Spire of San Domenico - Naples, Italy
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The Spire of San Domenico is a Baroque plague obelisk located at the Piazza di San Domenico Maggiore in Naples, Italy.
Waymark Code: WM11TWG
Location: Campania, Italy
Date Posted: 12/19/2019
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The ornate Spire of San Domenico was begun in 1656 as a as votive offerings to celebrate the end of and deliverance from the plague. It was designed in the Baroque style by Cosimo Fanzago and built by the royal architect Francesco Antonio Picchiati. Construction was suspended in 1680, resumed, and completed in 1737 by the architect Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. The monument is topped by a by a statue of San Domenico di Guzman ( Saint Dominic of Guzman), founder of the Dominican Order.
Style: Baroque
Type of building (structure): Other...
Date of origin:: 1656
Architect(s): Designer: Cosimo Fanzago; Architects: Francesco Antonio Picchiati and Domenico Antonio Vaccaro
Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link]
Address:
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore
Naples, Italy
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