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Museo di San Marco

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The San Marco Museum (Museo di San Marco) in located in the Convento di San Marco, not far from the Accademia Gallery in Florence Italy (Firenza). The 14th century monastery contains paintings by Fra Angelico, an early Renaissance artist. The church faces Piazza de San Marco in the San Marco District of Florence.
Overall, the building is a monumental complex with all the sobriety and elegance typical of Florentine Renaissancearchitecture.

On the ground floor, the rooms formerly used for community life: the Hospice for the pilgrims next to the entrance, the Chapter Hall, the Washroom, the Refectory and the adjoining room used for the kitchen and other facilities; there is also a small 15th-century cloister, called Chiostro della Spesa, and a courtyard, the so-called Granary Courtyard.

During this same period, the building was endowed with an extraordinary cycle of paintings by Fra Angelico who lived and lived in the monastery in 1387 and 1400-1455.