Chiesa di Santa Luciella ai Librai Napoli

Santa Luciella is a small church in the heart of the ancient center of Naples, located in the alley that in the days of ancient Rome they called "vicus Cornelianus" (today vico Santa Luciella) that connects San Biagio dei Librai to San Gregorio Armeno. The church was founded shortly before 1327 by Bartolomeo di Capua, a jurist and political adviser to Charles II of Anjou and Robert I as well as the commissioner of some important Gothic portals for S. Lorenzo Maggiore and S. Domenico Maggiore and founder in 1314 of the church of San Maria di Montevergine.

In Baratta's view of 1629, the church of Santa Luciella is shown as the Chapel of the Arte dei Molinari or Mulinari (forefathers millers or workers at a mill); it would later be taken into custody by the pipernieri, ancient artists who carved hard stones. These, accustomed to working with chisel and hammer, fearing that the splinters, splashing from the stone, might get lodged in their eyes, began to venerate St. Lucy, the patroness of sight, deciding, therefore, to dedicate this place to her. In the 18th century it underwent substantial remodeling and in 1748 became the seat of the Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Conception SS. Joachim and Charles Borromeo. Santa Luciella, abandoned for more than 30 years, was reopened thanks to the tenacity and work of the Association on April 5, 2019.

The Respiriamo Arte Association carries out a project that intends to recover and enhance the church both from a tourist development point of view with guided tours and events and from a social inclusion point of view by proposing aggregative moments for the people of the neighborhood, such as singing school, free lessons for children dedicated to fundamental themes such as legality, civic education and social commitment.