San Bartolomeo, Catholic church in Prato, Italy

San Bartolomeo is a church on Piazza Mercatale in Prato, rebuilt in 1958 to a design by Ivo Lambertini after the 1944 bombing. A porticoed vestibule leads to a tall bell tower; inside are three naves, a presbytery with apse and a crypt. The large hall is dominated by the apse hemicycle, recalling early Christian models such as Constantine's Palatine Basilica in Trier.

Built in the 14th century as the church of the Carmelite convent, it was destroyed by bombing on 7 March 1944 and rebuilt in 1958 to a design by Ivo Lambertini. The present building preserves many works from the older church.

The church keeps works from the destroyed 14th-century building: a wooden Florentine-school Crucifix of the 1320s-30s, its arms broken by a vandal in 2013, a Botticelli-school tondo, and a 15th-century marble ciborium attributed to Antonio Rossellino or his school. The altarpiece of the Trinity with the Evangelists, Saint Catherine and Saint Charles Borromeo is by Empoli, dated 1621-22.

The building sits in the historic town center and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors should expect regular religious services and be respectful of worship times when exploring the interior.

The 1958 rebuild by Ivo Lambertini replaced the Trecento church destroyed by bombing on 7 March 1944. Its three-nave hall with apsidal hemicycle draws on early Christian models such as Constantine's Palatine Basilica in Trier, recast in a modern vocabulary.