The church was built by architect Giovanni Del Fantasia in 1720 and it is one of the pillars of the "Venezia" quarter, which has been built by the Medici since 1629. The octagonal plan building with high cupola has a grandiose square base, nowadays devoid of ornamental memorial plaque cover. From here starts the big cupola which originally should has been extradossed but some decades after (1746) had to be incorporated in an octagonal tambour base of the cupola, for static reasons. Inside there are paintings by Passignano and Lorenzo Grattanelli and the "Coronation of the Madonna" by Giorgio Vasari; the walls were painted by Antonio and Jacopo Terreni, whereas the eight compartments of the cupola were adorned by Maffei.
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