The monastery of cloistered nuns was built at the end of Piazza Municipio, starting from 1626, in place of an existing hospital which was annexed to the church of San Nicola. The original project, designed by the architect Cosimo Fanzago from Bergamo, was never completed. Of the four wings that were to surround a rectangular courtyard, only three were made. After the earthquake of 1706 only one...