B&B Il Ciclamino, Ascoli Piceno

B&B Il Ciclamino: location

Via delle Convertite is a street in the historic center of Ascoli Piceno.

What to see near B&B Il Ciclamino

In the old Piazzarola district stands the Church of Sant'Angelo Magno. As early as the 8th century, in the time of Bishop Euclere, a monastery dedicated to San Michele Arcangelo stood here, run by abbesses from a Lombard family. The plain Romanesque facade dates from 1292 and is lightened by a rose window with small Gothic columns.

The interior tells of many transformations: two granite columns with Corinthian capitals come from Roman buildings of the imperial age, while from the 15th century the Olivetan monks renewed the church up to the Baroque period, with decorations by Tommaso Nardini and canvases by Carlo Maratti, Giuseppe Ghezzi and Giacinto Brandi. The canopy over the presbytery is the work of Emidio Paci of Ascoli (1830); in the roof space above the presbytery are figures of Prophets that are among the oldest examples of medieval painting in Ascoli, and a 13th-century fresco shows Saint Michael weighing souls. Restoration work is under way in the church.