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.
Laureati Palace
The present building is the widening result of an original holiday resort erected at the end of XVIII century by the bishop of Ripatransone, Bartolomeo Bacher, passionate agronomist, who decided to move his residence to Grottammare and improved the cultivation of orange trees. When the bishop became very old, decided to sell some of his properties, among which the villas in Grottammare, that in 1807 was bought by the Laureati Family, who took measure to widen it.
St Lucia’s Church
The Church is the most important architecture of the ancient town, situated in a very visible position which features thanks to its façade, the view of the ancient town. It was built, as Pope Sisto V desired, on the spot where he was born, on 13 December 1521, and is named after the patron saint of his birthday.
Art Nouveau
Between the 19th and the 20th century a busy building activity spread around the whole territory of the Marche, together with the first shapes of Art Nouveau. The flourishing of this particular style occurred in Grottammare in conjunction with the trend of the wealthy families to commission “second houses” or “vacation houses” to popular and specialist architects, as Grottammare was well-known to be a holiday resort.
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.
Azzolino Villa
The villa was built by Cardinal Decio Azolino jr. 1623-1689) as a place meant for rest and leisure time. Built in XVII century, it is one of the few Piceno’s buildings to have preserved its original plant.
Sea and nature
Grottammare, once praised in XV century by the humanist Flavio Biondo for its landscape beauties, offers the tourist still today, the possibility of being purified from smog, noise and thoughts ehich poison the city life, letting him discover again forgotten perfumes and colours, as well as taste the quietness of the time lived in full harmony with nature.