MONUMENTS. – Cathedral of S. Maria and S. Bartolomeo; the present building is the result of a modern rebuilding; S. Francesco, which preserves valuable panels (the Madonna con Bambino triptych by Francesco di Gentile).
The Piersanti Museum houses a collection of paintings (the Crocifisso by Antonio da Fabriano, 1452), tapestries, and maiolica.
BIBL.: Lanzoni, I, p. 480; C. Acquacotta, Memorie di M., Ancona 1858; Cappelletti, VII, p. 610 ff.; Cottineau, II, col. 1787. Serafino Prete