Chiesa di San Francesco

The church of St. Francis is located in the hamlet of Borgo. Probably built in 1251, it has a simple façade with two large portals of the XVI century. The interior, divided into two naves by square pillars, has a coffered ceiling, choir, pulpit and altars of the XVI-XVII century. The wooden altars twins facing each other in the two aisles are likely to come out of the workshop nursina that, in 1630-40, was endowed with similar artifacts churches of Norcia. They present jutting columns decorated with flowers and branches enveloping, closed at the top by a broken pediment sober decoration, and a setting rich with carvings that hide numerous ATM containing valuable relics: The main altar in the right aisle, carved wood, containing an oil painting of St. Charles Borromeo, art maratesca century. XVII. In molding a small canvas of the Roman school depicting Jesus that the Holy Shroud. The reference is to the copy of the Holy Shroud of Turin placed beside the altar and given according to tradition, by Bishop John Paul Bucciarelli community of Borgo. Different periods of belonging and types characterize the other altars in that place near the entrance in the right aisle, wanted by the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary in Borgo established in 1616, is placed Our Lady of the Rosary of Carlo Allegretti of Monteprandone, the second half of sixteenth century, with around 15 Ministries (today only the panels placed above). Precious document of art of the Marche ‘500 is a wooden statue of St. Anthony of Padua. The ancient polychrome wooden crucifix is ​​assignable to sec. XIV-XV. Under the plaster from the facade they were found two bas-reliefs of pre – Roman, still visible in the facade against: a Crucifixion and San Michele. The beautiful pedestal holding the choir has a fine workmanship, elegantly decorated with floral shapes.