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The church of Santa Maria della Sapienza stands in the center of Naples, Via Constantinople. The church was built thanks to a design by Francesco Grimaldi in 1625, but workers out carried out by Di Giacomo Conforto. The latter ended its work in 1630, leaving the direction of the engineer Orazio Gisolfo site. It was during this period who worked a number of other architects, including Cosimo and Fanzago Dionisio Lazzari, who dealt with the facade of the temple. As reported in many contemporary sources, the project itself to the outside is attribure Fanzago while the Lazzari embellishments in white marble. However, about the design of the facade, note that other sources do, however, refer to Giovanni Di Giacomo Conforto. Between 1634 and 1636 were inaugurated the works
for the construction of dome and bell tower. James Lazzari contributed to the creation of the dome, with the creation of a laternino, painted by Belisario Corenzio. The monastery which was annexed to the church was demolished in the late nineteenth century to make way for the construction of the Polyclinic, which stands behind the building.
The interior has a nave with side chapels, decorated with polychrome marble and Dionisio Lazzari aid, moreover, to him, are other parts of the church will take care of the floor, white marble stone and slate of Genoa, very similar to the existing one in the church of San Gregorio Armeno. Increasingly, it is support him and the nun's choir, composed of small squares of white marble and slate stone octagons of Genoa. The frescoes in the vault and the apse are Caesar's Fracanzano, while, on the tympanum of the eighteenth-century backdrop, there are two angels Paul Benavides. The structure of the church also contains another temple, the Chapel of the Holy Stairs. The Church of Wisdom has been closed for decades and requires a restoration. The temple was opened only at the monument in May 2005, resulting, both artistically and architecturally, partially tested: This is due to water infiltration and raids. Currently the church is being restored and will reopen in a definitive way, in late May 2010.Francesco Grimaldi (Oppido Lucan, 1543 - Naples, 1 August 1613) was an Italian architect and religious. He was particularly active in Naples, where, in the early seventeenth century, contributed to the development and dissemination of Baroque architecture.
However, his works were influenced by the sixteenth-century models, updated by the canons of a magnificent Baroque decoration. In 1574 he entered the Order of Clerics Regular Teatini name Francesco Negro and between 1585 and 1598 he was active in Rome for the construction of the basilica of Sant'Andrea della Valle. This time period was particularly important for his training because he was able to capture the lessons of the sixteenth century great architects such as Bramante and Michelangelo.
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