Churches and Monasteries
Cloister Santa Croce
The convent dates back to the date of the death of St. Francis, 1226, and is considered the oldest Franciscan building in Romagna. In the place where the cell of St. Francis was located, a chapel was built. The church has a beautiful fourteenth-century portal. The vast neoclassical interior features a refined Renaissance choir in inlay wood. On the left wall is painted a fresco representing the Crucifixion belonging to the Giotto school of Rimini (first half of the fourteenth century). Above the presbytery hangs a wooden crucifix of the Giuntesca school of the late thirteenth century. Also valuable is the sixteenth-century statue of the Madonna delle Grazie, crowned in 1637 but venerated in the church for over a century.
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Verucchio

Boasting an Orange Touring Flag since 2005, Verucchio has managed to keep all its charm and its dual nature as both the town that was the cradle of the Malatesta family and many centuries earlier, the centre of Villanovan civilization. Added to this is the beauty of the landscape in the Marecchia River Valley in which it stands, making a visit to this ancient town a must when in Romagna. (read more)

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