Piazza del Gesu Nuovo is adorned with a magnificent Baroque column of the Virgin Mary, which in the first half of the XVIII century was worked on by: architect G. Genuino. on which in the first half of the XVIII century worked: architect G. Genuino, builder G. di Fiore, sculptors M. Bottiglieri and F. Pagano, the architect G. Genuino, the builder G. di Fiore, the sculptors M. Bottiglieri and F. Pagano. The bronze statue Madonna, standing on a crescent moon and trampling a snake, is crowned with a halo with 12 stars. stars.The column is 30 metres high.
The admirable background of the column is the granite façade of the church of Gesu Nuovo, converted by the Jesuits at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries from the Renaissance palazzo Sanseverino, of which only the stone façade, intricately decorated with reliefs. stone façade. The three-nave interior of the church in the shape of a Greek cross is crowned by a dome restored after the earthquake. dome, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1688. In the chapel of the church The remains of St Giuseppe Moscati (1880 - 1927), a Neapolitan physician and canon, are buried in the chapel of the church. Neapolitan physician, canonised in 1987 and devoutly venerated by the citizens.
