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Oratorio dei Buonomini di San Martino Review
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Oratorio dei Buonomini di San Martino
- Address: Piazza San Martino, Bargello, Florence | Map It
- Phone: No phone
- Category: Museums/Galleries, Religious Sites
- Location: Bargello
Fodor's Review:
Founded by Antoninus, Bishop of Florence, in 1441 to offer alms to the poveri vergognosi (the ashamed poor), this one-room oratory is decorated with 15th-century frescoes by the school of Ghirlandaio that vividly depict the confraternity's activities. More than 500 years later, the Compagnia dei Buonomini, or Confraternity of the Good Men, continues to perform charitable works, linking Renaissance notions of charity to the 21st century.
- Cost: Free
- Open: Mon.-Thurs. and Sat. 10-noon and 3-5, Fri. 10-noon
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