After Pope John XXII issued a papal Bull in 1334, the Church and Convent of Sant’Agostino were erected not far from the hill on which Corciano was founded.
The complex, with its original gothic forms, was radically modified both inside and out around the 18th century: the wooden truss cover and the supporting arches were removed and replaced by decorative elements in stucco, the altar dedicated to the Madonna del Carmine and the statues of the four patron saints of the city (S. Macario, S. Michele Arcangelo, S. Rocco and S. Sebastiano). Until 1879, the church even housed the famous ‘gonfalone’ (a Perugian-style banner painted on canvas or linen) painted by Benedetto Bonfigli in 1472 for this building but now in the parish church of Santa Maria.
In 1811 the monastery was closed by order of Napoleon, then restored for a short period until it was completely shut down in 1860. On the Unification of Italy, the structure became the property of the Italian State.
The convent has a beautiful inner cloister, decorated with frescoes telling the Stories of St. Augustine, painted by the native of Corciano, Costanzo Ricci. They are now in a state of disrepair and not on public display as the entire complex is part of the Ministry of the Interior’s cultural assets.