Belforte del Chienti Tourism

This is a rare example of corner building with roof garden, which already existed in 1766 though we have no information about its origins. Front and lateral façades face main roads and the rear façade has a lush roof garden. Inside it offers an example of middle class furnishing, typical of the 19th century.

Bonfranceschi Palace is an interesting example of civil architecture. The existence of this building is to be found in some documents (from 1803) now held by the State Archive of Macerata. It was probably built over the centuries 17th and 18th.

This church, whose first records date back to 1476, was run by the Clareni monks. Inside: two marble slabs, a confessional and an altar. Moreover there is a painting which may be attributed to De Magistris.

Belonging to the homonymous Silvestrine monastery, this church has been restored and renovated many times, even recently. It houses inside a Byzantine processional cross (15th century) and several paintings attributed to Luigi Domenico Valeri (18th century).

It is a small privately owned church located in the greenery. Its structure appears to date back to the 16th century. It is pretty bare inside and, on the once-painted walls, there are only two paintings (perhaps dating back to 16th century) depicting the Holy Family and Jesus Christ.

This Church dates back to the 16th century and was once named in honour of St. John the Evangelist. Outside one may see sandstone carvings, while inside it houses three paintings depicting: St. Venanzio, Saint Eustace holding the town of Belforte on his left hand and the Sacred Conversation.

Simple in its façade and tympanum yet impressive because of its dark stones, this church was once part of the Benedictine Monastery. Inside it preserves stunning frescoes by Andrea De Magistris (1558) depicting the Nativity and Our Lady of the Rosary.

This church stands out of the town, close to the city walls. It has been restored and enlarged over the centuries. Originally it was built by the Community to protect the town from the plague (since building and dedicating churches to St. Roch or to Our Lady of Graces was quite usual) in 1479.

It was the venue where town assemblies (General Council and Council of Credit) took place. Located in the tiny town square, the building still keeps the old town tower, dating back to the 17th century.

Its first records date back to 1218, but it was rebuilt over the centuries 17th and 18th, after the 1741 earthquake. There are no particular outside details, but this church houses inside some stunning works of art. Among them: a sixteenth-century wooden statue of St. Sebastian (once in the homonymous church), two 16th-century paintings, including one signed and dated by Durante Nobili from Caldarola, a pupil of Lorenzo Lotto, a painting depicting Saint Lucia by Domenico Malpiedi, a painter from San Ginesio (first half of the 17th century) and the stunning large polyptych (483 cm × 323 cm) signed and dated in 1468 by Giovanni Boccati.