Museo Civico is established in the church of the Annunziata, completed in
1509. The painter Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) was born at Camerino.
47 M. Matelica (1168 ft.; Alb. Aquila d'Oro), a town with 2713 inbab.,
possessing pictures by Palmezzano ( 1501) and Eusebio di San Giorgio ( 1512)
in the church of San Francesco dei Zoccolanti, and other paintings in
the Palazzo Piersanti. — 51½ M. Cerreto d'Esi; 54 M. Albacina see below;
change carriages for Jesi and Ancona). — 59½ M. Fabriano, see below.
15. From Ancona to Foligno (Orte, Rome).
80 M. Railway 3 3/4-5 1/4 hrs. (fares 15 fr., 10 fr. 50, 6 fr. 75 c.; ex-
press 16 fr. 50, 11 fr. 55, 7 fr. 50 c.). To Rome (183 M.) in 8-11 1/4 hrs.
(fares by ordinary train 33 fr. 5, 23 fr., 14 fr. 85 c.). Best views to the left.
To (5 M.) Falconara Marittima, see p. 133. — Here the train
diverges to the S.W. into the valley of the Esino (Lat. Aesis), which
it crosses at (10 1/2 M.) Chiaravalle.
17 1/2 M. Jesi (235 ft.; Alb. Sant' Antonio, Corso Vitt. Ema-
nuele, R. 1 1/2 fr., very fair), a town with 23,825 inhab., was the
ancient Aesis. The picturesque town-walls, dating from the middle
ages, are in good preservation. The Cathedral is dedicated to the
martyr St. Septimius, the first bishop of Jesi (308). The Palazzo
Pubblico ( 1487-1503) bears the town-arms within an elaborate
Renaissance border. The interior and the library contain works by
Lorenzo Lotto. Jesi was the birthplace of the Emp. Frederick II.
( 1194-1250) and of Giov. Batt. Pergolese (b. 1710; d. 1736 at
Pozzuoli), the composer.
The valley contracts, and the train crosses the river twice.
26 M. Castelplanio. The village of Maiolati (1340 ft.), 3 M. to
the E., was the birthplace of Gasparo Spontini ( 1774-1851), the
composer. — Beyond (30 1/2 M.) Serra San Quirico the line threads
a long tunnel. — 39 1/2 M. Albacina; to Porto Civitanova, see p. 139.
44 1/2 M. Fabriano (1066 ft.; Alb. Campana, Piazza Garibaldi,
R. 1 1/2-1 3 /4 fr.), an episcopal see with 9586 inhab., noted since the
14th cent. for its paper-manufactories, lies in a depression between
two heights, near the sites of the ancient Tuficum and Attidium.
The Town Hall contains ancient inscriptions and a small collection
of pictures. The churches of San Niccolò, San Benedetto, and
Santa Lucia, and the private houses Casa Morichi and Casa
Fornari, contain pictures of the local school (see p. 68).
About 5 1/2 M. to the N. of Fabriano, in the parish of Genga, lies the
village of Rosenga, below which a cart-road descends the valley of the
Sentino to the E. to the (1/2 hr.) Stalactite Cavern of Frasassi. At the
entrance of the cavern, which is 1/4 M. long, stands a chapel erected by
Leo XII. — From Fabriano to Urbino, see R. 16; to Porta Civitanova,
see pp. 141-139.
Beyond Fabriano the train skirts the brook Giano, and pene-
trates the central Apennine chain by a tunnel 1 1/4 M. long.
At (54 1/2 M.) Fossato di Vico (to Arezzo and Fossato, R. 8)
we enter the plain of the Chiaggio. To the left on the hill, Palaz-