The church dedicated to St. Michael, the patron saint of the Carmignano inhabitants, was built around 1330 where a small oratory with the convent realized by Bernard of Quintavalle already existed and was dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi who had come to preach at Carmignano in 1211.
The S. Michele e S. Francesco church has a simple façade which supports the gallery with five arches supported by Tuscan columns, engaged columns and pilasters at the corners. The best part is the interior which features a painting by Jacopo Carucci, called Pontormo, Visitazione from 1530 approx in which Mary and Elizabeth are represented in the act of exchanging thoughts and messages through the strength of their looks, assisted by two attendants.
The Church maintains the fifteenth century frescoes and paintings of the XV-XVII centuries, including the canvas (1601) the painter Cosimo Lotti Madonna col Bambino tra i Santi Domenico, Pio V, Caterina da Siena e Caterina d’Alessandria
The cloister square is annexed to the building, with the porch overlooking the garden where it retains a well from the seventeenth century the original church, and the Oratorio Society of SS. Sacramento.
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