The church of San Francesco di Paola is located at the west side of Piazza del Plebiscito. In the early 19th century, King Joachim Murat of Naples (Napoleon's brother-in-law) planned the entire square and the large building with the colonnades as a tribute to the emperor. Ferdinand I continued the construction (finished in 1816) but converted the final product into the church one sees today. He dedicated it to Saint Francis of Paola, who had stayed in a monastery on this site in the 16th century.