Convento di Giaccherino, Franciscan convent and events venue in Pistoia, Italy

The Convento di Giaccherino, also known as the church and convent of San Francesco, is a Franciscan complex on a hill west of Pistoia. Access is from the west through an Italian-style garden with large Lebanese cedars and dwarf palms, flanked by two loggias. An atrium leads to the refectory, the kitchens and the small cloister of the well; the larger cloister, called dei morti, contains the tomb of the English poet Louisa Grace Bartolini.

Gabriello Panciatichi founded the convent in 1414 to settle a debt of usury from his banking trade, installing Observant Franciscans called 'del Crocifisso', or 'high Franciscans', to distinguish them from the 'low' friars of nearby Vicofaro. The site was first named Monte Lucense, after the hill separating Pistoia from Lucca. From the Council of Trent to the mid-17th century the church was enlarged and given a taller bell tower in 1595.

The name Giaccherino probably comes from Cecchino or Ceccherino, an innkeeper who kept a tavern at the start of the steep road up to the convent. The friars were called 'del Crocifisso' or 'francescani alti' to distinguish them from the 'francescani bassi' of nearby Vicofaro. In the lesser cloister, lunettes with the Stories of Saint Anthony were frescoed by Luigi Cappelli, Giovanni Mannozzi and Giovanni Domenico Ferrucci.

The site today functions as a multipurpose event venue with spaces suited for weddings, business meetings, conferences, and cultural gatherings. The facilities are designed to accommodate events of various sizes and can be arranged for workshops and press conferences.

On 13 January 2024, during a ceremony, a solaio (ceiling slab) between the first-floor salon and the refectory collapsed, injuring about 30 people. The complex has since been placed under judicial sequestration. The convent had been ceded in 2005 to the Società Rinascimento of Pistoia, which restored it as an events venue.