A wide range of tourist offerings characterizes the Pearl of the Adriatic, an array of opportunities beyond the usual sun-and-sea stay. Our town can boast of outstanding historical and architectural beauties.
In medieval heart Of the high country is definitely worth visiting Peretti Square, agora arose in honor by Pope Sixtus V, where a statue of him from 1794 made by Swiss artist Stefano Interlenghi is located. In the square arise important buildings, including the church of St. John the Baptist, work realized even in the '300 then fully rebuilt in 1802 by Ticino architect Pietro Maggi. The church has three inputs, in compliance with the Trinitatis of the early Christian basilicas. The nave is only and it is embellished by the Glorification of St. John the Baptist and the Lamentation of Christ, by San Benedictine decorator Giuseppe Pauri. The church houses the canvas depicting St. John in the Desert, the two patron saints of Grottammare, St. Patrick and St. Paternianus, and many other works since since 2002 is also seat del Piceno Sistine Museum. A must-see stop for tourists who choose Grottammare.
