Siena - Oratorio di San Bernardino

This oratory, adjoining the Church of San Francesco, was built in the 15th century on the spot where the Franciscan friar San Bernardino of Siena was accustomed to preach. On the upper floor are fine 16th century frescoes by Sodoma, Doménico Beccafumi and Girólamo del Pacchia ("St Louis", "Presentation of the Virgin", "St Antony of Padua", "St Francis of Assisi", "Visitation", "Assumption" and "Coronation of the Virgin" by Sodoma; "Marriage of the Virgin", "Madonna with Angels" and "Death of the Virgin" by Beccafumi; "Birth of the Virgin", "San Bernardino of Siena", "Gabriel" and "Annunciation" by Pacchia).