Purgatorio ad Arco
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Contact Purgatorio ad Arco
| Address : | Via dei Tribunali, 39, 80138 Napoli NA, Italy |
| Phone : | 📞 +988 |
| Website : | http://www.purgatorioadarco.it/ |
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| City : | Napoli |
| Description : | Ornate baroque Catholic church founded in the 17th century, dedicated to the souls in purgatory. |
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Noksu on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very beautiful church. Never seen a church under a church.
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Ann Decoster on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Bizar feeling to go into the lower church and further to the cemmetery We visited Fontanelle but this Church feels in some way more "real" Bizar but worth a visit
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Brian on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This church was built on 17th century, by the Brotherhood of purgatory souls. In neapolitan folklore the souls of people died Who doesnt went to hell are kept for several years in purgatory One thing that shorten this staying Is ti receive prayers from living people. According to this believe death people compensate prayers with gift in form of lottery Win, Money found or healing from ill; in naples we call this souls : anime pezzentelle ( beggars souls ), infact many skulls are adopted by Citizen of city to receive grace or dream dead people Who fave Money to play lottery and win. Apart of it the church Is a wonderful piece of barocco neapolitan and both has a gothic and macabre attractive. The Lost facade was made by the great architect Cosimo Fanzago, insider we May enjoy watching precious marble decorations as paintings made by artisti such Luca Giordano. Don't forget to go in the crypt to Watch the skulls prayed for centuries by neapolitans
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georginamgo on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazing example of religious syncretism. Veneration of lost souls that are believed to give favours. I found it fascinating for people interested in the formation of religious cults. Can only be visited with a guided tour, takes 40 minutes. Guided are knowledgeable of this very Neapolitan cult, not recognised by Catholic church. Regrettably, no photos allowed.
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spOoky Mandalay on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful representation of modern and ancient memento mori and how death culture exists in our current era from antiquity.
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Jon Payne on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A truly moving and intense experience. The locals treat the remains of the people buried here as anonymous saints and pray for their release from purgatory. Worth a visit and remember to descend the left hand staircase on your way down and come up the (opposite way) left hand side as you look at it on the way back up... Else you'll provoke the spirits!
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Michael Uzmann on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Known as "Pezzentele" Souls Church, Church of Santa Maria delle Anime in Purgatory in Arco or "the head of dead," this space was consecrated in 1638 and merges Catholicism with worship of death. Fascinating largely for its differences compared to other Churches in Napoli, do pay attention to Baroque details such as the winged skull of Dionisio Lazzari. For unknown reasons the underground hypogeum was closed during our visit thus limiting the experience.
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Diana Koshedzhiyska on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ An exceptional experience - even for people who don't like visiting churches. The cult to the Purgatory is interesting to say the least. The lower church is unique.
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