Santa Maria delle Grazie, Senigallia

Santa Maria delle Grazie is a 17th-century Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church and convent located just outside the city of Senigallia, region of Marche, Italy.

The church was commissioned in 1494 by the local lord Giovanni Della Rovere, as a votive offering after the birth of his son on March 25, 1490, and placed in hands of the Franciscan order.

The birth of Francesco Maria I della Rovere, future Duke of Urbino, on the day of the Annunciation which is recorded in a small bas-relief in the entrance to the cloister.

The cloister has frescoed lunettes depicting scenes from the Life of St Francis (1598) attributed to Petrus Franciscus Renulfus.

The church once held the Madonna di Senigallia which is now attributed to Piero della Francesca, and is displayed in the Gallerie Nazionale delle Marche in Urbino.