Annexed to the Church of San Francesco, it was built in the 18th century as a Conventual Franciscan Friars monastery. Today it is home to the municipal library which conserves valuable incunabula as well as a rare edition of Manzoni’s “The Betrothed” dating back to 1827. The historic archive contains interesting parchments dating back to the 13th century.The Civic art gallery contains a beautiful painting by Francesco Perrier.
Annesso alla chiesa di San Francesco, fu costruito nel XVIII sec. come sede dei Padri Francescani Conventuali. Ospita attualmente la biblioteca comunale che custodisce preziosi incunaboli e una rara edizione dei “Promessi Sposi” del 1827.L’archivio storico che comprende interessanti pergamene dei XIII sec.La pinacoteca civica con un bel dipinto di Francesco Perrier.
The most important and representative monument is located inside the castle. It underwent two extensive reconstruction operations which have restored its original 15th century architecture. The epigraph dedicated to Vittoria Colonna is located beneath the arch, to the right. The site is characterised by numerous underground passages, part of which still exist, used to build an air raid shelter during the Second World War. The parish church probably dates back to the Della Rovere age and contains a painting of Madonna with Child, attributed to Gaetano Lapis da Cagli, as well as a finely carved wooden crucifix. In 2009 the …
Situata all’interno del castello, è il monumento più importante e rappresentativo. E’ stata oggetto di due importanti restauri, che l’hanno riportata alle originali architetture quattrocentesche. Sotto l’arco, nel lato destro, è presente la targa in marmo con l’epigrafe dedicata a Vittoria Colonna. La località è caratterizzata da diversi sotterranei, una parte di essi è ancora esistente ed è stata utilizzata per costruire il rifugio antiaereo durante la seconda guerra mondiale. La chiesa parrocchiale è probabilmente di epoca roveresca e custodisce al suo interno il quadro della Madonna col Bambino attribuito al pittore Gaetano Lapis da Cagli e un crocifisso ligneo …
Piazza Garibaldi, also known as Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square), revokes the fair’s most splendid era and constitutes the heart of urban expansion plans enacted by Pope Lambertini during the mid 18th century. Recently completed redevelopment works have transformed Piazza Garibaldi into a fascinating and beautiful urban scenario, home to public buildings of architectonic prestige: Palazzo Becci, The Cathedral of San Pietro Apostolo, Palazzo Vescovile (Bishop’s Palace) with the Diocesan Art Gallery, Palazzo Micciarelli (former Spinning Mill), the San Rocco Auditorium, Palazzo delle Dogane (also called “Doganone”) and Collegio Ginnasio Pio IX. Palazzo Micciarelli is particularly worthy of mention, designed …
Located in the middle of Via La Piaggia, it was erected by the tyrant of Corinaldo, Antonello Accattabriga, in the latter half of the 15th century, to supply neighbouring homes. It was buried when the staircase was restructured in the early 20th century, only to be reconstructed in 1980 as a venue for the Dispute of the Polenta Well, an annual re-enactment of the fall of the legendary sack of flour into the well. It is said that the people of Corinaldo used to make polenta in the well, however the truth is that a man once made his way …
Located in the former Santa Lucia convent which was home to nuns of the Order of St. Claire from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century. It was purchased by the Municipality of Ostra Vetere in 1999 and was restructured as part of a project for its functional reuse and partial allocation as a cultural container. The complex’s monumental area is located in Piazza Satellico and gravitates around an exquisite internal courtyard. The Parish Civic Museum is located on the first floor and contains works owned by the municipality and the parish. Works particularly worthy of mention include: an …
Located in the house in which the Master and his wife, Celeste Erard, erected in view of their definitive return to Maiolati. Two entrance doors lead respectively onto the ground floor rooms which currently contain a precious historic archive of Pious Works, and onto a sober hall (via the left door), at the bottom of which a staircase leads onto the upper floors. The Museum is set up in rooms on the first and second floor and was inaugurated on the 6th September 1951, on occasion of celebrations of the centenary of Spontini’s death.It contains furniture, family heirlooms, scores, autographs, …
The theatre named after Giovan Battista Pergolesi is one of the region’s most prestigious and consolidated cultural locations. A unique traditional theatre, not located in a provincial capital, which has remained a reference point of the city’s cultural life for over two hundred years. A live performance venue (lyrical, prose, concert season) as well as a vehicle for the city’s promotion in Italy and throughout the world, in the name of Pergolesi, one of the finest geniuses in the universal history of music. More
The library is located in Palazzo della Signoria, by the famous Sienese architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini, dating back to the Renaissance. It was founded in 1859 thanks to the donation of the Marquis Angelo Ghislieri’s book collection, and was named after the generous book and archive contribution donated by the Pianetti family to the Municipality of Jesi. It contains numerous ancient artefacts (manuscripts, incunabula and 16th century editions) received from entities and individuals and which together with modern artefacts constitute a remarkable book heritage, both in terms of size …