Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole

Entrance portico to the convent
Central part of the Pala di Fiesole by Fra Angelico

The Convent of San Domenico is a Dominican convent in Fiesole, Italy, situated between the hill of Fiesole and the suburbs of Florence. It was founded in 1406 and completed in 1435 on the initiative of Giovanni Dominici and the bishop of Fiesole, Jacopo Altoviti, both of them monks at the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.

Fra Angelico was a monk here, and painted several work for the convent, including the Fiesole Altarpiece and the Coronation of the Virgin (now in the Louvre of Paris). Pietro Perugino's Madonna with Child between Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian is now at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Coordinates: 43°48′04″N 11°17′09″E / 43.80111°N 11.28583°E / 43.80111; 11.28583

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