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Montone, artistic sign of an artisan shop in the streets of the village
Narrow and winding roads that travel it in every sense the village of Montone, with staircases that allow you to easily overcome the most points ugrave; steep, in a succession of unforgettable images of overlapping architectures, rampant arches, dark and fresh shadows that open onto squares and vegetable gardens rich in light and color.
Montone offers its visitors numerous opportunities to spend relaxing and unforgettable moments in close contact with the historical and artistic heritage.
In this regard, the visit of the fourteenth-century Church of San Francesco and its Art Gallery and the Ethnographic Museum is essential. The church has a single nave structure, polygonal apse, truss cover, is preceded by a portico, adjacent to it we find a cloister also later and restored.
The church began to be frescoed since the early fourteenth century and the cycle of frescoes from the apse commissioned by Braccio da Montone to Antonio Alberti, depicts the Stories of the Life of Saint Francis and scenes from the Final Judgment.
The art gallery today houses various valuable works, including the Madonna della Misericordia by Bartolomeo Caporali, is the “wooden Deposition, by Bottega Altotiberina coming from from the Parish Church of San Gregorio.
In addition, the ethnographic museum hosts material testimonies from East Africa. Other places of interest are the former monastery of Santa Caterina, now home to the municipal library and historical archive and the former Church of San Fedele now auditorium now annexed to the theater municipal.
In Montone it is also possible to visit the Astronomical Observatory of Coloti, the Collegiate Church, the Rocca D' Aries, the ruins of the Rocca di Braccio Fortebracci, San Fedele with the theater, the Municipal Library and the Historical Archives. Outside the city walls, in the direction of Carpini, is the Pieve di San Gregorio.
Numerous and good level are the accommodation facilities such as Hotels, Farmhouses, Bed and Breakfast, Holiday homes, Guest houses, Restaurants and traditional inns where you can taste traditional dishes and local products such as cheeses, cold cuts, mushrooms and truffles etc... Not surprisingly Montone & amp; egrave; became a full part of the exclusive club of the “100 most beautiful villages in Italy.
written by John Maxwell - Last update: 11/08/2022
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