Discover 4 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Fossombrone (Italy). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Fossombrone Cathedral, San Filippo, and Ponte della Concordia. Also, be sure to include Marmitte dei Giganti in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Fossombrone (Marches).
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Fossombrone Cathedral
Also known as: Concattedrale di Fossombrone
Cathedral. Fossombrone Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Aldebrandus and Saint Augustine located in the Piazza Mazzini at the end of Corso Garibaldi in the center of the town of Fossombrone in the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the region of Marche, Italy. Formerly the cathedral of the Diocese of Fossombrone, since 1986 it has been a co-cathedral of the Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola.[1]
San Filippo
San Filippo is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic former church, now deconsecrated, located Corso Garibaldi, near Porta Fano, in Fossombrone, region of Marche, Italy. The church was erected between 1608 and 1613; and dedicated to the patron saints of the town. It had been commissioned earlier to celebrate the birth of the ill-fated Federico Ubaldo, son and heir of the Duke Francesco Maria II Della Rovere. But it was ceded soon to the Order of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, although they did not have a formal charter in the town till 1620.
The brick facade is incomplete and in 2015 appears nearly decrepit, with closed windows; however, under the Oratorians, the interior of the church was decorated with an exuberant, nearly rococo stucco decoration, completed in part by Tommaso Amantini. Decoration continued till consecration in 1726.
The interior has a number of paintings by Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, including a Madonna with the Five Patron Saints of Pesaro offering her the Planned Church, a St Michael Archangel and the Trinity, a St Barnaba Praying. The church also has a St John the Baptist painted by Carlo Ridolfi, and works by Francesco Gessi, Lazzaro Baldi, Giovanni Diamantini, and Giovanni Lapis.
The church is now used for concerts and cultural events.[2]
Address: Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 144, 61034 Fossombrone
Ponte della Concordia
Bridge in Fossombrone, Italy. The Ponte della Concordia is a bridge over the river Metauro in Fossombrone, Province of Pesaro and Urbino, region of Marche, Italy.
The original bridge was built in the second half of the XIII Century, and it had five arches. It was destroyed by a flood of the river Metauro in 1765. In 1782 an architect from Pesaro, Luigi Baldelli, designed a new bridge, this time with just a single arche donkey-back (on the model of "devil's bridges" of medieval tradition), to avoid future flooding problems. In 1944, during World War II, German soldiers destroyed the bridge by setting up mines, in hopes of slowing down the incoming allied forces. The bridge existing today was rebuilt in 1946, in the same place and wth the same architecture of the previous bridge.[3]
Marmitte dei Giganti
Body of water, Geologic formation, Park
Address: Forra di San Lazzaro, Fossombrone