Acquapendente’s main square, dominated by the resurgent Palazzo Comunale and designed by architect Guglielmo Meluzzi, has always been a meeting place for the population and a commercial centre. Some of…

The deeds of the Arte dei Vascellari were stipulated here. The production of the nearby Papirio kiln, which was active between the mid-14th and mid-15th century, is of the highest…

The ceramists of Acquapendente could benefit from clay quarries (used until the 20th century), large wood resources and two water sources within the city walls. The water was used for…

The Church and Convent of St. Augustine, founded at the end of the 13th century, underwent major changes over the centuries. In 1995, excavations conducted in the basement of the…

The 16th century is the century in which ceramic production in Acquapendente came into full swing. We know many aspects of it thanks to countless notarial documents. The workshops had…

The headquarters of the Civic Museum of Acquapendente is housed in the Bishop’s Palace. It preserves collections of sacred art from the Cathedral and other churches in the ex-diocese, including…

The Church originated as a Romanesque building. It houses a crypt with the oldest copy of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in Europe. In 1649, with the creation of the…

Palazzo Bruschi Falgari, an 19th-century stately home designed by Virginio Vespignani, houses the ‘Vincenzo Cardarelli’ Municipal Library on the main floor and a permanent exhibition of contemporary art on the…

A stone’s throw from the sea, surrounded by woods, orchards and olive groves, the Bandita retreat, now home to the Matta Archives, is a dreamy oasis of beauty and fantasy….

At the turn of the 1990s and 2000s, two teachers, Sandra Nardi and Patrizia Santi, together with two artists, Massimo Luccioli and Marco Ferri, developed an interesting project for the…