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3 unusual facts about Santa Chiara


Boccadasse

It is enclosed in a narrow bay, at the eastern side the cape of Santa Chiara with a castle (a new building in the style of a medieval castle), on the western side the rocks, and in the middle the tiny cobblestones beach where the seamen's small boats rest.

Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria

He was buried at the Complex of the Church of Santa Chiara in Naples.

San Giorgio ai Tedeschi

The church was built after 1316 in memory of the German soldiers who died in the Battle of Montecatini; it was called San Giorgio degli Innocenti because in 1414 it belonged to the Ospedale dei Trovatelli (hospital of the foundlings); then from 1784 it belonged to the Ospedali Riuniti di Santa Chiara.



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Francesco Penso

He spent the decade 1698-1708 in Dalmatia, where he provided sculptures for the high altar with Saints John, Dominic, Bruno and Chiara for Santa Chiara, Cattaro (Kotor), an altar for San Giuseppe and the marble altar of the chapel of St. Tryfon, in San Trifone.

Giuseppe Sogni

He painted the ceiling of the Hall of the Society of Gardens in Milan, frescoed in Santa Chiara in Busnago, and in San Pietro in Novara.

Modesto Parlatore

Parlatore sculpted a plaque dedicated to the Italian soldiers fallen during the 19th century subjugation of Ethiopia (Monument to Caduti di Saati e Dogali, 1887) located near the church of Santa Chiara of Lanciano, located where there previously were barracks for a contingent that had died in the conflict.

Pontifical French Seminary

Santa Chiara was rebuilt on the plan of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Paris, in 1883 the monastery was entirely remodeled to suit its present purpose.