Complesso Monumentale di Santa Chiara

Place of Worship Naples, Italy

One of the largest and most important churches in Naples Complesso Monumentale di Santa Chiara

The basilica of Santa Chiara, or monastery of Santa Chiara, is a monumental cult building in Naples, one of the most important and largest monastic complexes in the city. The basilica has its entrance on via Benedetto Croce, rising on the north-eastern side of piazza del Gesù Nuovo, opposite the church of the same name and adjacent to that of the Clarisse, once part of the monastic complex of Santa Chiara.

The ill-fated Joan I of Anjou, granddaughter of Robert the Wise, was crowned queen in Santa Chiara in 1343 and buried here after her murder in 1382. The church interior was given a Baroque makeover in 1742-57, which was sadly destroyed by an Allied bomb in August 1943. Santa Chiara was rebuilt in 1953 in its original style

Opening Time

Monday: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Tuesday: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Wednesday: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Thursday: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Friday: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Saturday: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Contacts

081 060 6976

Website

Location

49/c, Via Santa Chiara, 49/C, 80134 Napoli NA, Italy

Suggested by

Benedetta Fiore

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