Sant'Agostino alla Zecca, Naples

Sant Agostino alla Zecca
Chiesa di Sant' Agostino alla Zecca

The façade with skulls
Location Naples
Country Italy
Denomination Roman Catholic
Architecture
Architectural type Church
Administration
Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples

Sant Agostino alla Zecca, also known as Sant'Agostino Maggiore is a church in central Naples, Italy.

Skyline of Sant Agostino alla Zecca

Originally granted to the Augustinian monks by Robert I of Anjou in 1259. The church underwent extensive reconstruction in the Baroque period by Bartolomeo Picchiati. It name derives from its location near the former mint. Since the Irpinia earthquake of 1980, it has been closed and is in a poor state of conservation. The interior has frescoes of Giacinto Diano in the Sacristy.

Coordinates: 40°50′57″N 14°15′47″E / 40.849242°N 14.262928°E / 40.849242; 14.262928

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