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7 unusual facts about Fabriano


Antonio da Fabriano

A Coronation of the Virgin in the Casa Morichi is attributed to him; and also a St. Jerome, with the date 1451, in the Fornari Gallery at Fabriano.

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From the Baroque restoration are the stucco decoration of the interior and the canvasses by Gregorio Preti, Salvator Rosa, Giovan Francesco Guerrieri, Giuseppe Puglia and Orazio Gentileschi.

Lorenzo di San Severino

He was a contemporary of Gentile da Fabriano, and with Lorenzo’s brother Jacopo, they painted frescoes of John the Baptist in Urbino.

He painted an altarpiece of Madonna and child with St. Catherine receiving ring and St. Domenic and glory of angels for the church of Santa Lucia in Fabriano, now displayed in the National Gallery of London

Oratorio del Gonfalone

Note there are at least two other Oratorio del Gonfalone in Italy, also highly decorated in the interior, one at Fabriano and the other at Vicenza.

Valle Romita Polyptych

It was originally executed for the Franciscan hermitage of Valle Romita near Gentile's birthplace, Fabriano.

The Valle Romita Polyptych (Italian: Polittico di Valle Romita) is a painting by the Italian late Gothic painter Gentile da Fabriano, dating from c.


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Federico Baldeschi Colonna

With Panciroli's patronage he was appointed Governor first of Faenza, then of Sabina and then finally of Fabriano.

Macerata railway station

The station was opened on 22 May 1886, upon the inauguration of the Corridonia–Macerata section of the Civitanova–Fabriano railway.

On 24 December 1888, the station became a through station, when the final section of the Civitanova–Fabriano railway was completed, between Macerata and San Severino Marche.


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