Designed in 1486 by Giuliano da Sangallo by order of Lorenzo “il Magnifico” de’ Medici, the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Carceri is located in Prato, Italy, and is one of the earliest examples of a centralized church in the Renaissance. It was built to house a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary and Child on the wall of a public jail (“carceri”) that allegedly came to life for a child. Buona visita!