From Wikipedia: commissioned in 1540 by Spanish viceroy Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca as church for adjacent hospital for the poor; church dedicated to St James, patron saint of Spain, and designed by Ferdinando Manlio. In 1812, King Ferdinand I of Bourbon built Palazzo San Giacomo around church, doing away with facade, but retaining internal three-aisle layout with tall central nave; interior still houses monumental tombs, including the monument sculpted in 1570 by Giovanni da Nola for the viceroy, his wife, and son, but Don Pedro was buried in the Cathedral of Florence.
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