Missione ai Vergini

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The Church of the Missione ai Vergini (Italian: Chiesa della Missione ai Vergini) is a church at 51 via Vergini in the historic centre of Naples, not far from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.^[1]

The Congregation of the Mission first set up a base in Naples in the 16th century, initially at Santa Maria dei Vergini, with a monastery alongside, thanks to a donation by the duchess of Sant'Elia, Marie-Josèphe de Brandis-Staremberg. In the 18th century they built a new monastery and church, under the supervision of Father Gargiani and to designs by Luigi Vanvitelli. These began in 1724 but only completed in 1760, with the facade (designed by an unknown architect) remaining incomplete until 1788. The building was damaged in the bombardment of Naples in 1943 and restored after the war.^[2]

Cupola
Choir and main altar
Detail of the paving

References

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^ (in Italian) "Chiesa della Missione ai Vergini". Napoligrafia.
^ (in Italian) Vincenzo Regina, Le chiese di Napoli. Viaggio indimenticabile attraverso la storia artistica, architettonica, letteraria, civile e spirituale della Napoli sacra, Newton & Compton editore, Naples, 2004.

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Churches and religious buildings	Missione ai Vergini (1724–1760) Sant'Agostino, Siena (restoration, 1747–1755) Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (works, 1749) Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples (restoration, after 1757) Sant'Agostino, Rome (restoration finished, 1763)
Chapels	Chapel of St. John the Baptist in Igreja de São Roque (1742–1752, with Nicola Salvi)
Secular buildings and structures	Palazzo Poli (façade, 1730s) Lazzaretto of Ancona (1733–1743) Royal Palace of Caserta (1752–1773, continued by Carlo Vanvitelli) Aqueduct of Vanvitelli (1753–1762) Palazzo Compagnoni Marefoschi, Macerata (1755–1771) Villa Giulia (1760s) Palazzo Doria d'Angri (1770–1773, continued by others) Villa Rufinella (after 1773) Palazzo della Loggia (Vanvitellian Salon, mid-18th century)
Related	Baroque architecture Neoclassical architecture Santa Cecilia in Trastevere (altarpiece and fresco) Caspar van Wittel (father) Carlo Vanvitelli (son) Nicola Salvi (master and collaborator)

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