The church, located in the homonymous square, is dedicated to the Beata Vergine del Carmine; it was built in 1268 as part of a carmelite monastery still existing; only some Romanesque-Gothic remains of the original building are still visible. The whole complex was enlarged for the first time in 1328; in 1464 the chapter hall and the refectory were added. The works were completed in 1476. The interior of the church was almost completely destroyed in 1771 by a fire (fortunately, the fire spared the Cappella Brancacci, a masterpiece of Renaissance painting, frescoed by Masolino da Panicale, Masaccio and Filippino Lippi) that made necessary a complete reconstruction of the church; the works, entrusted to architects Giuseppe Ruggieri and Giulio Mannaioni, were completed, except for the façade that is still unfinished, between 1775 and 1782.