Cingoli
Cingoli is a town and comune of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, about by road from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of Pope Pius VIII. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.
History
The town occupies the site of the ancient Cingulum, a town of Picenum, founded and strongly fortified by Julius Caesar's lieutenant Titus Labienus in 63 BCE at his own expense. Its lofty position at an elevation of about made it of some importance in the civil wars, but otherwise little is heard of it. Under the Roman Empire it was a municipium.Main sights
Cingoli is also known as the "Balcony of Marche" because of its belvedere from which, on a clear day, the sight may encompass all of the Marche and further across the Adriatic Sea to the Croatian mountain tops.Religious buildings
- Cingoli Cathedral
- Collegiate church of Sant'Esuperanzio, Cingoli : Gothic church
- Santuario di Santa Sperandia
- San Benedetto
- San Francesco
- San Filippo Neri
- San Giacomo
- San Girolamo
- San Nicolò
- Santo Spirito
- Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
- San Domenico
Secular buildings
- Palazzo municipale
- Biblioteca Comunale ″Ascariana″
Museums
- Pinacoteca comunale "D. Stefanucci" named after Donatello Stefanucci
- Museo archeologico statale di Cingoli
- Museo del Lago
- Museo del Sidecar