Ceramics throughout the City
Panel with Martyred Saints Giovanni e Marciano
This painted majolica piece, by Civitan artist Fausto Mancini, depicts the pair of Patron Saints of Civita Castellana, Saints John and Marciano.
Ceramic panels
A pair of ceramic panels created between 2011 and 2012 by the artist Franco Valeri. ” Stylised Image of the Human Figure” is a composition of glazed, then hand-painted, ceramic…
Ceramic panel
This panel is composed of patinated, black engobe majolica tiles. It was inspired by the famous Aurora Krater, which is a masterpiece of Faliscan artwork. It is the work of…
Fountain of the Virgin Waters
The work, by Civita Castellana’s Alessio Paternesi, is made of vitreous china, a ceramic mixture used by the local industry, which had never before been used for sculptures of such…
Bas-reliefs by Paternesi and Giorgi
Dated to 1965, the ceramic bas-reliefs that can be admired in Via Tommaso Carletti, at numbers 8 and 12, are signed by the artist Alessio Paternesi and the Civitan master…
Clock Tower
According to some historians, it was erected on the foundations of an earlier construction in 1489. The clock on the façade is composed of two dials (one facing Piazza del…
