Santa Maria Incoronata, Naples

Local nameChiesa di Santa Maria Incoronata
LocationNaples, Italy

Santa Maria dell'Incoronata is an ancient church on Via Medina in Naples, Italy. It is located just south of San Giorgio dei Genovesi and across the street from the Church of Pietà dei Turchini.

The church was built in the 14th century in Gotico Angioiano style as part of urban project around the Castel Nuovo, the royal palace of Charles II of Anjou. The church was founded in 1364, not as tradition holds, in memory of the coronation of Joanna I of Naples and her second marriage to Louis, Prince of Taranto, but to hold a precious relic, a spine from the thorny crown of Christ, which the queen had requested from Charles V of France, and whose portrait is kept in the entrance. The edification of the Palace chapel or cappella palatina outside of the Castle, was completed in a difficult moment for the Queen, after the death of her husband in 1362.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Incoronata,_Naples

Address 54 Via Medina, Napoli 80133, Italy

Coordinates 40°50'28.347" N 14°15'7.347" E

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