Just up from Cavour metro station, a clamorous alley juts off Via Foria through the grey ashlar keyhole of Naples’ oldest gate. Ethereal images by Mattia Preti are frescoed into a soaring, marble-framed niche. A saintly petition for protection from the plague, the Virgin Mary is flanked by San Gennaro and Saint Francis Xavier.
Porta San Gennaro
Naples
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