Giulianova. The sanctuary of the M. dello Splendore
2023
The sanctuary of the Madonna dello Splendore is a cult building in Giulianova, with the convent, the miraculous fountain and the Art Museum of Splendor and the "Padre Candido Donatelli" Library
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Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The Cathedral of San Emidio
The city's cathedral, dedicated to the patron saint, stands on the site of a Roman public building, perhaps the Basilica del Foro, and is the result of multiple construction events that substantially range from the 11th to the 16th century.
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Recanati. Piazza Leopardi with the town hall
Recanati is an Italian town of 20 975 inhabitants in the province of Macerata in the Marche region.
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Montemisio. Sanctuary of the M. della Consolazione.
In a small clearing, at the foot of Mount Ascension, there is the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Consolazione or of Montemisio. The Church was built by the monks of Farfa, built on the ruins of a pagan temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis or Artemisia.
In a small clearing, at the foot of Mount Ascension, there is the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Consolazione or of Montemisio.he church was built by the monks of Farfa, built on the ruins of a pagan temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis or Artemisia. The cult passed first for the veneration of the Virgin of the Belt, then for the Madonna della Tempera (the water needed for the fields). A legend tells that, while the drought threatened the crops, a propitiatory procession was held. The statue of the Madonna had just set off, when the sky darkened and the beneficial rain fell. In the 18th century, after the restoration, the church became a place of worship for the Madonna della Consolazione. Today the sanctuary is the destination of numerous pilgrimages. The traditional festival takes place on August 15th. The chapel has a single nave, a terracotta floor and a travertine altar. In the garden stands a centuries-old oak more than 23 meters high, with a circumference greater than 5 meters.
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Ascoli Piceno. The Church of San Francesco
The church of San Francesco in Ascoli Piceno is considered one of the best Italian works of Franciscan architecture, as well as the most representative Franciscan religious building in the Marche region.
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Offida, Ascoli Piceno. The church of the Addolorata
The church of the Addolorata was built in the century XV. The façade is characterized by a portico above which, leaning against the wall, there are two elegant sixteenth-century stone windows. Inside the church there is the "Bara" (as the chariot with canopy where the statue of the Dead Christ is placed) is commonly called, which is triumphantly carried in procession on the evening of Good Friday.
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Offida, Ascoli Piceno. Church of S. Maria della Rocca
The church is located on the western edge of the town, surrounded on three sides by cliffs that open onto two valleys. It is a Romanesque-Gothic brick construction, built by Maestro Albertino in 1330 on a pre-existing small Benedictine church. The façade, facing the outside of the town, is articulated by pilasters and on the opposite side there are three high polygonal apses with white stone pilasters, single lancet windows and Gothic arches. On the central apse there is a Romanesque-Gothic portal that leads into the crypt (3 then 5 naves), as wide as the upper church and decorated with frescoes attributed to the Master of Offida. The upper church, with a single hall according to the tradition of the mendicant orders, preserves frescoes of Giotto influence, still attributed to the Master of Offida (those of the transept are dated by an inscription to 1367) and others attributed to Giacomo da Campli (15th century) . Part of the original decorations were also lost due to the deterioration of the roof. In the side altars, erected in different eras, there is the one dedicated to Saint Andrew, from the 15th century, with an altarpiece frescoed on the wall by Vincenzo Pagani. During the advance of the allied troops, between 16 and 18 June 1944 some German soldiers had completely undermined the church so that the rubble was in the way of the allies, but none of the thirty mines exploded and the inhabitants attributed the episode to a miracle of the Virgin. On the left side of the first step of the staircase leading to the church a sheep is represented eating a four-leaf clover; popular belief has it that if you position yourself on it, walking backwards along the staircase, with your eyes closed, your wish will be fulfilled.
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Recanati. The church of Santa Maria di Montemorello
The church of Santa Maria di Montemorello is located in Recanati. The church has a certain notoriety for being the parish of the Leopardi family, where the poet Giacomo Leopardi also went to pray.
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Torre di Palme. Church of Santa Maria a Mare
Probably built in the 12th century, original frescoes from the 15th century are still clearly visible inside, while the vault was frescoed in the early 1900s.
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Ambro River. Waterfalls of the M. dell'Ambro
Montefortino, Marche, Italy. Ambro River. Waterfalls of the Sanctuary of the Madonna dell'Ambro
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Recanati is an Italian town of 20 975 inhabitants in the province of Macerata in the Marche region.