Chiesa dell'Osservanza

The Chiesa dell'Osservanza, stands outside Siena, in beautiful rolling country. It was built in 1476 and occupies the site of an earlier church founded by San Bernardino; its architect was Giácomo Cozzarelli. After suffering severe damage in air raids in 1944 it was rebuilt in its original form. The aisleless nave has eight side chapels. In the third chapel on the right is the Reliquary of San Bernardino by Francesco d'Antonio (1454), and in the fourth a beautiful triptych ("Madonna with SS Ambrose and Jerome", 1436), by an artist known only, after this work, as the Maestro dell'Osservanza.