Visit Ischia

Description

Where now stands the church of the Holy Spirit in 1500 there was a small chapel dedicated to St. Sophia.
In 1613, the sailors built the existing congregation alongside a small hospital.
In 1652 the hospital and Chapel of St. Sofia were demolished, and a large church was built.
On the main altar stands a painting of "Pentecost" by Alfonso Of Spigna in 1768, the statue of St John Joseph of the Cross, Di Spigna paintings of De Matteis and Solimena.

Description

It was built in 1613 and is ‘well maintained’ but with only one altar. Very beautiful and artistic is the entrance to the congregation. This congregation is the most harmonic of the island.
In it, the debates were held. The congregation has side frescoes and a large medallion of the Madonna of the Pomegranate.

Description

In 1388 was built a magnificent temple dedicated to the Madonna della Scala by Pietro Cossa on the beach a few meters from the Castle. On the side was also built a convent, and the direction of the temple was entrusted to the Augustinian fathers.
The cathedral was demolished three times to be expanded, becoming established in 1810, the Mother Church of the Diocese.
The Baroque style dominates all around, while the light enters from the sky, giving a sense of mystical rest. The marble floor is a gift from Bishop Mario Palladino in 1912. The frames that adorn the altars of the blades are a classic seventeenth-century luxury.
The works of art in the Cathedral are paintings depicting Santa Monica and Santa Rita baptistery, in front of a picture that shows St. Thomas of Villanova, the first altar altarpiece depicting St. Joseph Di Spigna and in front of there is a framework of the Annunciation.
In the vault top, there are two pieces of 1760 representing a St. Augustine, the other with S. Nicholas of Tolentino, the center of the main altar are painted the picture of the Assumption in 1759.

Description

The church stands on the current Corso Vittoria Colonna in Ischia Porto, in the six-eighteenth century village a few meters from the beach. The parish priest of San Vito Martire and the Holy Spirit: Fat. Antonio Moraldi, conceived the construction of this church, unable to tolerate the inhabitants of Villa dei Bagni, should reach the Chiesa dei Frati Minori. The temple then took the name of Purgatory Church or, more precisely, of Santa Maria delle Grazie and the Souls in Purgatory, probably in memory of the Chapel, now included in the Royal Palace, along with comfort and tradition so that he wanted to dedicate the church cemetery: in fact The floor below was used precisely to the municipal cemetery.
This also explains why the gentleman Pasquale Battistessa, who was hanged during the Revolution of 1799 on the beach of Mandra and presumed dead, was transported, but he had recovered during the night, was finished by the executioners at the foot of the main altar. Today the street and the square dedicated to him near, remember that infamous crime. Moreover, since the aforesaid Chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Grace, was worshiped a statue of St. Peter, that the inhabitants of Villa dei Bagni mostly devoted to fishing and very devoted to the saint, loved bear in procession every year on June 28, up to the Temple erected by Moraldi, over the years it took to indicate the church also with the title of S. Peter.
The Church stands from the road and is set back on a small space and is preceded by a rustic courtyard paved with lava stones. The front and convex shape, while the interior space and its unique elliptical shape with a unitary character very far from the most current solutions adopted in other provinces and churches. The top of the dome is covered with yellow and green majolica tiles that give an extraordinary color and landscape, clearly visible from the beach and the pine forest of “Arso”. Unfortunately, regrets the fact that the few historical sources do not allow us to identify the name of the architect, although a careful reading of the work, it is possible to conclude that at least in current culture and taste, it can be placed.