The Gesu Church in Naples: the Mystery of the Musical Facade
Steps away from Naples’ Gothic Church of Santa Chiara…..….. ……the Baroque Gesu’ Nuovo church sits in solemn splendor on the Piazza Gesu’ Nuovo. The “New Jesus” church (the name deliberately distinguishes it from a pre-existing Naples Gesu’ church, called “Gesu Vecchio“) was built on the site of the 15th-century palace of the powerful Prince of…