"This is a long-awaited project for several years, very important for the restoration of the Monumental Complex of San Lorenzo Maggiore and for the entire Unesco area of the historic center. There will be an overall benefit for the cultural and tourist offer of the city, closing one of the many construction sites never completed", said Mayor Gaetano Manfredi on the sidelines of the start of work in the San Lorenzo Maggiore complex that houses the historical archive of the Municipality of Naples.
The intervention, they explain from Palazzo San Giacomo, is part of the Great Historic Centre Project of Napoli – Enhancement of the Unesco site and is financed with approximately 2 million and 800 thousand euros of the Institutional Development Contract of the Fund for Development and Cohesion. The restoration of the facade of the basilica, which is owned by the Archbishop's Curia, the structural consolidation of the rooms of the ancient convent which are owned by the municipality and the reconfiguration of the access courtyard are planned.
The estimated time for the completion of the works is approximately one year. The works are part of a larger project that also includes the re-functionalization of the Historical Archive of Administrative Acts from the period between 1860 and 1960. The documents are currently kept at the State Archives. In addition to the mayor, the construction site was inaugurated by the deputy mayor and councilor for Urban Planning, Laura Lieto, and the president of the Urban Planning Commission, Massimo Pepe.
"Finally - Lieto stressed - we will proceed with the restoration of the facade of the basilica, after ten years of scaffolding, but without any work in progress. We have unblocked this situation and also started the intervention on the Historical Archive inside San Lorenzo. This is a place that is quintessential to the ancient city. We are in a monumental context of extraordinary importance from an architectural and historical-archaeological point of view.
We have invested a lot of attention in this place and the start of the works is also an opportunity to rethink the regeneration of the entire surrounding context”. “These works have been awaited for years. It is a problem that we inherited – Pepe explained – but we can proudly say that this administration has solved it. In the shortest time possible, one of the most beautiful facades of sacred buildings in the city will be returned to the community and tourists”
Article published on 1 April 2025 - 18:30
Finally work is starting on this important monument, but I don't know if the work will be finished in the promised time. Let's hope that everything goes well and that tourists can enjoy it soon. But construction sites in the city are always a problem.