Search results
1283. Completed. 1324. Administration. Diocese. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples. Interior. San Domenico Maggiore is a Gothic, Roman Catholic church and monastery, founded by the friars of the Dominican Order, and located in the square of the same name in the historic center of Naples .
- The prestigious “Sala del Capitolo” Have you ever heard the expression "Have voice in chapter?". It originates from the canonical colleges of a monastic community, in which only some members had the right to speak and deliberate during the writing of the Chapter.
- The single-lancet windows recovered from the restoration works. In one of the corridors of the convent we find a wall with three single-lancet windows of recent and unusual discovery.
- Exhibitions and Events. The Monastery of San Domenico Maggiore has a story of transformations and changes. During the course of the centuries, the building obtained different destinations.
- The Machine for the Forty Hours. Something unusual and surprising lit up the Church of San Domenico Maggiore. It is a Machine of Wonders: the Machine for the Forty Hours.
People also ask
Where is San Domenico Maggiore located?
Why is San Domenico Maggiore important?
Who built San Domenico Maggiore?
Is San Domenico Maggiore a good place of worship?
Mar 26, 2018 · Piazza San Domenico (Saint Dominic square) is one of the most important squares of Naples, located along the decuman, the Spaccanapoli, an ancient city road that cuts it from east to west, right in the historic center. It’s a pedestrian zone today. Via Mezzocannone crosses it from north to south.
Built between 1283 and 1324, San Domenico Maggiore Church is one of Naples' most emblematic places of worship, both for its artistic value and for its great historical importance. Commissioned by Charles I of Anjou in the late 13th century, San Domenico Maggiore was the Angevins' royal church. It is located in a square of the same name bordered ...
La basilica di San Domenico Maggiore è una chiesa monumentale di Napoli sita in posizione pressoché centrale rispetto al decumano inferiore, nella piazza omonima . Voluta da Carlo II d'Angiò ed eretta tra il 1283 e il 1324, divenne la casa madre dei domenicani [1] nel regno di Napoli e chiesa della nobiltà aragonese.
According to art biographer Gian Pietro Bellori (1672), this work was commissioned by the di Franco (or de Franchis) family for a chapel in the church of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples. The family were connected with the Confraternity of the Pio Monte della Misericordia , for whose church Caravaggio had already painted The Seven Works of Mercy .
