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basilica in the crypt, and the finding of an old stone carved with a cross gave the church part of its name. The bell tower was constructed in the 11th century.
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Tradition holds the church was erected in 533 atop the ruins of a Temple of Diana; construction was instigated by the Bishop Pomponio of Naples, a relative of
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An inventory of the church in 1845 said the first chapel on the right had a dilapidated canvas depicting the
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By 1654, the old church was threatening collapse, and reconstruction was pursued under the designs of
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by Farelli. Adjacent to the church, the chapel of the Holy Sacrament had an altarpiece by
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To the left of the entrance and obscuring the left lower facade, is in part, the
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The façade of Santa Maria Maggiore della Pietrasanta in Naples .
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left of the facade, and the brick bell tower to right of façade
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by Bonito. The main chapel had altarpieces by Bonito (
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17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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Madonna della Grazie, Bishop Pomponio, and St Anthony
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by Bonito as well as a canvas by Vaccaro depicting a
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Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta, Naples

40°51′01″N 14°15′16″E / 40.8504°N 14.2544°E / 40.8504; 14.2544
Naples
Province of Naples
Campania
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Baroque architecture
Groundbreaking
Diocese
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples
Roman Catholic
Via Tribunali
Naples
Italy
Pope John II
basilica
Cosimo Fanzago
paleochristian
Renaissance
Capella Pontano
Ferdinand I of Aragon
Marco di Pino
Giuseppe Bonito
Aniella di Rosa
View from left flank, showing dome, Capella Pontano left of the facade, and the brick bell tower to right of façade
Capella Pontano
The bell tower
Interior of the dome

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