Location: Fabriano
Top Things to do in Fabriano
- 1. Museo del Pianoforte Storico e del Suono
- 2. Museo della Carta e della Filigrana
- 3. Museo Dei Mestieri In Biciletta
- 4. Cattedrale di San Venanzio, Duomo
- 5. Palazzo del Podesta
- 6. L'Antica Farmacia Mazzolini-Giuseppucci
- 7. Loggiato di San Francesco
- 8. Pinacoteca Civica
- 9. Museo Diocesano
- 10. Fontana Sturinalto
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Top 10 Things to do in Fabriano, Italy
Fabriano is a town and comune of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at 325 metres (1,066 ft) above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley 44 kilometres (27 mi) upstream and southwest of Jesi; and 15 kilometres (9 mi) east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and 36 kilometres (22 mi) east of Gubbio (both in Umbria). Its location on the main highway and rail line from Umbria to the Adriatic make it a mid-sized regional center in the Apennines. Fabriano is the headquarters of the giant appliance maker Indesit.
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1. Museo del Pianoforte Storico e del Suono
Overall Ratings
5 based on 173 reviews
Reviewed By Casale16 - Poggio San Marcello
The Museo del Pianoforte is an absolutely amazing find. Music lovers will be enthralled by this presentation of the development of the piano. Guided tours take 50 minutes and include the playing of melodies by among others Brahms, Listz and Bach by your pianist guide....MoreThank you very much for the love you always show us! See you soon!! Il Coordinatore di Accademia dei Musici Dott.ssa Simona Salvatori
2. Museo della Carta e della Filigrana
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 889 reviews
The visit to the Paper & Watermark Museum, duration of about 1 hour and 15 minutes, consists of a guided tour by guides that speak Italian, English, French, Spanish and German. The program includes a live demonstration of hand-made paper, performed by the Museum's Master paper makers, viewing the antique watermarks from the 13th Century to modern day, and a film on the history of paper in Fabriano.The Museum also provides a furnished bookshop where it is possible to purchase paper products, produced in the Museum's mediaeval paper mill, artistic watermarks (white-shaded), albums, diaries, publications and much more. · It is also possible to make Reservations for guided tours of the city that gave birth to Gentile da Fabriano, Palazzo del Podestà, Teatro Gentile, Portico dei Vasari, Oratorio della Carità, etc., and the 'Pinacoteca Molajoli' to the suburbs and various sites of tourist interest (abbeys, museums, archaeological excavations, Frasassi Caves, natural parks, etc.).
Reviewed By delagioventu - Luxembourg
Museum explains the origins of paper and watermarks. Fabriano was an important place in this regard. Take your time. The guided tour in Italian took two hours. Entrance fee quite high, 10 euro pp.
3. Museo Dei Mestieri In Biciletta
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 184 reviews
Reviewed By Lella P - Chamonix, France
Only by chance we heard about this special museum that is run by volunteers who have known or are friends of the special man who has been collecting all these unusual bicycles. In total you see 80 bicycles that were actually used by teachers,doctors,fishmongers,firemen,shoemakers and barbers,and many more,all perfectly preserved and found around Italy from 1920 on. One of the volunteer will be happy to show you these unusual bikes and give you a bit of history.It is a museum very much seen by school groups of the area,but I personally think that also grown up people like us would love it!
4. Cattedrale di San Venanzio, Duomo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 88 reviews
Reviewed By Jan S - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
We were lucky to meet a volunteering guide, who showed us many things beyond the baroque interior of this duomo. You should not leave without seeing the magnificent medieval fresco's of the earlier church now still to be seen in small Chapels in the extreme far left and right corners. If no guide is available, ask a local person about the frescoes of Nuzi and others. Such amazing colours!
Our guide, who seemed to have the keys of all the churces in Fabriano, also brought us to the monastry opposite the Cathedral, with more beautiful paintings and a miraculous woodcarved ceiling with Maria and the apostels. After that, we were guided to a church that is that reveres Giovanni del Bastone, a saint with a healing stick. This walking cane can still be seen in the sacristy amoug other relics. Again many frescoes showing the life of this saint. Finally, we were shown a church, that is no longer in use, but that is much loved by the local inhabitants because of the influential historic events that took place here. In 1436 the male members of a tyrannic ruler's family were killed here by the angry population. Now, expositions and meetings are held here and people arrange their marriages in this former church. In it we saw the former woodcarved choir, replaced from the Cathedral, where it stood originally.
5. Palazzo del Podesta
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 48 reviews
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Reviewed By KelliM4 - Mukilteo, Washington
Fabriano is an interesting little city with several museums and this old castello in the middle of the center. We enjoyed walking around and shopping.
6. L'Antica Farmacia Mazzolini-Giuseppucci
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4.5 based on 49 reviews
Reviewed By travelsitaly - Kansas
Just one small room with the original decorations. It was free and took very little time. I would not go out of my way for it but if you are in the area why not.
7. Loggiato di San Francesco
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4 based on 62 reviews
Reviewed By delagioventu - Luxembourg
Square in the form of a triangle, with a gallery on one side, really original and beautiful. A place not to be missed. The tourist office is here as well.
8. Pinacoteca Civica
Overall Ratings
4 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By ELear - Ancona, Italy
There's an impressive exhibition being held in the gallery at the moment (summer and autumn 2014) of art from Giotto to Gentile da Fabriano, with painted sculptures, illuminated books, work in gold, frescoes rescued from now ruined churches and paintings on wood by many different artists, some well known, some less so, some anonymous. The lovely, delicate, vividly alive frescoes by the 'Master of Campodonico', of whom I'd never heard, are a particular revelation.
Definitely worth making an effort for.
A team of young people stand ready to answer questions and offer assistance. There are free guided tours every morning and evening, and even individual guided tours (for which I think you pay a little) can be arranged. Call 892 234 (from inside Italy) or +39 0412719035 (from abroad) for information.
9. Museo Diocesano
Overall Ratings
5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By Silvano S - Forli, Italy
Poche sale da visitare ma con diversi reperti di interesse tra cui una pergamena del 1003 e una statua lignea di San Giacomo Apostolo , ingresso gratuito
10. Fontana Sturinalto
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By MIKIALEX - Carpi, Italy
Facilissima da trovare situata in pieno centro,ottagonale simbolo della città,fermatevi per le classiche foto di rito ma non perdeteci più di 5 minuti del vostro tempo,girate per il centro storico merita molto di più.
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