B&B Dimora Giosafatti, Ascoli Piceno

B&B Dimora Giosafatti: location

Via Tito Betuzio Barro is a street in the historic center of Ascoli Piceno.

What to see near B&B Dimora Giosafatti

Beneath the Duomo lies the crypt dedicated to Sant'Emidio, the city's patron saint, built in the 11th century after the relics were moved from the church of Sant'Emidio alle Grotte. Its thirteen small naves were built by reusing Roman materials. Giuseppe Giosafatti raised its ceiling and replaced the Roman travertine columns with others in red Verona marble, while his son Lazzaro carved the group of Sant'Emidio baptizing Santa Polisia; beneath the statues, a 4th-century Roman sarcophagus holds the relics. The vaults have frescoes by Tommaso Nardini from the early 18th century, and some walls are covered with mosaics from 1954 showing scenes of the Second World War.

To the left of the Duomo, standing apart from the rest of the complex, rises the Baptistery of San Giovanni, which has remained Romanesque, unlike the cathedral. The square base is made of Roman travertine blocks, topped by an octagonal drum and a circular dome. The restoration begun for the Jubilee of 2000 uncovered two baptismal fonts: the larger belongs to the earlier baptistery, from the 5th-6th century, the smaller to the present 12th-century building.