It's building was begun in 1429 and completed fifty years later.
The monumental brick façades, surrounded by slender pinnacles dominates the narrow thoroughfare.
The wonderful portal has a fresco by Ferramola on top, which represents the "Annunciazione".
In the interior, among the numerous works of art the sculpture of the "Compianto di Cristo morto" is worthy of note: the polychrome terracotta statues portray the greatest human drama and are by a XVIth century unidentified sculptor from Lombardy or Emilia. The three cloisters adjoining the church belong to the same building.