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Santa Chiara
A great Gothic church with a cloister of columns and benches covered in painted majolica tiles.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid for the cloister; the churches are free
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Via Santa Chiara 49/c, 80134 NaplesDirections
- Getting There
- At the west end of Spaccanapoli, by Piazza del Gesù.
Why Go
Built in the 14th century and rebuilt after bombing in 1943, the church holds tombs of the Angevin kings. Its cloister was covered in the 1740s with yellow and green tiles of vines, lemons and country scenes.
Across the square, the Gesù Nuovo has a façade of diamond-pointed stones and a dazzling baroque interior.
Nearby in Naples
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