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Olimpico
Litoranea
di Pontecagnano Salerno (Italy)
Tel: +39 089 203004 Fax: +39 089 203458
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San Giorgio Maggiore
Originally
dedicated to Saint Severus (the saint's remains were brought here in the ninth
century), it was only in a later period that the church acquired its current
name, which had previously applied only to a single chapel within it devoted to
Saint George. In 1640, a fire completely destroyed the church, and its
reconstruction was entrusted to Cosimo Fanzago. His original project, which
envisaged the construction of two churches, could not be realized because of
obstacles arising from revolution and plague. In the plan finally implemented,
the church's orientation was reversed. Further work was done on the church by
Arcangelo Guglielmelli after the earthquake of 1694. The opening of Via Duomo
required knocking down the right-hand wing of the church, its facade, and its
campanile. Consequently, the current interior arrangement is somewhat anomalous,
with a floorplan consisting of a single nave and chapels only on the left side.
There are remains of the apse of the ancient paleochristian basilica in the
entrance of the new church, with Corinthian columns that originally belonged to
Roman buildings. In the interior are paintings by Francesco Peresi (1713) and
Alessio D'Elia (1757). (Francesca Del Vecchio)