San Filippo Neri, Spoleto, Baroque church in Spoleto, Italy.
San Filippo Neri is a Baroque church in Spoleto featuring three naves separated by pillars and arranged around multiple chapels. Each chapel contains altars decorated in the style of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Construction began in 1640 under architect Loreto Scelli, with the dome completed in 1671. The church received its final consecration in 1724 after decades of work.
The church houses numerous eighteenth-century paintings by artists including Gaetano Lapis, Sebastiano Conca, Pietro Labruzzi, and Francesco Refini from Spoleto.
The church stands near Corso Mazzini in Spoleto's historic centre; the piazza in front was created in 1666 by demolishing surrounding walls and houses. It stayed closed for 17 years after the 1997 earthquake and reopened for worship in May 2014, so check current access before planning a visit.
Excavations for the foundations brought up remains of Roman buildings, including water conduits and a floor mosaic with leaves, flowers and a warrior holding sword and shield, a black scorpion at its centre. The church also long kept the remains of Don Pietro Bonilli in a gilded urn after his beatification in 1988.
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