Pistoia - Madonna dell'Umiltà

The Church of the Madonna dell'Umiltà, begun in 1495, was built by Ventura Vitoni, in the manner of Brunelleschi, to house a miraculous image of the Virgin which had begun to perform wonders in 1490. It replaced the earlier Church of Santa Maria Forisportae. The ground-plan of the church is highly unusual. A domed central octagon lies beyond a wider vestibule, and to the rear is a rectangular chapel.