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The name Tolentino comes from the pre-latin root "tul" which means "border", probably referryng to the river Chienti. The town developped where there were once prehistoric and then "Piceni" populations. It was a Roman municipium and after barbaric raids the town rose as a free minicipality following a fortune of other "Marca" countries all under the papal domination. From the Midlle Ages Tolentino as still conserved in good condition part of the circuit of its walls, wich completely surrounded the urban centre with it fortifications and doors. The circuit was intact until a century ago, when after the opening of new streets and the building industry expansion, walls, doors and fortifications were pulled down. What we can see now belongs to the XIIIth - XIVth century. The communication with the right side of the Chienti could be possible throught the Devil Door and the Devil Bridge. The last one, built in 1268, is a powerful construction consisting of five arches, wich are very higt and a tower-barrier. Devil Bridge's name is similar to that of many bridges in Italy and in Europe; this comes from the audacy constraction and very similar legends. From here the caracteristic and the popular quarter of "Fondaccio" can be seen, it has a medioeval plan where the very ancient St. Mary's Church, rebuilt in the XIIIth century with a central plan, even if there are still some traces of the old construction, catches the eye. In 1797, in the rooms of Parisani Palace, the treaty between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Holy See was signed. In the neighborhood, near Rancia Castle, the battle between Austrian troops and Joachin Murat, King of Naples, who was unsuccessfully tring to unify Italy, was fought, in 1815. |
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The international Museum of Caricature is unique in Italy. It is situetid on the second floor in the Palace of Sangallo et it contains nearly 300 works wich view of both italian and foreign artistic humor. In the Basilica of St. Nicholas there are the Museum of Opera, the Museum of ex-voto (378 votive paintings dating from XVth to XIXth century), the Ceramics Museum (with pieces from Albisola, Castel Durante, Castelli Deruta etc.) and the Civic Archeological Museum with findings of Picen and Roman civilization. In Bezzi Palace, where in the Napoleon rooms the treaty of Tolentino between Napoleon and Pius VI was signed, there is the forniture of the flat in which the French General was sheltered in 1797. In the abbey of Chiaravalle di Fiastra the Archeological Museum, the Museum of Rustic Civilization and the Natural Science Museum can be visited. |
Museo Internazionale della Caricatura e dell'Umorismo nell'Arte Palazzo Sangallo, Tel. 0733.969797 (aperto dal martedì al venerdì ore 16,00/19,00 al mattino su richiesta, sabato e domenica ore 9,30/12,30 - 16,00 /19,00) Complesso Monumentale della Basilica di San Nicola Piazza San Nicola, Tel. 0733.969996 (apertura musei ore 9,30/12,00 - 16,00 /19,00) Museo Civico Palazzo Sangallo, Tel. 0733.901325 Sale Napoleoniche prenotazioni visite Tel. 0733.969797 Biblioteca Comunale Filelfica Villaggio Scolastico Tel. 0733.973397 Biblioteca Egidiana Piazza Silverj Tel. 0733.969996 Museo dei Sacconi Venerabile Confraternita del Santissimo Cuore di Gesù - Via Corridoni (apertura festivi ore 9,00/12,00 - 16,00 /18,00 feriali su prenotazione: Tel 0733.968193) |
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