The church of Santa Maria del Parto is located on top of a private building that is accessed by a staircase from a famous restaurant. The church houses the remains of the Neapolitan poet Jacopo Sannazaro, who had the original lower church built on donated land in 1497. Over time, the lower church fell into neglect and was destroyed, while the private chapel above was transformed into the current church dedicated to Santa Maria del Parto. Notable artworks include the tomb of Jacopo Sannazaro behind the altar, sculpted by Bartolomeo Ammannati, Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, and others.

1. Illustrated with photographs and original elaboration by Antonio Florino English version Automatic advance except slide 2

2. Special features of the location of this church is to be adjacent to a terrace (flat roof) of private property encumbered by rights of way. The temple, therefore, is on top of a private building which is accessed by a staircase located at the back of a famous restaurant located in the square Mergellina, which stands right on the terrace at a distance of about 40 meters from the facade of the temple. Also, you can access the church through an elevator and a covered stairway entrance from the street who have no Mergellina 9 / b. This house can be reached via Mergellina in the direction of Posillipo, next to the remaining facade of the building before the church came to the end of the facade of this building you can see a nice front door, where there are the aforementioned accessi.L 'building Shrine houses the remains of the Neapolitan poet Jacopo Sannazaro who was the author of the poem written in Latin De Partus Virginis (the birth of the Virgin) from which the church is named, and the body of the painter Jusepe de Ribera. The church, located on the lower level than the current building and carved into the mountain of tufa, was ordered by the same Sannazaro who built the church building on land donated in 1497 by King Frederick of Aragon. At his death (April 24, 1530) wanted to donate it, along with his possessions and building his private funeral chapel, the monks of Santa Maria dei Servi, which, however, fails to pay the benefits which they had from the farm and the sea, gradually gave wealth around the ground for building houses, changing the original configuration of complesso.La lower church, dedicated to the Virgin Birth, left in a state of neglect, after some centuries, was completely destroyed and turned into underground, while the private funeral chapel (now building), originally dedicated to San Nazario, was transformed into a church and it was given the name "Santa Maria del Parto" (which was the lower church). That the current building was intended to the family of the poet is demonstrated by the fact that it is the tomb of Jacopo Sannazaro and there are also buried his family. The greatest work of art in this structure is the tomb of the poet, is located behind the altar and was built by sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati, John Angelo and Montorsoli Ferrucci. The niche is a complex sculptural work is inspired by the environment of Arcadia (depictions of Apollo, Minerva, Neptune, etc..), But is considered by some confused and exaggerated movements in the composition of the major building works figure.Altre are the two statues that the brothers did carve heirs of James and Sannazaro figure from youth with a book in hand, the worm-eaten (but restored) residues of the crib by Giovanni da Nola, a figure attributed to Leonardo da Pistoia and tombstones

3. Do not marvel at these images but we are seafood on the pier of St. Antonio to pay homage to the effigy of the Saint on the other hand S. Maria del Parto is considered the church of the fishermen

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