La Casetta, San Ginesio

La Casetta: location

Contrada Santa Croce is one of the rural localities of the municipality. The main town, a medieval village at 690 m above sea level, is enclosed by 14th-century walls; Porta Picena, the town walls and the Ospedale di San Paolo, known as the Pilgrims' Hospital («dei Pellegrini»), from the late 13th century, make up one of its best-known views.

La Casetta: services

The town classifies the property as a casa vacanze (vacation home), that is, accommodation rented for short stays.

La Casetta: what to see nearby

The town's landmark monument is the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, founded according to tradition in 1090 and described by the Marche Region as the only example of florid Gothic in the Marche. The church has been closed since the 2016 earthquake and is under restoration; on certain days the town and the Rete Museale Terre d'Appennino (museum network) organize guided tours in small groups inside the building site, taking in the Cappella del Perdono decorated by Adolfo De Carolis, the Cripta dei Salimbeni (crypt) and the Oratorio di San Biagio. The Collegiata holds a fresco signed in 1406 by Lorenzo Salimbeni.

The main square, named after the jurist Alberico Gentili, is also overlooked by the Teatro «G. Leopardi», built on the site of the old Palazzo Defensorale.