Santa Marta, Siena

Santa Marta is a former Roman Catholic convent and church of located in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.

The convent was restructured in the early 16th-century with a new Renaissance style, brick church facade (circa 1501), sober and with two empty niches, designed by Antonio Maria Lari (il Tozzo), and decorations of the church by Sebastiano Folli and Pietro Sorri.

In the choir some frescoes depict the life of St Martha, painted by followers of either Simone Martini or Matteo Giovannetti.

Other frescoes in the church depict local beatified monks including, Andrea Gallerani, either Pietro Pettinaio or Niccolatio Bandinelli.

Some represent events in the history of the monastic orders and the founders, attributed to Martino di Bartolomeo and date to 1389-1435.

Interior of the church of Santa Marta