Sant Agostino alla Zecca, also known as Sant'Agostino Maggiore is a church in central
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Italy.
Originally granted to the
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*Augustinians, members of religious orders following the Rule of St Augustine
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* Canons Regular of Sain ...
monks by
Robert I of Anjou in 1259. The church underwent extensive reconstruction in the
Baroque period by
Bartolomeo Picchiati. Its name derives from its location near the former mint. Since the
1980 Irpinia earthquake
The 1980 Irpinia earthquake ( it, Terremoto dell'Irpinia) took place in Italy on 23 November 1980, with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). It left at least 2,483 people dead, at least 7,700 injured, an ...
, it has been closed and is in a poor state of conservation. The interior has frescoes of
Giacinto Diano
Giacinto Diano or Diana (28 March 1731 – 13 August 1803) was an Italian painter, active in Southern Italy in a style that mixes Rococo and Neoclassicism.
Life
Giacinto was born in Pozzuoli, and died in Naples. He trained in the studio of Franc ...
in the Sacristy.
Sources
entry on churchDegrading interiors
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Agostino alla Zecca
Agostino alla Zecca