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Fa\u00e7ade de Gesu Nuovo de Naples<\/p><\/div>\n

The Church of Ges\u00f9 Nuovo<\/strong> (New Jesus) or Great Trinity<\/strong> is one of Naples’ most important basilicas, so named to distinguish it from the old church of Jesus. It was originally a 15th century palace.<\/p>\n

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History<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Originally it was a palace, built in 1470 by the Prince of Salerno Roberto Sanseverino<\/strong>. Palace Sanseverino was later confiscated from the family by the Aragonese<\/strong>, before being returned thereafter.<\/p>\n

Under Ferrante and Isabelle Sanseverino<\/strong> the palace became famous for the beauty of its interior, with its rooms decorated with frescoes or its beautiful garden, becoming an example of the Renaissance and Baroque Neapolitan.
\nIn attempting to oppose to the installation of the Inquisition in Naples by the Spanishs, Ferrante supported a popular rebellion and in 1552 the Spaniards exiled him and confiscated his property.<\/p>\n

In 1584<\/strong> Philip II sold the palace to the Jesuits<\/strong>. They rebuilt the entire building with the brothers Giuseppe and Pietro Valeriano Provedi, to the point that only survived the diamond stone facade and the Renaissance marble portal. The consecration of the church took place on October 7, 1601<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The dome was completed in 1634 and in 1636 Giovanni Lanfranco<\/strong> painted there a Paradise. In 1688 the dome collapsed in an earthquake.<\/p>\n

At the end of the 17th century, the dome was rebuilt by Guglielmelli. The portal was embellished and in 1717 the structure was consolidated by Ferdinando Fuga<\/strong>. Paolo de Matteis<\/strong> paints the new dome with a Glory of the Virgin<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 1767, after the Jesuits were banished from the Kingdom of Naples, the church was transferred to the Franciscan<\/strong> Reform, but in 1774 the dome collapsed again in part. In 1786, the engineer Ignazio di Nardo replaced the dome with a false dome, a crushed dome (bowl-shaped) painted with a coffered perspective.<\/p>\n

In 1804, the Jesuits were again admitted to the kingdom, before being expelled again under the French occupation from 1806 to 1814. After the return of the Bourbons<\/strong>, the church was returned to the Society of Jesus in 1821. These ones were again expelled in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1900, the order of the Jesuits was reintroduced and they remained there until now.<\/p>\n

The church was badly damaged during the Second World War due to air strikes. One of the bombs crossed the ceiling of the nave without exploding. it is now exposed in the church.<\/p>\n

In 1975, the church was restored.<\/p>\n

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Outside description<\/h2>\n

The facade of Palazzo Sanseverino<\/strong> has become the facade of the church. It is characterized by its structure in small pyramids or diamonds in piperno stone, a volcanic rock, which was a style usually used by the Venetian Renaissance but totally unknown in the south of the peninsula. Strange marks were engraved by Neapolitan sculptors or masons on certain faces of the diamond stones.<\/p>\n

The marble door, from the original Palace, dates from the early fourteenth century. In 1685, the Jesuits made modifications, with bas-reliefs, the frieze and the upper cornice, the addition of two lateral columns, etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t