Arezzo - Santissima Annunziata

The Church of the Santissima Annunziata (the Virgin Annunciate) in Arezzo occupies the site of an earlier oratory (14th century). It was designed by the Renaissance architects Bartolomeo della Gata and Antonio da Sangallo. The facade, which was left unfinished, has three doorways; the right-hand one, together with the fresco depicting the Annunciation by Spinello Aretino (1370) above it, is a relic of the original oratory. The aisled interior is of considerable effect, with elaborately carved capitals on the columns and stained glass by Guillaume de Marcillat.