Founded in 1200 by the Friars Hermits, then passed on to the Augustinians, for centuries it was a renowned centre of culture, suppressed by the French in 1797: it consists of a church, rebuilt in the second half of 1400 with a late-Gothic facade, and two cloisters. Today the cloister is home to the University of Bergamo, the departments of which are located in various buildings throughout the city.