A fascinating house of worship located in Morrocco, it originated as a Carmelite convent and was built in the 15th century by the Florentine Niccolò Sernigi on a site considered miraculous because of the presence of an image of the Madonna. Characterized by a simple one-room structure with a rectangular apse, the church is adorned with 15th-century frescoes by Filippo di Antonio Filippelli and other anonymous artists.
Renovated during the 17th century and in neo-Gothic style in the early 1900s, the interior retains few original frescoes. There are works by Nanno da San Gimignano and a glazed terracotta lunette by Andrea della Robbia. The main altar houses a copy of the Madonna and Child, the original, considered miraculous, was stolen in 1980. On the left side is a Crucifixion from the 1600s and a bust of Sernigi in a terracotta garland by Andrea della Robbia dating from the 1400s.
The Carmelite convent, accessible from the external portico, is built around a 16th-century cloister with frescoes on the life of St. Teresa of Avila dated 1637. The church was also the custodian of many other works of art, now appreciable in the nearby Tavarnelle Museum of Sacred Art.
