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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Purità

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Purità

Gallipoli, IT

The church of Santa Maria della Purità was built between 1662 and 1665 by the Bastasi brotherhood, the dockers. The façade, delimited on the sides by two pilasters and finished with a slightly protruding cornice on which rests a pediment with two lateral pinnacles, has two small windows placed in the axis of the two entrance portals. The façade is enriched with three majolica panels representing the Madonna della Purità, St. Joseph and St. Francis of Assisi.

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Salute

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Salute

Roma, IT

The church of Santa Maria della Salute was built between 1950 and 1958 in the suburb of Primavalle, built in 1937 to accommodate about 7,000 to 8,000 Romans who had to leave their homes in the historic centre of the city following the demolitions ordered by the Fascist government. The construction of the parish church lasted until 1958; during the 1960s and 1970s, it was decorated with paintings, mosaics and polychrome stained glass windows, mostly donated by Canadian Catholics.

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Spina

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Spina

Pisa, IT

Santa Maria della Spina is a small Gothic church built in 1230 by the Gualandi family. In the 19th century, the church, while still standing on the banks of the Arno, was rebuilt on a more stable ground. Currently, the church is used to host exhibitions of contemporary art.

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella

Alcamo, IT

The church of Santa Maria della Stella, dating from 1130, is now a ruined and abandoned church. In 1221, the church was enlarged to become the mother church of the town. As the centre of the town moved further south, the construction of a new mother church dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta began in 1332 and was completed in 1402. In the 15th century, the owners of the church gave it to the Dominican fathers.

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella

Catanzaro, IT

The church of Santa Maria della Stella was completed with the monastery of Santa Maria della Stella on 4 October 1585. Shortly after the construction of the complex, the small parish that housed it took the name of the Stella district. It was the fourth women's monastery built in Catanzaro.

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella

Napoli, IT

The church of Santa Maria della Stella was built in 1571 to house an image of the Virgin previously on a hill overlooking the Sanità valley. It was rebuilt in 1587 by Domenico Fontana to larger dimensions, at the request of the Minims Fathers who owned the church and its convent. It was redesigned several times during the 17th century. Bartolomeo Picchiatti (a pupil of Fontana) began work on the marble and piperno façade, which was completed in 1734 by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. Part of the rich interior decoration was lost forever in the fire of 1944.

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Verità

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Verità

Napoli, IT

Santa Maria della Verità, or Sant'Agostino degli Scalzi, is a baroque church consecrated in 1653. Augustinian monks had the church rebuilt between 1604 and 1630 by the architect Giovan Giacomo di Conforto. The church was renovated after the earthquake of 1688 by Arcangelo Guglielmelli. Lorenzo Vaccaro (1655-1706) also carried out improvements, and in the mid-18th century Giuseppe Astarita had the floor covered with marble; a further restoration took place in 1850 under the direction of Costantino Pimpinelli. The church was severely damaged by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake and was closed for decades due to structural problems. It was also the victim of church robberies at that time, with the disappearance not only of holy water basins and religious utensils, but also of precious marble inlays from one of the altars. After decades and careful restoration, the church was reopened in 2008.

Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Penitenti

Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Penitenti

Venezia, IT

The church of Santa Maria delle Penitenti was built in 1706. The purpose of the ecclesiastical complex and the Ospizio di Santa Maria delle Penitenti attached to it was to house former prostitutes and other women who had given rise to public scandal and were in need of help, employing them in "honest work". Around 1725, the construction of the pious place began in its present form, based on a project drawn up by Giorgio Massari, who also directed the construction. The reference model was that of the church of the Zitelle on the Giudecca.

Chiesa di Santa Maria di Bellavista

Chiesa di Santa Maria di Bellavista

Napoli, IT

The church of Santa Maria Assunta di Costantinopoli di Bellavista is a small church erected in 1860 by the noble Capece Minutolo family. It was decorated with an 18th-century organ, wooden statues and works of the Caravaggio school. It was elevated to the rank of parish church in 1932 and was entrusted first to the Order of Malta and then to the Vocationist Fathers, who still manage it today.

Chiesa di Santa Maria di Castello

Chiesa di Santa Maria di Castello

Genoa, IT

Built in the 13th century, the church of Santa Maria di Castello is one of the oldest places of Christian worship in Genoa and bears witness to the Romanesque style that once prevailed in the city.

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