Church San Martino - Siena

Chiesa San Martino is a Roman Catholic church located on Via del Porrione, in the Terzo San Martino (named after this church) in the center of Siena, Tuscany region, Italy. Adjacent to the church is the Renaissance-style Logge del Papa, built in 1462 at the behest of Pope Pius II Piccolomini.

There was already a church on this site in the 12th century, but it was rebuilt and expanded in the 16th century. The Baroque facade was built in 1613 and the bell tower was completed in 1738.

In the interior, in the opposite facade, there is a canvas of the Immaculate Conception protecting Siena during the Battle of Camollia in 1526, made by Giovanni di Lorenzo, commissioned by the municipality of the city in 1528. In the chapels are located under others: the Circumcision of Jesus, one of Guido Reni's masterpieces, the Martyrdom of San Bartolomeo (1637) by Guercino, and a Nativity by Domenico Beccafumi.

The restoration of the rectory in the 17th century was financed by the de' Vecchi family, who dedicated the decorations to the Mazzuoli family. Giuseppe Mazzuoli completed the statue of St. Thomas of Villanova, and he assisted his brother Giovanni in completing the main altar.

Willem Vandenameele