Cesena (Emilia Romagna): what to see


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What to see in Cesena, itinerary including the main monuments and places of interest, including the Duomo, Palazzo Comunale, Rocca Malatestiana, Malatesta Library and Archaeological Museum.


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City with very ancient origins, which probably date back to the time of the Etruscans, Cesena was a Roman municipality on the Via Emilia, later it was part of the exarchate of Ravenna, before reaching, after various events, a period of great well-being under the Malatesta family starting from from 1429 and until the passage under the Papal States in 1466.

The works for the construction of the cathedral, which began at the end of the fourteenth century on commission from Andrea Malatesta, ended at the end of the following century.


On the facade of the Cathedral, in a niche, there is a fifteenth-century sculpture, the work of Gottardo di Gaspare and depicting the Madonna and Child.

Inside the building are preserved the remarkable sixteenth-century altar, a magnificent marble polyptych, having as subject the Saints Eustachio, Cristoforo and Leonardo, work by Bregno made in 1514, and the Chapel of the Madonna del Popolo, dating back to the Baroque period and frescoed by Giaquinto.

The Town Hall of 1300 is located near a magnificent fountain, built at the end of the sixteenth century and located in via Novello Malatesta.


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The Rocca Malatestiana, located on Colle Garampo, was erected at the wish of Galeotto Malatesta in the fourteenth century over a previous fortress, later it was enlarged with the addition of a tower with a semi-cylindrical shape, designed by Matteo Nuti in 1466, a curtain and a terrace .

The Malatesta Library, housed in the Palazzo delle Scuole, was built in the second half of the fifteenth century by order of Novello Malatesta and designed by Matteo Nuti, in the place where in the past there was a Franciscan monastery, partially destroyed by the Bretons at the end of the fourteenth century.

With an interior with three naves, divided by two rows of columns, the building is characterized by a beautiful entrance portal, including a beautiful bas-relief depicting the white elephant symbol of the Malatesta and interesting wooden doors carved and inlaid in 1454 by Cristoforo di San Giovanni in Persiceto.

The collection presents numerous finely bound manuscripts and codes.

Under the library there is the historical archaeological museum of antiquity, where prehistoric material is kept, as well as finds from the Roman era that came to light following findings that took place in the Savio valley.

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