in the heart of Naples

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Cosimo Fanzago was an Italian architect and sculptor, generally considered the greatest such artist of the Baroque period in Naples, Italy. The masterpieces he made in Naples are just few hundred meters from your room.

• Guglia di San Gennaro: a votive spire in honor of the patron saint of Naples. It imitates the large portable ephemeral decorations common in religious processions
• The Cacace Chapel and Chapel of Saint Anthony in San Lorenzo Maggiore.
• Extensive work on the Certosa di San Martino, including the spectacular central courtyard with its large portals and busts of Carthusian saints. The church and cloisters are considered to be his masterpiece.
• The facades or facade details of numerous churches, chapels, and civic buildings, including Santa Maria degli Angeli (near the Botanical Gardens), anonymous works within the Cathedral of Naples, the Chiesa dell’Ascensione a Chiaia (1622); the facade of Santa Maria della Sapienza (1638–41); the bronze gate of the chapel of the royal treasury; and the original design for church of San Francesco Saverio (now San Ferdinando, across the square from the Royal Palace)
• The plan of the church of Santa Teresa a Chiaia.
• His last great church was Santa Maria Maggiore,