Church of San Giorgio

The Church of San Giorgio di Salerno is commonly judged as "the most beautiful baroque church" in the city. The Church is located in via Duomo, a few hundred meters from the Duomo.

It was part of a monastery of Benedictine nuns, founded in the 9th century, and was renovated in the early eighteenth century by the Neapolitan architect Ferdinando Sanfelice.

The interior of the Church has valuable wall paintings, among which stand out the wall panels by Angelo Solimena with the "Stories from the life of San Benedetto" on the vault, and the so-called "Salerno Paradise" in the dome. Of Angelo's son, the most famous Francesco Solimena, are the frescoes, very damaged, with the Stories of Santa Tecla, Archelaa and Susanna del 1680 circa, and the large canvas depicting "San Michele defeating the Giants" by 1690.

Inside you can also admire two famous paintings by Andrea Sabatini from Salerno, the best Renaissance painter of southern Italy: the "praying nun" of 1523 and the "Virgin with the Child Jesus", surrounded by saints and a fresco in the sacristy by Michele Ricciardi depicting the "Virgin giving the planet to Sant’Idelfonso". The marble altar is decorated with angels and bas-reliefs of exquisite workmanship, where the mother-of-pearl inserts stand out.