Sights in Ancona
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Cattedrale di San Ciriaco
Via Giovanni XXIII leads up Monte Guasco and Piazzale del Duomo, where there are sweeping views of the city and the port. Here, the Cattedrale di San Ciriaco sits grandly atop the site of an ancient Pagan temple, jimmied together with Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic features. You can take bus 11, which runs from Piazza Roma to Piazza della Repubblica, or get your exercise walking up the steep hill.
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Museo Tattile Statile Omero
Museo Tattile Statile Omero is the only museum of its kind in all of Europe; this is one museum where you’re supposed to touch the art. All of its sculptures have been created for the blind in order to feel the representations of Roman statues, the Parthenon and St Peter’s, as well as Michelangelo’s David.
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche
The Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche is in the 16th-century Palazzo Ferretti, where the ceilings are covered with original frescoes and bas-reliefs. Although not the most thoughtfully laid-out display, artefacts range from Greek and Etruscan back to the Bronze and Neolithic Ages.
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Museum
The small museum attached to the cathedral holds the 4th-century sarcophagus of Flavius Gorgonius, a masterpiece of early Christian art. You can take bus 11, which runs from Piazza Roma to Piazza Repubblica, or get your exercise walking up the rather steep hill.
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Chiesa di San Francesco delle Scale
North along Via Ciriaco Pizzecolli and off to the right is Chiesa di San Francesco delle Scale, noteworthy for its 15th-century Venetian-Gothic doorway by Orsini. Check out the ancient waterway below or ascend the many steps to the bell tower.
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Chiesa del Gesù
Beyond Chiesa di San Francesco delle Scale is Vanvitelli's Chiesa del Gesù, which is closed to visitors. Nearby, in the Palazzo degli Anziani, is the economics faculty of the city's 13th-century university.
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Mole Vanvitelliana
The large building at the waterfront is the Mole Vanvitelliana, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli in 1732 for Pope Clementine. It is now the magnificent venue for some major exhibitions. Call them for details.
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Chiesa di San Domenico
The elegant Piazza del Plebiscito is flanked by the baroque Chiesa di San Domenico, containing the superb Crucifixion by Titian and Annunciation by Guercino.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Piazza
You'll also find the small Piazza Santa Maria and the disused, tumbledown Chiesa di Santa Maria della Piazza, which retains scraps of 5th- and 6th-century pavement mosaics.
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Teatro delle Muse
The ornate Teatro delle Muse, built in 1826, has a neoclassical facade of six Ionic columns which meld with Greek friezes portraying Apollo and the Muses.
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Arco di Traiano
North of Piazza Dante Alighieri, at the far end of the port, is the Arco di Traiano, erected in 115 BC by Apollodorus of Damascus in honour of the Roman Emperor Trajan.
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Fontana del Calamo
Head along Corso Mazzini, where you will see the 16th-century Fontana del Calamo, 13 masked spouts supposedly representing effigies of those who had been beheaded.
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Arco Clementino
Luigi Vanvitelli's Arco Clementino, inspired by Apollodorus' arch and dedicated to Pope Clement XII, is further on from Arco di Traiano, near Molo Rizzo.
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Premio Marche
The Premio Marche is an international exhibition of contemporary art held in November and December. Check with the tourist office for details.
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