Monastero di Santa Marta, Religious monastery in northern Florence, Italy.

Monastero di Santa Marta stands on via Santa Marta in the northern part of Florence's historic centre. A 14th-century portal leads into the single-nave church, whose vault was frescoed in the 19th century and which keeps early 17th-century stone altars; above the high altar hangs a detached fresco of the Crucifixion with the mourners and Mary Magdalene, attributed to Orcagna and dated around 1350.

Built by the testamentary wish of Lottieri Davanzati in 1336, the convent was assigned in 1343 to the Umiliate led by Lotta Acciaiuoli. Damaged during the siege of 1529-30, it was rebuilt in 1599 at the expense of Giovanni Davanzati, who also had the church renovated and dedicated to Saint Martha.

The church's vault was frescoed in the 19th century, while the stone altars date from the early 1600s. Above the main altar hangs a detached fresco of the Crucifixion with the mourners and Mary Magdalene, attributed to Orcagna and dated around 1350. On the street outside, Bernardino Poccetti painted a tabernacle showing the profession of the nuns of Santa Marta.

The monastery stands on Via Santa Marta, in the northern part of Florence's historic centre, a short walk from the San Lorenzo market area. Visitors enter the church through a 14th-century portal; the interior is a single nave. Look for the painted tabernacle by Bernardino Poccetti on the street facade.

Look for the tabernacle on the street outside, frescoed by Bernardino Poccetti with the Sposalizio delle monache di Santa Marta, a scene of nuns taking their vows. Inside, the refectory holds a Last Supper painted around 1600 by Francesco Mati on canvas rather than in fresco, reportedly because a leg ailment kept him off the scaffolding.