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San Giuseppe dei Teatini
Corso Vittorio Emanuele • April–Oct Mon–Sat 7.30–11am & 6–8pm, Sun 8.30am–12.30pm & 6–8pm; Nov–March
Mon–Sat 7.30am–noon & 5.30–8pm
Early seventeenth-century San Giuseppe dei Teatini is the most harmonious of the
city’s Baroque churches. The misleadingly simple facade conceals a wealth of detail
inside, from tumbling angels holding the holy water on either side of the door to the
lavish side chapels and ceiling encrusted with writhing putti. Next to the church, its
former convent is now the main building of the Università. There are generally plenty
of students around here, and a couple of good bars in the little piazza across from the
entrance.
