The Immacolatella is an edifice in Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, Italy. It is the small, old red building at water's edge in the main port of Naples. It is the only such remnant of old Naples still standing at the port. It was, in fact, the old quarantine station and was finished in the 1740s. It was built to the plans of Domenico Antonio Vaccaro

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro was an Italian painter, sculptor and architect, the son and pupil of Lorenzo Vaccaro. Lorenzo was in turn a pupil of Cosimo Fanzago and was part of a large family of artists including Andrea Vaccaro, a pupil of Girolamo Imparato.Domenico Antonio was born in Naples and his...

, the proment painter, sculptor, and architect whose works are scattered throughout Naples, and which include the majolica-tile

Maiolica

Maiolica is Italian tin-glazed pottery dating from the Renaissance. It is decorated in bright colours on a white background, frequently depicting historical and legendary scenes.-Name:...

 courtyard of the Church of Santa Chiara

Santa Chiara (Naples)

Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, southern Italy, that includes the Church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum.-Architecture:...

. The Immacolatella is so-called from the sculpture of the Immaculate Virgin above the facade. The area around the building was filled in during the 1930s, thus losing the "mini-harbor" to the north, an inlet that provided access from the sea directly to the old church now located in the middle of a traffic island. That church is abandoned and closed, but once served the sailors of Naples and was called Santa Maria del Portosalvo (safe haven).

The famous Immacolatella fountain associated with the building has been relocated and now stands on the seaside road, via Nazario Sauro, near the Castel dell'Ovo

Castel dell'Ovo

Castel dell'Ovo is a castle located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the gulf of Naples...

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