Naples Sights

Basilica di Santa Chiara

#55 of 349 things to do in Naples

#5773 of 49063 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Via Benedetto Croce
  • Transport
    • R4 to Via Monteoliveto
  • Phone
    • 081 195 759 15
  • Price
    • full €4.00, price applies to cloisters only
  • Hours
    • 9am-1pm & 4.30-7.30pm Mon-Sat, 8am-1pm & 5.30-7.30pm Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Basilica di Santa Chiara

The Gothic Basilica di Santa Chiara is famous for its majolica-tiled cloisters. What you see today is not, however, the original 14th-century Angevin church but a brilliant re-creation – the original was all but destroyed by Allied bombing in August 1943. Within the nuns’ cloisters is a long parapet entirely covered in decorative ceramic tiles depicting scenes of rural life, from hunting to posing peasants. The four internal walls are covered with softly coloured 17th-century frescoes of Franciscan tales.

 

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