Santa Maria della Concordia

Santa Maria della Concordia is a church, located on the Piazza of the same name in Naples, Italy.

Facade

Interior of church

The building was erected in 1556 and designed by the Carmelite priest Giuseppe Romano, and was restored in the 18th century by the architect Giovan Battista Nauclerio. In 1735, Nicola Tagliacozzi Canale was involved in carpentry in church.

Near the door of the sacristy, is a painting depicting la Virgin and St. Michael, by Jusepe de Ribera, though some attribute it to Bernardo Azzolino. To the left of the entrance is a tomb of Gaspare Benemerino, who died in 1641, and claimed to be son of the King of Fez. As mentioned in the inscription, was converted, giving father to the throne, for the military in the ranks of Philip III of Spain. The complex, which was suppressed during the French decade, had hosted a boarding school and a music school, was turned into a famous prison for debtors, often referred to by both the popular literature both from the properly educated.

At the door of the sacristy there is a painting of the Virgin and St. Michael, by Jusepe de Ribera, although some attribute it to Bernardo Azzolino. To the left of the tomb by Gaspare Benemerino, who died in 1641, putatively a son of the African king of Fez. The inscription claims Benemerino converted, an fought for the military in the ranks of Philip III of Spain. The structure, which was suppressed during the French decade, had hosted a boarding school and a music school, was turned into a famous prison for debtors, often referred to by both the popular literature both from the properly educated.

Of notable architectural interest is the facade of the eighteenth century, built on a high pinth of piperno in its once dominated by two pairs of pilasters of Composite order.

Bibliography

• Vincenzo Regina, Le chiese di Napoli. Viaggio indimenticabile attraverso la storia artistica, architettonica, letteraria, civile e spirituale della Napoli sacra, Newton and Compton editor, Naples 2004.