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Olimpico
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di Pontecagnano Salerno (Italy)
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Church of Gesu' Nuovo
Built
between 1584 and 1601 by Giuseppe Valeriano, this church rises on the site of
the fifteenth-century palazzo dei Sanseverino; from this latter building the
church incorporated the unusual diamond façade by Novello da Sanlucano (1470).
It was dedicated to the Immacolata and right from the inauguration was called
Gesù Nuovo, by the people to distinguish it from the Gesù Vecchio. The "founder"
of the church was considered to be the Principessa di Bisignano who made a large
contribution to the Company and who also nominated it her heir. This fact is
commemorated in a tablet in the façade. The interior is three aisled greek cross
with arms of unequal length included in the perimeter. This is considered one of
the most interesting examples of Neapolitan baroque and we can admire works by
Cosimo Fanzago (Davide e Geremia), Giovanni Lanfranco (Evangelisti, 1638),
Giuseppe De Ribera (Storia di Sant'Ignazio), Luca Giordano (Storia di San
Francesco), Francesco Solimena (La cacciata di Eliodoro dal tempio, 1625). The
reliquary in the chapel of Sant'Anna is particularly interesting: as many as 64
reliquary busts of saints in painted wood, by Domenico di Nardo. (Francesca Del
Vecchio)