percorso giallo

We leave behind us the obelisk of S. Maria a Mare, and cross via Giovani Amendola and we find ourselves in front of the small Church of

S. Giacomo a Platea

where in the XIII century, by an ancient privilege of Maiori (that lasted until XVII century) the Archbishop of Amalfi took possession of the entire diocese…
Over the altar a superb painting of the Madonna di Porto Salvo, in the apse a seventeenth century statue of the Apostles Filippo and Giacomo Minore and in a wooden box a charming "Madonna Bambina", work of Luigi Capone of the late 19th century.

At the side of the altar is the entrance to the Arch-Confraternity "Mortis et Oratione", founded in the XVI century. In these rooms it is possible to admire the vestments and the documents that are a testament to a long and glorious history…

We leave by the door on the left hand side, and on the road again we take the seafront towards the west…

The first buildings we come to , at the time of the Republic held the Admiralty, the Customs and Salt Warehouses. A little further ahead passing the entrance to V.Capitolo where there is a small garden, the ward of S.Tecla ( named after the ancient patron church of Mariners) and ancient seat of the Greater Arsenals…

At the end of the walk, near to the port on the inner side: the

Chiesa e Convento di S. Francesco

Built in 1405, with the passing centuries the complex was at the centre of many disasters that made necessary the complete rebuilding. The last work was done in 1938 when the façade was rebuilt and over the great portal of the late 1500's a ceramic effigy of St. Francis was placed .

The church is in rococo style but with many later elements, it has three naves divided by 16 pillars, the central nave has a barrel roof, there are seventeen chapels of patrons, of interest that of the family Staibano, in fine marble, it is thought to be part of the Temple of the Madonna del Soccorso ( patronage of the congregation of farm workers), over which the present convent was built. Also note that of the family Mezzacapo ( the same family as the Castle and Mansion ) decorated with "The Holy Ghost Adored by Angels of the eighteenth century Neapolitan School….
Also to be admired the High Altar and the Choir Stalls in walnut, and panels of the school of Andrea Sabatini (behind the bench the remains of an anaphase of earlier date); a wooden statue of ST. Francis about to receive the stigmata ,of 1598, and the XVI century "Madonna of the Soccorso" by Laurana.

Also by the altar and in the gallery of the convent many notable paintings:

""The Coronation of the Virgin" and "SS. Antonio e Bernardino"by Giovanni Di Gaeta;
"The Descent from the Cross", by Andrea Sabatini;
"The Ascension" by D'Errico;
"The Calvary" of the Flemish School (XV-XVI centuries.


		Back on the main road, on the inside is the tower "dell'Annunziata"…Practically the entrance to Castello Miramare originally "Castle Mezzacapo", name of the noble family that had it erected in the last century… SThe structure is on three floors, it has three round towers with conical spires at the corners of the façade and on the back of the building. Tradition has it that the bizarre shape was a whim of the Marquis who wanted his castle to be similar to the castles of the Loire, it was copied, it is said from the design on a box of matches, it is actually being rebuilt. This is where our itinerary ends, further ahead is Minori , the ancient Rheginna Minor…but that is another story...