Santa Maria della Reggia, Umbertide

The octagonal church is located in the center of town, in Piazza Mazzini, near the Rocca of Umbertide or town castle. The church has a painting depicting San Isidoro by the school of Guido Reni and an 18th-century Assumption of the Virgin.^[1] The design and construction of the church was begun in 1559 by Galeazzo Alessi and Giulio Danti; however construction continued until 1640. Other architects involved included Bino Sozi, Mariotto da Cortona (1600) and finally Bernardino Sermigni (1640).^[2] The interior is framed by a circle of 16 doric columns.

The interior of the church has a 15th-century Madonna and Child with Saints and Transfiguration (1578) by Niccolo Circignani.^[3] The church was built by the town to house a miraculous icon of the Virgin frescoed inside a nearby small chapel.