The church of Saint Francis was built in Orte at the end of 1695 by demolishing part of a previous Romanesque church of Sant'Angelo.
Next to the church is the convent of the Franciscans who settled at Orte in the thirteenth century.
The monastery has a beautiful cloister around which was the life of the brothers.
In the nineteenth century the church had another development when it became the seat of the Compagnia della Misericordia - Brotherhood of Misericordy.
The building has a single aisle and inside is a beautiful altar with an altarpiece representing the 'Madonna della Misericordia' in 1614 by the artist Otto Pratello of Città della Pieve.
The painting is surmounted by a lunette with the image of St. Francis in the act of receiving the stigmata.
The church has a crypt that documents the earlier Romanesque structure.
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