Chiesa di Santa Maria della Purità

The church of Santa Maria della Purità was built between 1662 and 1665 by the Bastasi brotherhood, the dockers. The façade, delimited on the sides by two pilasters and finished with a slightly protruding cornice on which rests a pediment with two lateral pinnacles, has two small windows placed in the axis of the two entrance portals. The façade is enriched with three majolica panels representing the Madonna della Purità, St. Joseph and St. Francis of Assisi.

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Key Features

  • Architecture
  • Monuments

Visitors information

  • On street parking at the building
  • Café within 500m

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