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Macerata (MC)

Region Marche, Italy

Macerata is the capital of its province, consists of an old town situated on a hill between the Chiente and Potenza rivers and a modern town, sprawling on the plain below, with an elevator connecting the two towns. It is the seat of an ancient university, founded in 1540. It also has a great opera tradition.

Info: Altitude: 315 m a.s.l -- Population: ca. 43000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 62100 -- Phone Area Code: 0733 -- Patron Saint: San Giuliano celebrated on 31st August -- Frazioni & Località: Cimarella, Corridonia Stazione, Madonna del Monte, Montanello, Piediripa, Santa Maria del Monte, Santo Stefano, Scuola Agraria, Sforzacosta, Villa Potenza -- GPS Coordinates: 43°18'0"N - 13°27'0"E -- Useful Links: official website of the Comune of Macerata

WHAT TO SEE:

In the central Piazza della Libertà, the Renaissance Loggia dei Mercanti with two-tier arcades.
the Sferisterio amphitheatre - a huge neoclassical arena erected in the 1820s as a stadium for handball, with such a wide orchestra pit that musicians at each end cannot hear each other.
Palazzo Ricci, hosting a museum and art gallery with masterpieces as the Madonna and Child by Carlo Crivelli
the Museo delle Carrozze, a peculiar collection of carriages of different times and places
at Villa Potenza, the remains of ancient Helvia Ricina, a Roman settlement destroyed by the Visigoths.
South of the town, the Romanesque church of San Claudio al Chienti.

EVENTS:

In July an Opera festival is held in the 7,000 seat Sferisterio.
31 August, the feast of patron San Giuliano

Map of Macerata:

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