Santa Teresa a Chiaia is a

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church in

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, Italy. The church was founded in 1620, and completed in 1650-1662 by

Cosimo Fanzago Cosimo Fanzago (Clusone, 12 October 1591 – Napoli, 13 February 1678) was an Italian architect and sculptor, generally considered the greatest such artist of the Baroque period in Naples, Italy. Biography Early life and education Fanzago was ...

. The earthquake of 1688 damaged the church and required reconstruction. The church was originally called ''Santa Teresa Plaggie'', due to the place near the beach where it was located. The facade is rich in stucco decoration. The interior is a Greek cross plan with a statue of ''St Teresa'', by Fanzago on the main altar. 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 Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Early l ...

. File:Teres5.jpg, Interior

Bibliography

*''Napoli e dintorni'', Touring club Italia, Touring Editor, 2001.

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