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Girolamini

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Introduction
Location
History

ATTRACTIONS

Facade
Interior
Girolamini Library and Art Gallery
Conservatory

INFORMATION

Useful information
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Introduction

Girolamini is the name of a church and monastery complex in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the Cathedral of Naples on via Duomo. Palazzo Seripando was donated to the disciples of St. Phillip Neri in 1586. The original building was demolished and construction started on the new premises in 1592 on plans by the architect Giovanni Antonio Dosio. The church is in the style of the Florentine Renaissance: a Latin cross with three naves and lateral chapels. Later architects, such as Ferdinando Fuga who rebuilt the facade in 1780, also worked on the building.

Members of the order were called “Girolamini” because the premises were the first site of the church of San Girolamo della Carita (“St. Jerome of Charity”). The complete grounds of the Girolamini include not only the large church, but the vast monastic complex around the corner and directly across the street from the cathedral.

Location

Address: Via dei Tribunali, 80100 Napoli NA, Italy.

History

Church and monastery are the result of construction from the 1590s on land donated to the disciples of St. Philip Romolo Neri (1515-1595) founder of the religious order known as the Congregation of the Oratory. The church is thus also known as San Filippo Neri. The church and monastery have undergone dramatic renovation through the centuries; the facade of the church, for example, is the work of Ferdinand Fuga, the great Neapolitan architect of the 1700s. The church is closed simply because it was structurally unsound, having been badly damaged by bombing in 1943. According to shop owners who live right next to it, it has been closed for “at least 30 years.” Written descriptions of the church claim it is undergoing “extensive repairs.”

Facade

The facade of the church is the work of Ferdinand Fuga, the great Neapolitan architect of the 1700s. Mounted high up on the facade by the twin belfries are statues of saints Peter and Paul, the work of Giuseppe Sanmartino, most known for his haunting sculpture of The Veiled Christ, on display a few blocks away at the Sansevero Chapel.

Interior

The 17th century interior has three aisles and artists of the Tuscan-Roman school, the Dying Sant'Alessandro is by Pietro da Cortona, the statues in the transept are by Pietro Bernini, and the paintings of Saint Francis and Saint John the Baptist are by Guido Reni. Among the artists who contributed to the decoration of the church were Luca Giordano, Francesco Solimena, Paolo De Matteis and others. Note the sculptured angel torch-holders and the Samaritan, at the sides of the presbytery. The convent has a rich picture gallery and a library.

The Girolamini Library and Art Gallery

The Girolamini library and art gallery have had a similar checkered history of being open/closed to the public. At least for now, the art gallery is open. It is up one flight of stairs in the monastery; the windows overlook the main street, via Duomo, and face directly onto the main entrance of the cathedral, itself. The gallery is relatively small but holds one of the most important collections of Neapolitan art, works running from the late 1400s to the 1700s, including works of Solimena, Giordano and Ribera.

Conservatory

Near the entrance is the building where the philosopher Giambattista Vico lived for 20 years and that until the middle of the 1700s, housed the Conservatory of the Poor of Jesus Christ, an orphanage that trained children to be church musicians. It is in Naples that this use of “Conservatory” (a place where children were conserved so called orphanage) was thus extended to mean a music school.

Useful information

Open: Monday - Sunday: 9:30 - 12:30, 14:00 - 17:30.

Links

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