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Sant'Anna dei Lombardi

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Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, (Italian: St. Anne of the Lombards), and also known as Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto, is an ancient church and convent located in piazza Monteoliveto in central Naples, Italy. Across Monteoliveto street from the Fountain in the square is the Renaissance palace of Orsini di Gravina.

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Sant'Anna dei Lombardi
Piazza Monteoliveto, Naples San Giuseppe

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Chiesa di Sant'Anna dei Lombardi (Chiesa di Santa Maria di Monteoliveto)

Piazza Monteoliveto
80134 Naples, San Giuseppe
Campania, Italy
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Palazzo delle Poste, Naples
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