Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella

The church of Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne acquired this title because, until the first quarter of the 17th century, two pine trees stood in the area. The church was designed by Arcangelo Guglielmelli (1648-1723). Entirely Baroque in style, both inside and out, the plan is rectangular with side chapels and a vestibule with a double flight of stairs to allow access to the sacred space above. The place of worship is annexed to the conventual complex of the same name and to a late Renaissance cloister, which today belongs to the city of Naples and is used as a school building. The church was closed after the 1980 earthquake and did not reopen until 2017 for sacred services.

The church of Santissima Annunziata a Fonseca was founded in 1620 by Cardinal Decio Carafa, then Archbishop of Naples, on land belonging to the noble Fonseca family, purchased in 1616. Enlarged in the 19th century, it was severely damaged by the bombings of the Second World War. In 2003, the church was renamed Santissima Annunziata and dedicated to Saint Jeanne Antida Thouret (1765-1826), a French saint who worked for the patients of the Incurables Hospital in Naples.

Santa Maria della Verità, or Sant'Agostino degli Scalzi, is a baroque church consecrated in 1653. Augustinian monks had the church rebuilt between 1604 and 1630 by the architect Giovan Giacomo di Conforto. The church was renovated after the earthquake of 1688 by Arcangelo Guglielmelli. Lorenzo Vaccaro (1655-1706) also carried out improvements, and in the mid-18th century Giuseppe Astarita had the floor covered with marble; a further restoration took place in 1850 under the direction of Costantino Pimpinelli. The church was severely damaged by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake and was closed for decades due to structural problems. It was also the victim of church robberies at that time, with the disappearance not only of holy water basins and religious utensils, but also of precious marble inlays from one of the altars. After decades and careful restoration, the church was reopened in 2008.