San Michele Arcangelo or San Michele a Port'Alba is one of four major churches facing Piazza Dante in
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. It stands near Port'Alba, a city gate opening to the piazza.
Construction of the church, originally called ''Santa Maria della Provvidenza'', began around 1620, but it underwent reconstruction in the 18th century by architect
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (June 3, 1678 – June 13, 1745) was an Italian painter, sculptor and architect. He created many important sculptural and architectural projects in Naples. His later works are executed in an individualistic Rococo s ...
and expansion by designs of
Giuseppe Astarita
Giuseppe Astarita (Naples, 1707 – Naples, 1775) was an Italian architect and engineer of the late- Baroque or Rococo period. He was a pupil of Domenico Antonio Vaccaro and collaborated with Ferdinando Sanfelice; his style is influenced by ...
. The present facade is in Rococo style. The church was reopened in October, 2010.
The interior contains a ''St Michael'' by
Giuseppe Marullo
Giuseppe Marullo (died 1685, Naples) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active near his natal city of Orta di Atella.Vaccaro, the architect. The 18th century ceiling frescoes were painted by Lucio Stabile. In the sacristy is a marble font (1758) by Nicola Tagliacozzi Canale, and two walnut pews (1772) by Nunzia Tancredi with two oval marble reliefs depicting the ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' and ''Adoration of the Magi''.