Church of Santissima Annunziata Florence

Staying in a cheap hotel by the Church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence places you right at the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata (Basilica of the Most Holy Annunciation). This is a Roman Catholic basilica located at the northeastern side of the Piazza Santissima Annunziata. It is also the Servite Order’s Mother church. The Order was founded in 1240 by seven original members, as was the church. In 1262, one of the monks abandoned a painting of the Annunciation, because he did not feel he could create a beautiful enough image. However it is said that an angel completed it while he slept. This painting was placed in the church and became a special tribute. The facade of the church was added in 1601 by the architect Giovanni Battista Caccini, in the Baroque finish that the seventeenth century was so fond of.