{"id":8383,"date":"2021-04-20T15:46:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ladolcevallata.com\/massignano-a-beauty-just-steps-from-the-sea\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T16:40:00","slug":"massignano-a-beauty-just-steps-from-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ladolcevallata.com\/nl\/massignano-a-beauty-just-steps-from-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Massignano, a beauty just steps from the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pearl of tourism in the Marche yet to be discovered<\/p>\n

Massignano is a small town of 1,684 inhabitants in the province of Ascoli Piceno, at 264 meters high on a hill overlooking the sandy beaches, yet to be discovered.<\/p>\n

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Massignano whose name brings us back to Roman times and the possessions of a certain Massinius, stands on a hill between the river Aso and Valmenocchia, between Montefiore dell\u2019Aso and the Adriatic coast.<\/p>\n

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Museums<\/strong><\/p>\n

This secret pearl of Le Marche was, in the past, the village of the terracotta production. Known as the \u201cPaese de li Cucci\u00e0\u201d (Potters Village in local dialect), Massignano home the\u00a0Terracotta Museum<\/strong>\u00a0divided into two interesting sections for families: the \u201cDomestic Use\u201d and the \u201cWhistles and Tobacco Pipes\u201d.<\/p>\n

The other Museum in Massignano is a Museum of Sacred Art, the\u00a0Museo Parrocchiale San Giacomo\u00a0<\/strong>realized thanks to a bequest of\u00a0 the most illustrious historical figure: Callisto Monsignor Giuseppe Gentili, State Councillor of Joseph II (Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1765), the apostolic nuncio (sort of Ambassador of the Pope) in Austria, agent in Rome of the Bishop of Mainz. A talented diplomat always around the world who never forgot the land of his parents to which he felt to belong. You can admire precious goldsmith\u2019s works, various paintings, chalices, ciborium and other rare and prestigious objects. Among the objects worthy of note: a Piviale embroidered in polychrome silk realized from a blanket manufactured in Hungary, a silver monstrance made by Raffaele Antonelli in 1791, embossed and engraved with ornate in pinchbeck; a Penitential, Processional Cross in wood and mother of pearl of 1796, signed by Fra \u2018Francesco Maria di Massignano.<\/p>\n

In the Church of San Giacomo Maggiore are exposed the Bell from 1235 that, according to tradition, rang autonomously the night of the translation of the Holy House; the table of the Virgin Adoring the Child by Vittore Crivelli, significant in the history of art, for the particular depiction; a Miraculous crucifix in tunicle, \u201cThe Adoration of the Shepherds\u201d by Ricci.<\/p>\n

An outer section of the Museum is dedicated to the production of crib figures of folk pottery. The potters from Massignano the early twentieth century did not use molds that\u2019s\u00a0 why the crib figures in the museum are very expressive and with the faces of the locals. Unique and rare pieces that worth a visit of families with kids.<\/p>\n

In the main square it stood a Augustinian convent, today remains the tower, then adapted as Civic Tower. The Tower preserves a fresco, \u201d Madonna and Saints \u201c, dated to the second quarter of 1400 and attributed to a generical Le Marche School. It is a Madonna and Child, St. John the Baptist and St. Donato.<\/p>\n

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Palaces<\/strong><\/p>\n

We suggest you to get lost in the cobbled alleys of Massignano in search of\u00a0noble palaces<\/strong>:<\/p>\n