Monumento a Girolamo Fabrizi

MONUMENT TO GIROLAMO FABRIZI

The sculptor Tito Sarrocchi created the statue in 1888 with extreme meticulousness and with the aim of creating the best conditions for the usability of the monument for the public. Having no references, in addition to an ancient and inaccurate portrait, Sarrocchi decided to resume the physiognomy of his friend Giuseppe Porri, a cultured Sienese bookseller-publisher who gave his city an interesting collection of books and antique prints.

Fonte del Rigombo

SOURCE OF RIGOMBRO

The current denomination of source of the “Mascheroni” came into use only when the source was renovated in the nineteenth century thanks to the intervention of the architect G. Meluzzi, who oversaw the project with pilasters and cornices, placing grotesque masks around the torches water. The source is the scene of the small square that opens below the level of Via XV Maggio.

FONTE DELLA RUGARELLA

SOURCE OF RUGARELLA

The appearance of the source of the Rugarella is due to the urban reorganization of some of the areas of the city which took place in the second half of the nineteenth century in Acquapendente. The source, which is located within the city, is known as the “source of Sugarelle or Rugarella” due to its location in the street of the same name. At the end of the nineteenth century, thanks to the intervention of the architect Guglielmo Meluzzi, the source was renovated, giving it its monumental appearance.

EX CONVENTO DI SANT'AGOSTINO (Scuola elementare)

FORMER CONVENT OF SAN FRANCESCO

The former convent of San Francesco di Acquapendente has seen in recent years a series of restoration interventions that have made it possible to host the Pinacoteca section of the City Museum in the premises of the former sacristy and the offices of the Eco in one of the former convent wings. Point of the Monte Rufeno Nature Reserve.