Santa Maria Novella is a large "complex" comprising both the church and monastery (and the museum) see: https://www.smn.it/en/ https://www.smn.it/en/ https://

Santa Maria Novella is a large "complex" comprising both the church and monastery (and the museum) see: https://www.smn.it/en/ https://www.smn.it/en/ https://www.smn.it/en/opera-santa-maria-novella/ https://www.smn.it/en/opera-santa-maria-novella/ http://museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it/en/smn/visitamuseo/ http://museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it/en/smn/visitamuseo... A part of it (the so-called monastero nuovo or "new monastery" on the side of the station) has been for almost 100 years rented to the Carabinieri that had there a School for Officers, that recently moved so that the buildings were returned to the city: http://museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it/export/sites/museicivici/materiali/SMN_Anteprima_di_un_grande_museo-_pannelli_195x185.pdf http://museicivicifiorentini.comune.fi.it/export/sites/musei...