The front of the church
CdD's Naples '08 presents...
Church of San Francesco
di Paola
The front of the church
The front of the church showing a portion of the colonnade and Piazza Plebiscito
Ditto
End of colonnade on side facing Piazza Carolina
Morning light interplays with the columns at the entrance
Ditto plus graffiti
The ceiling is a dome similar to the Pantheon in Rome
The church actually has three domes
The interior showing pews and main altar
This photo gives one an idea of the monumental scale of the interior
St. Ambrosius
Looking towards the main altar
Detail of interior showing the All Seeing Eye
St. John Chrysostom
Interior Columns
St. John Chrysostom
Layer cake like structure
Marble confessional
A side altar
The church is unusual in that it is a church in the round
Base of interior columns
Side view of the main altar
Copyright 2008 by Dino Cardone