Guided tour Jesi - Tourist guide Jesi
Jesi is one of the most beguiling towns in Ancona inland and boasts a sophisticated old centre and lively cultural life. The guided tour of Jesi starts by looking at its massive 14thC walls, built on Roman foundations and later strengthened with towers, and topped by houses.
Piazza Federico II lies at the north-eastern end of the town where the Roman forum of Aesis once lay. Its name recalls the birth here of the Medieval Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II in a tent on 26 December 1194.
A few steps down Via Pergolesi and you will be in Piazza Colocci and in front of Jesi most remarkable building, Palazzo della Signoria . This Renaissance palace was built at the end of the 15thC ; the large rampant lion above the entrance is the symbol of the power the city once held.
Inside the tourist guide of Jesi will show you the courtyard with brick piers on the first level, marble on the second and wooden on the third.
Carry on along Via Pergolesi to Piazza della Repubblica, Jesi largest square is dominated by the 18thC theatre, Teatro Pergolesi, home to a prestigous opera season and named after the composer Pergolesi,who was born here in 1710.
Jesi most flamboyant building is Palazzo Pianetti, which houses the civic art gallery. Gorgeous is the sugar-candy stucco work in the long galleria. This decoration alone would merit a visit; special mention to some of Lorenzo Lotto finest works: the Judgement of Santa Lucia, the Visitation, the Annunciation and the Deposition.
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