San Giovanni a Carbonara is a church in Naples, southern Italy. It is located at the northern end of via Carbonara, just outside what used to be the eastern wall of the old city. The name carbonara (meaning "coal-carrier") was given to this site allocated for the collection and burning of refuse outside the city walls in the Middle Ages.
The monastery/church complex of San Giovanni was founded by the Augustinians in 1343. The church was completed in the early 15th century under King Ladislas of Durazzo, who turned the church into a Pantheon-like tribute to the last of the Angevin rulers of Naples.
It was expanded over the course of the following three centures and contains sculptures and artwork of considerable interest, including Ladislas' tomb order by his daughter Queen Joan II to Andrea Ciccione, the 15th century chapels of Caracciolo del Sole, with notable frescoes by Perinetto da Benevento and Leonardo da Besozzo, also housing the noteworthy sepulchre of Sergianni Caracciolo also by Ciccione, and Caracciolo di Vico (1516), the Miroballo, di Somma and Seripando Chapels, the latter home of a Crucifixion by Giorgio Vasari. The current façade was constructed in 1707 or 1708 by Ferdinando Sanfelice, but maintaing the notable Gothic portal with a frescoed lunette.
The interior is on the Latin Cross plan, with a rectangular nave. The main altar is from 1746.
The church was restored in 1856, being severely damaged by Allied bombardments in 1943.