Interventions
6 interventions
Distinct restorations promoted and supported by Friends of Naples.
Multiple interventions
Basilica of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli
16th–18th century
The basilica within the City Hall.
The church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli lies hidden within Palazzo San Giacomo, seat of the Comune di Napoli, and preserves one of the most important monumental complexes of sixteenth-century Naples.
Here Friends of Naples has promoted a wide-ranging programme of restorations: the entrance gate and wooden doorway, the wooden trusses of the roof, the bas-relief of the Madonna with Child and souls in Purgatory, the grand funerary monument of Don Pedro de Toledo and the other monuments of the apse.
Interventions
6 interventions
Period
2019–2024
Time span of the works carried out on the monument.
Work status
6 interventions
Restorations carried out between 2019 and 2024.
Institutions, firms and patrons
The protagonists of the restoration.
Restoration firm
Dafne Restauri · L’Officina Restauro · Del Core Restyling
The interventions
6 restorations, a single place.
April – October 2023 · € 25,000
Monument to Don Pedro de Toledo
A grand monument still commemorates Don Pedro Alvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca, the greatest of the Spanish viceroys who succeeded one another from 1503 to 1707.
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October 2023 – February 2024 · Restoration completed · € 15,000
Monuments of the apse
Consolidation, cleaning and restoration of the funerary monuments in the apse of the Basilica of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli.
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May – October 2019 · Completed · € 5,000
Entrance gate
The entrance gate of the church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, the subject of the restoration, stands on the main façade of Palazzo San Giacomo, seat of the Comune di Napoli.
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May – October 2019 · Completed · € 5,000
Wooden doorway
The entrance doorway of the church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli lies hidden within the main façade of the palazzo of the Comune di Napoli, at the top of the staircase, beyond the gate.
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December 2019 · Completed · € 2,000
Madonna with Child and souls in Purgatory
The Madonna with Child and souls in Purgatory is a marble bas-relief dating from the sixteenth century and attributed to Annibale Caccavello (Naples, 1515-1570).
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January-October 2022 – Completed · € 500,000
Wooden trusses
In the course of inspections at the Basilica of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, numerous instances of water infiltration were observed, which had caused damage to the vaults, ceilings and masonry of the Basilica’s roof space,…
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