Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola

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  • Address
    Piazza del Plebiscito, Santa Lucia
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  • Phone
    74 51 33
  • Mon-Sat 08:00 - 12:00 & 15:30 - 18:00 , Sun 08:00 - 13:00

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Undisputed star of Piazza del Plebiscito is the colossal Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola, a later addition to the colonnade of columns that formed the highlight of Joachim Murat's original piazza (1809). A neoclassical copy of the Pantheon in Rome, the church is striking more for its size than any artistic merit; its dome measures 34m in diameter and 53m in height.

Designed by architect Pietro Banchini, it was commissioned by Ferdinand I in 1817 to celebrate the restoration of his kingdom after the Napoleonic interlude.