[[Image:piedigrotta01.jpg|right|thumb| Church of the [[Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, Naples|Madonna ofdi Piedigrotta]]]]
'''Piedigrotta''' Literally,({{IPA-it|ˌpjɛdiˈɡrɔtta|lang}}; {{lang-nap|Piererotta}} {{IPA-nap|ˌpjereˈrottə|}}; {{lit}} "at the foot of the grotto".) Ais a section of the [[MergellinaChiaia]] quarter of [[Naples]], [[Italy]], so-called for the presence of the Church of the [[Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, Naples|Madonna of Piedigrotta]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=La Madonna di Piedigrotta torna nell’edicola votiva in via Santa Caterina|url=https://www.ilroma.net/news/cronaca/la-madonna-di-piedigrotta-torna-nelledicola-votiva-santa-caterina|access-date=2021-12-09|website=Roma|language=en}}</ref> near the entrance to anthe [[Virgil#Virgil'sCrypta tombNeapolitana]].<ref>{{Cite web|ancientdate=2021-03-25|title=Napoli, Romanrubata tunnel]]tela dell'800 con la Madonna di Piedigrotta: al suo posto una stampa|url=https://www.vesuviolive.it/cultura-napoletana/382502-tela-rubata-napoli-madonna-piedigrotta/|access-date=2021-12-09|website=Vesuvio Live|language=it-IT}}</ref> The area was also well- known for an annual festival, which givesgave rise to a song writing competition leading to the commercial birth of the popular [[Canzone Napoletana|Neapolitan Songsong]].