La città di Grottammare
Grottammare si affaccia sulla costa adriatica tra il verde delle sue pinete, degli aranceti e delle palme, con le sue spiagge dorate e il limpido chiarore del mare. Le acque pulite, il litorale di sabbia finissima, l’incanto dei suggestivi scorci del borgo antico e la rigogliosa vegetazione, compongono un affresco di colori e profumi dimenticati che rendono unica la nostra cittadina.
St. Paternian’s Fest
Matricardi Cottage
The Matricardi Cottage is a result of the flourishing building activity between the 19th and the 20th century that spread around Grottammare in conjunction with the trend of the wealthy families to commission “vacation houses” to popular and specialist architects, as Grottammare is well-known to be a holiday resort. It is the most significant clue of the Art Nouveau in our city.
The Holy Jubilee
The Holy Jubilee re-enacts the crash landing in Grottammare of Pope Alessandro III, caught in a violent storm on June 29th, 1175.
Sisto V, il Papa Tosto
Pope Sixtus V (1521 – 1590), born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was the head of the Catholic Church from April 24, 1585 to his death in 1590. He is the last Pope to take the name "Sixtus" upon his election.
St. John The Baptist’s Church
Following the strict architectonical rules, also supporters of the Counter-Reformation, reaffirmed in 1750, during the years of Benedetto XIV’s Papacy, and in Harmony with Monsignor Bacher’s strict behaviour, Maggi planned a plain Façade, completely realized in brick.
St. Augustine’s Church
LThe building complex, made up of the Church and the monastery, occupies the place where an older Church was built. In 1451, owing to a landslide in the northern area of the hill, the Augustinian monks moved there from their original residence by the suburb Madonna degli Angeli.