luca Giordano, Family of the Virgin by Nicola Malinconico, a St Anne and Holy Family by Francesco di Maria.

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