Church of Sant'Agostino, Gothic church in Foligno, Italy

The church of Sant'Agostino is a Baroque church in Foligno, built between 1720 and 1750 to a design by the architect Bernascoli. It has a single nave with a barrel vault, and its brick facade, made between 1748 and 1750 by Nicolò Cesari and Francesco Antonio Bettini on a design by Pietro Loni, is divided by four Corinthian columns framing the portal and statues of Saint Augustine and Blessed Angelo da Foligno. Behind the apse stands the 13th-century bell tower, the tallest in the city, built in alternating white and pink stone bands.

A first Gothic church was built here in 1248 by Beato Angelo da Foligno, with frescoed walls and a painted truss roof; with its adjoining convent it was Foligno's first Augustinian settlement, remaining so until 1810. In the 17th century it became the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Pianto, documented from 1647. Judged too small, it was replaced by the present Baroque church, built 1720–1750 to a design by the architect Bernascoli.

The name Sant'Agostino recalls the Augustinian settlement founded here in 1248, while the title Madonna del Pianto is documented from 1647. The wooden choir lofts and the gilded main altar of 1678 by Gioacchino Grampini frame the 17th-century painting of the Madonna del Pianto, still the focus of devotion.

The Baroque church faces Piazza Garibaldi; the surviving Gothic portal, two large windows and the 13th-century bell tower are walled into the right flank, so walk along that side to see them. The bell tower, the tallest in Foligno, is best viewed from behind the apse.

The 13th-century bell tower, the tallest in Foligno, survived the 1944 Allied bombings that destroyed the original Gothic church. Its two large windows and portal were walled into the right side of the Baroque building, where they remain visible today.