{"id":1034,"date":"2015-12-10T08:53:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T10:04:37","slug":"ascolan-majolica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/ascolan-majolica\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ascolan majolica"},"content":{"rendered":"
This tour is dedicated to an excellence of Ascoli Piceno: the Ascolan majolica<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MEETING POINT:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Arringo Square or De Gasperi Street<\/em><\/p>\n DURATION: <\/em><\/strong>6<\/em>\u00a0hours, full day\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n TRANSPORT:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>walking route<\/em><\/p>\n Extra costs could be expected to enter into some sites<\/p>\n NOTES: The route could be changed according yours demands<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The tour starts into the Church of S. Angelo Magno<\/strong>, in the Piazzarola quarter<\/strong>. The church was built in the IX<\/strong> century<\/strong> during the Langobardic period; it is dedicated to the Michael Archangel, protector of the Langobards. The church has undergone many transformations: its facade was built during the Romanesque period while its interior was restored during the Baroque period: the church was embellished with frescoes realized by important Ascolan artists between the XVII and XVIII century. The convent of S. Angelo Magno<\/strong> was an important site for the manufacturing of the Ascolan majolica<\/strong>: during the XVIII century the Olivetan monks founded a factory where very efficient artisans worked, such as the Cappelli Brothers<\/strong> and the Paci Brothers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n We are strolling along the Pretoriana Street<\/strong>, a characteristic medieval street<\/strong> with its beautiful palaces, rue and ceramic workshops.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n We are seeing\u00a0S. Thomas Square<\/strong> where you can visit the Museum of Ceramic Art<\/strong>, inaugurated in 2007: in the same year Ascoli Piceno was mentioned “The town of ancient ceramic tradition”<\/strong>. In this museum you can admire ceramic objects from the<\/strong> XII century to the XVI century<\/strong>. In this period in Ascoli Piceno the ceramic request was elevated; the town imported the ceramic from Castelli<\/strong>, in the Abruzzi Region<\/strong>. The museum conserves Ascolan ceramics and ceramics from the Abruzzi, refined ceramics from others Italian centers and from abroad thanks to the Ascolan medical doctor Antonio Ceci<\/strong>, a collector. The last section of the museum is dedicated to the ceramics and the terracottas of the XIX century and to the Matricardi manufacture.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n