Designed by baroque architect and sculptor Cosimo Fanzago, this melon-hued show off was built between 1650 and 1662. The church was originally called Santa Teresa Plaggie, due to the place near the beach where it was located. After suffering damage in an earthquake in 1688, the original brick and piperno-stone facade was altered with the addition of flouncy baroque stucco work. Construction of Via Vittorio Colonna further altered the original design, with the double-flight staircase reduced in size. Inside, a Greek-cross plan remains faithful to the original. The church is one of the most important baroque monuments of Naples. In the church you can see, among others marble statue of saint Teresa by Cosimo Fanzago. The principal works in the church are the Infancy of Mary, Repose in Egypt, St Peter appears to St Teresa and St Peter of Alcantara providing confession to St Teresa, by Luca Giordano.
