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San Francesco di Paola is a church in Naples, southern Italy. It is located at the west side of Piazza del Plebiscito, the city's main square. In the early 19th century, King Joachim Murat of Naples (Napoleon's brother-in-law) planned the entire square and the large building with the colonnades as a tribute to the emperor. When Napoleon was finally dispatched, the Bourbons were restored to the throne of Naples. Ferdinand I continued the construction - finished in 1816 - but converted the final product into the church one sees today. He dedicated it to Saint Francis of Paola, who had stayed in a monastery on this site in the 16th century. The church is reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome. The façade is fronted by a portico resting on six columns and two Ionic pillars. Inside, the church is circular with two side chapels. The dome is 53 metres high. ==Interior== The interior has a number of statues: a ''San Giovanni Crisostomo'' by Gennaro Calì, ''Sant'Ambrogio'' by Tito Angelini, ''St Luke'' by Antonio Calì, a ''St Matthew'' by Carlo Finelli, a ''St John Evangelist'' by Pietro Tenerani, ''St Mark'' by Giuseppe de Fabris, a ''Sant'Agostino'' by Tommaso Arnaud, and a ''Sant'Attanasio'' by Angelo Solani. In the chapels on the right, we find the following altarpieces: ''San Nicola da Tolentino'' and ''St Francis of Paola receives a stem of charity from an Angel'', by Nicola Carta, ''Final Communion of San Ferdinando di Castiglia'' by Pietro Benvenuti, a ''Transit di St Joseph'' by Camillo Gerra, the ''Immaculate Conception and the death of Sant'Andrea Avellino'' by Tommaso de Vivo. Before the main altar, is a 1641 work by Anselmo Cangiano, transferred here in 1835, from the church of the Santi Apostoli. In the apse is a painting of ''St Francis of Paola resuscitates a dead man'' by Vincenzo Camuccini. In the sacristy is an ''Immaculate Conception'' by Gaspare Landi and a ''Circumcision of Jesus'' by Antonio Campi〔Interior decoration derived from Italian Wikipedia entry〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Francesco di Paola (Naples)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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