The Church of St. James the Greater was built starting in 1779 by architect Paglialunga, thanks to a donation of noble G.C. Gentile to the brotherhood of the SS. Sacramento, was inaugurated in 1785. Inside, in addition to numerous shrines, it contains one of the most valued works of the century painter Vittore Crivelli, Madonna Adoring the Child in which the applicant has the iconography of the Child, placed here on earth…

The  Museum “San Giacomo” is located next to the Church of St. James. The Museum built in 1996, collects precious works of jewelery, including a silver monstrance of Antonelli of the eighteenth century, a cope Hungarian, various paintings, processional lamps, chalices, ciboria and other rare and prestigious. Of great value the Processional Cross wood and mother of pearl of 1796, signed by Father Francis Mary of Massignano.

His birth is the result of years of research among collectors, craftsmen in the industry and many common people who jealously continued to keep these objects that today are devoid of practical use, but that once belonged to the everyday. The artifacts in the museum are the most vivid testimony of a flourishing craft in Massignano, which saw dozens of families involved. The museum is divided into two sections. In the first,…

The bobbin lacer Monument is a bronze monument realized by local sculptor Aldo Sergiacomi in 1983. It is located at the entrance of the town as a symbol of the importance which bobbin lace holds in Offida. This is, in fact, a very ancient tradition allowing the creation of real handmade masterpieces which has been passed down from generation to generation. Thus, this monument represents the continuity of tradition by confronting three…

The main entrance to the town is characterized by the presence of the old public hospital, today special outpatients, constituted by an old structure dating back to the 14th century. It was built by an unarmed militia which lived in Offida and took care of employing donations in favour of the needy. In front of the hospital there is the war memorial inaugurated in 1923 on which the names of  local people…

It is a massive brick structure built in the 14th century and located where the small Church of St. Mary Magdalen once stood. The Baroque style of the present structure is the result of many changes undergone by the church over the centuries. The outer side looking onto Piazza Forlini allows the sight of some details of the fourteenth-century church, such as the arch friezes of Romanesque-Gothic style. The dome is octagonal while…

Since 1998 it is located in via Roma 17 within De Castellotti–Pagnanelli Palace, which dates back to 1700 and was extended in 1856. The Town Council bought this building in order to create a single cultural centre to house the main museum resources of the city. Since July 1998 it has hosted the Picture Gallery, the Allevi Archaeological Museum, the Bobbin Lace Museum, the Folk Tradition Museum and the Public Library. Lately…

This museum is named after Guglielmo Allevi, remarkable figure in the history of the city and author of several archaeological findings in Offida and its surroundings between 1873 and 1890. This museum consists of the Allevi Collection, sold to the Town Council after his death. The collection is still worth admiring though many pieces have been moved to the Luigi Pigorini Museum in Rome, while a bronze situla dating back to the…

Established in 1998 to display the precious local craft, the bobbin lace museum also houses articles from private collections which are regularly replaced to give a full view of local production. The bobbin lace exhibition showing the worthiest products of local bobbin lacers, has been held here for many years. Through the various rooms it is possible to admire both ancient and modern works most dating back to the end of 1800…

Situated within De Castellotti-Pagnanelli Palace since 1998, the Folk Museum was created in 1986 by some teachers and students of the local primary school Ciabattoni, where it was first hosted. The museum offers a very evocative environment of underground alleys and vaults where each object bears both its dialect name and its Italian equivalent. The museum comprises 6 sectors: cooking, agriculture, handcraft, housing, spinning and weaving and includes a cellar used for…