{"id":27316,"date":"2015-02-13T09:57:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T08:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitascoli.webeing.net\/punti-interesse\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:44:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T09:44:28","slug":"a-franciscan-tour-of-ascoli-piceno-the-main-cloister-of-the-church-of-st-francis","status":"publish","type":"punti-interesse","link":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/attractions\/a-franciscan-tour-of-ascoli-piceno-the-main-cloister-of-the-church-of-st-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"A Franciscan tour of Ascoli Piceno: the Main Cloister of the Church of St.Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The historic complex of <strong>St. Francis<\/strong> -consisting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/punti-interesse\/le-chiese-storiche-da-vedere-ad-ascoli-piceno-san-francesco\/\">Church<\/a> and <strong>two Cloisters<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 is one of the attractions you cannot miss when visiting Ascoli Piceno.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Main Cloister<\/strong> can be accessed from Via del Trivio through a magnificent 14th-century portico characterized by twenty Gothic round arches and Corinthian columns raised on plinths. In the centre of the cloister is an octagonal well. Funded by a bequest from a local nobleman, the construction of the cloister began in 1565 and finished in 1623. A commemorative plaque reminds visitors that two illustrious local Franciscan figures -Pope Nicholas IV and Pope Sixtus V- stayed at this complex. Used as military barracks in the past, the Main Cloister is now commonly referred to as \u201c<em>Piazza della Verdura<\/em>\u201d (literally \u201cthe square of the vegetable market\u201d) after the market that is held here every day.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called <strong>Minor Cloister<\/strong>, attached to the main one, dates back to the 13th century and consists of two storeys: the lower storey features twenty-two round arches, while the upper one is characterized by an elegant loggia of forty-four little arches. In the centre of the garden is an octagonal well -similar to that in the main cloister- where the name of the person who funded its construction is carved in the stone: \u201cQUISTOPOZIO A FACTU FARE IO JOVANNE DE PELA\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After World War II, this part of the Franciscan complex was sold and the Minor Cloister annexed to a new building and is now a private area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/itinerari-archeologici-ad-ascoli-piceno-da-san-francesco-a-via-del-trivio\/\">Learn more<\/a> about the archaeological importance of the area surrounding the Main Cloister!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art and spirituality blend in one of Ascoli Piceno&#8217;s most important attractions, whose history is linked to that of St.Francis of Assisi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"cose_da_fare":[598,613,614],"stagione":[599,602,600,601],"avvenimento":[],"passione":[603,604,621],"pianifica_per":[606,607,608,605],"in_che_modo":[610,611,609],"class_list":["post-27316","punti-interesse","type-punti-interesse","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cose_da_fare-in-a-day","cose_da_fare-in-a-week","cose_da_fare-in-a-weekend-en","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter","passione-art-culture","passione-fotografia-en","passione-spirituality","pianifica_per-couple","pianifica_per-family","pianifica_per-single-en-2","pianifica_per-with-children","in_che_modo-by-bike","in_che_modo-sightseeing-train","in_che_modo-on-foot"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>L&#039;itinerario francescano di Ascoli Piceno<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tappa fondamentale per chi vuole conoscere Ascoli Piceno, racchiusa tra arte e spiritualit\u00e0, il Chiostro di San Francesco racconta la storia francescana della citt\u00e0 picena\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"L&#039;itinerario francescano di Ascoli Piceno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tappa fondamentale per chi vuole conoscere Ascoli Piceno, racchiusa tra arte e spiritualit\u00e0, il Chiostro di San Francesco racconta la storia francescana della citt\u00e0 picena\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Ascoli - Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitascolipiceno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-13T09:44:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VisitAscoli_San_Francesco_Chiostro_04.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/\",\"name\":\"L'itinerario francescano di Ascoli Piceno\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VisitAscoli_San_Francesco_Chiostro_04.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-13T08:57:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-13T09:44:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Tappa fondamentale per chi vuole conoscere Ascoli Piceno, racchiusa tra arte e spiritualit\u00e0, il Chiostro di San Francesco racconta la storia francescana della citt\u00e0 picena\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VisitAscoli_San_Francesco_Chiostro_04.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VisitAscoli_San_Francesco_Chiostro_04.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Visit Ascoli Chiostro Maggiore di San Francesco\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Franciscan tour of Ascoli Piceno: the Main Cloister of the Church of St.Francis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/\",\"name\":\"Visit Ascoli - Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno\",\"description\":\"Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Visit Ascoli - Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/logo-mobile.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/logo-mobile.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"Visit Ascoli - Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitascolipiceno\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visitascoli\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"L'itinerario francescano di Ascoli Piceno","description":"Tappa fondamentale per chi vuole conoscere Ascoli Piceno, racchiusa tra arte e spiritualit\u00e0, il Chiostro di San Francesco racconta la storia francescana della citt\u00e0 picena","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"L'itinerario francescano di Ascoli Piceno","og_description":"Tappa fondamentale per chi vuole conoscere Ascoli Piceno, racchiusa tra arte e spiritualit\u00e0, il Chiostro di San Francesco racconta la storia francescana della citt\u00e0 picena","og_url":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/","og_site_name":"Visit Ascoli - Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitascolipiceno","article_modified_time":"2021-04-13T09:44:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VisitAscoli_San_Francesco_Chiostro_04.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/","url":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/","name":"L'itinerario francescano di Ascoli Piceno","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VisitAscoli_San_Francesco_Chiostro_04.jpg","datePublished":"2015-02-13T08:57:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-13T09:44:28+00:00","description":"Tappa fondamentale per chi vuole conoscere Ascoli Piceno, racchiusa tra arte e spiritualit\u00e0, il Chiostro di San Francesco racconta la storia francescana della citt\u00e0 picena","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VisitAscoli_San_Francesco_Chiostro_04.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VisitAscoli_San_Francesco_Chiostro_04.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Visit Ascoli Chiostro Maggiore di San Francesco"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/attractions\/itinerario-francescano-ad-ascoli-piceno-il-chiostro-maggiore-del-complesso-momumentale-di-san-francesco\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Franciscan tour of Ascoli Piceno: the Main Cloister of the Church of St.Francis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#website","url":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/","name":"Visit Ascoli - Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno","description":"Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#organization","name":"Visit Ascoli - Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno","url":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/logo-mobile.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/logo-mobile.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"Visit Ascoli - Viaggio alla scoperta di Ascoli Piceno"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitascolipiceno","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visitascoli\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/punti-interesse\/27316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/punti-interesse"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/punti-interesse"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27316"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/punti-interesse\/27316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27612,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/punti-interesse\/27316\/revisions\/27612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cose_da_fare","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cose_da_fare?post=27316"},{"taxonomy":"stagione","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stagione?post=27316"},{"taxonomy":"avvenimento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avvenimento?post=27316"},{"taxonomy":"passione","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/passione?post=27316"},{"taxonomy":"pianifica_per","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pianifica_per?post=27316"},{"taxonomy":"in_che_modo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitascoli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/in_che_modo?post=27316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}