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Tolentino Travel guide
Tolentino : Michelin's recommendations
This small town in the Marche region is where Napoleon Bonaparte and Pius VII signed the treaty that ceded Avignon to France in 1797. Tolentino has since become famous for the Biennale Internazionale dell’Umorismo nell’Arte (International Biennial of Humour in Art) founded in 1961. The event’s growing success prompted the organisers to open the Museo della Caricatura (Caricature Museum) in Palazzo Sangallo on Piazza della Libertà.
Tourist attractions Tolentino : Things to see and do
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S. Nicola (Basilica of St Nicholas)
P.za San-Nicola I - 62029 Tolentino
The monk Augustine St Nicholas died in Tolentino in 1305 and was buried in the crypt of this sanctuary built from 1305 to the 18C, hence its composite appearance. A doorway in the late Gothic style, by Nanni Bartolo (disciple of Donatello), a luxur..
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Museums
P.za San-Nicola I - 62029 Tolentino
The museums comprise the Ceramics Museum , the Museo dell'Opera (an attractive 14C wood Nativity ) and the striking gallery of ex-votos , a collection of more than 500 devotional items of ingenious and spontaneous creativity.
