Begun in 1343 and completed in 400, it had widened then and rehandled (the scenografica stairway of access is of 700, on sketch of the Sanfelice). Of great interest three works of sculpture: the monument of king Ladislao, the sepulchre of ser Gianni Caracciolo and the monument of the Miroballos. The building is in via Carbonara, the name deriving from the term used in the Middle Ages to indicate the place where refuse was disposed of outside the town-walls. Its foundation is due to the generosity of the aristocrat Gualtiero Galeota (1343). The church was modified at the beginning of the 15th century by the sovereign Ladislao di Durazzo and in the subsequent centuries it underwent various modifications and additions, the last and most important in the 18th century. The main entrance was through a monumental staircase designed by Ferdinando Sanfelice; at present it is located at the side. In the rectangular hall is King Ladislao's mausoleum, which built between 1414 and 1428, is covered with allegorical figures. At the back of the mausoleum the Chapel of the family Caracciolo del Sole can be found, with the monument to Sergianni Caracciolo, great seneschal and Queen Giovanna's lover.

On the walls, there are frescoes of the Giotto school, with scenes of monastic life and the birth of the Virgin. To the right of the Presbytery are the Chapel Caracciolo di Vico, the sacristy, the Madonna delle Grazie altar and the funeral monument to Miroballo. (Scuola Media Flavio Gioia, Istituto Isabella d'Este).
Translated by Michele Mastronardi

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