Santa Maria del Pianto is a church in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, Italy. It was built in 1657 to commemorate the victims of the 1656 plague, buried in the nearby Grotta degli Sportiglioni. Its site was the original core of the

Cemetery of Poggioreale The Cemetery of Poggioreale is one of the major cemeteries in Naples, Italy. It is also known as Camposanto Nuovo, to distinguish it from Camposanto Vecchio, which is now known as Cemetery of the 366 Fossae. It is bordered by the Largo Santa Mari ...

on via vicinale di Santa Maria del Pianto. It was designed by Francesco Antonio PicchiattiFabio Mangone (ed), ''Cimiteri Napoletani'', Storia, Arte e Cultura, Massa Editore, Napoli, 2004.

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Maria del Pianto 1657 establishments in Italy {{Campania-RC-church-stub