The curch of santa maria dell'incoronata in naples, campania, italy, europe
After years of political crisis and bloody struggles Joanna I of Anjou returned to Naples in 1352 and was crowned queen To commemorate the event she founded a hospital and church named the Incoronata after Christ s crown of thorns The church became the preferred location of Angevin and Aragonese royalty for ceremonies and coronations Decay set in in the first half of the sixteenth century The excavation of a second moat around the Castel Nuovo effectively dropped the church three meters below street level and it was abandoned by the Cistercian Fathers It was reopened for observances in the eighteenth century but despite renovations that covered it with rich baroque decorations its fortunes did not improve and it ended up as the basement to a public building Between 1925 and 1929 its original portico was brought back to light Between 1959 and 1961 it was freed of the building that had engulfed it and frescoes by Roberto d Oderisio seriously damaged were rediscovered The church was closed after the earthquake of 1980 but was renovated repaired and reopened to the public in April 1993 The frescoes are again visible arranged on mobile supports almost all of them located once more in their original positions Grazia Deledda Middle School
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Location: Santa maria incoronata, via medina, naples, campania, italy
Photo credit: © Giovanni Guarino Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: architecture, bulding, chapel, church, curches, dellincoronata, giovanni, gothic, guarino, landmark, maria, mary, medina, monument, naples, santa
