Churches, Convents and Hermitages
The powerful fascination of religious buildings cannot fail to attract believers, but also those who believe less. Italy and the Apennines are dotted with countless testimonies of faith, examples of architecture unique in the world: it is really worth taking them as an excuse for Sunday visits.
The Santuario della Madonna del Macereto
By Redazione Published: 15/08/2013
A place to visit especially in the spring and summer season, when the colours of the Monti Sibillini reach their greatest splendour.The Macereto sanctuary is an octagonal building built in 1529 over an earlier small…
Chiesa della Madonna Bianca, Ancarano
By Redazione Published: 22/06/2012
The church of the Madonna Bianca is a large country building a short distance from the village of S.Angelo di Ancarano, dating from the 14th century, built shortly after the destruction of Castel Franco, originally…
Santuario Madonna delle Grazie (13th century)
By Redazione Published: 12/06/2012
According to popular tradition, the village of Roccavecchia was swept away by an avalanche. Of the ancient settlement only the rubble of the foundations and of the walls that formed the houses now remains. Only…