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The Church of the Madonna is placed on the homonymous street which connects directly the city centre with the district ''[[#Venezia Nuova|Venezia Nuova]]'' through the [[John of Nepomuk]] bridge. According to the tradition the church was built to host the statute of [[Our Lady of Mount Carmel]] subtracted from a Turkish ship.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101218021106/http://costadeglietruschi.it/toscana_mediterranea/dettaglio_arte.asp?KeyArte=51 Chiesa della Madonna, Costa degli Etruschi]</ref> The church was important as it was a place of worship for foreigners communities. [[Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Ferdinando I de' Medici]] gave the church to the [[Franciscan]] which had the nearby Oratory of Saints Cosmas and Damian. The construction began on 25 March 1607 on a project by [[Alessandro Pieroni]] and was completed in 1611; the church at first was dedicated to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Saint Mary]], [[Francis of Assisi|Saint Francis]] and [[Saints Cosmas and Damian]] but in 1638 was dedicated to the [[Immaculate Conception]] following enlargement of the building.

The church has a rectangular plant with a single nave and [[groin vault]], on each side, there are the three altars of the foreign Nations. The altar of the French Nation was built in 1613 and the painting, by Matteo Rosselli, represents [[Louis IX of France|Saint Louis]]. The altar of the Corsica Nation, which at the time was under the [[Republic of Genoa]], has a painting representing [[John the Evangelist]]. The altar of the Portuguese Nation built in the 17th century had a wooden statue of Saint Mary until 1728 when this was positioned near the main altar and replaced by one of [[Anthony of Padua]]. The altar of the Dutch-German Nation is dedicated to [[Andrew the Apostle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://livornodellenazioni.wordpress.com/beni-heritage/cult/madonna_ita/|title=Chiesa della Madonna|date=24 April 2013|publisher=Livorno delle Nazioni|access-date=30 March 2018}}</ref> Outside the body of the building, separated by a railing, is a Chapel dedicate to the ''[[Sanctuary of Montenero|Madonna di Montenero]]'' built in 1631.<ref>[http://www.chiesacattolica.it/bewebxddemo/edificidiculto/edificio/70708/Chiesa+della+Madonna+%28Livorno%29 Chiesa della Madonna, Beni ecclesiastici]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The simple façade was covered in white marble in 1972.

====Church of the Most Holy Annunciation====