Chiesa Santa Maria del Parto

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  • Address
    Via Mergellina 21, Mergellina
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  • Phone
    66 46 27
  • Transport
    underground rail: Mergellina
  • 08:00 - 12:30 & 16:00 - 19:00

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Founded by poet Jacopo Sannazzaro, this Renaissance favourite was built on land donated to him by King Frederick of Aragon in 1497. The church was completed shortly before the poet died in 1530. Sannazzaro's tomb sits behind the altar.

Created in 1537 by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, Bartolomeo Ammannati and Francesco del Taddain, it features various mythological gods, including Apollo, Minerva, Pan and Mars in a depiction of Arcadia.

Another resident icon is Leonardo da Pistoia's painting of St Michael Vanquishing the Devil, also known as the Devil of Mergellina . Tradition holds that the devil in question was a lusty local lass who'd made a move on the unwavering bishop Diomede Carafa.