The hospital of Santa Maria was built in 1421, grouping three previous structures: the hospital of the Trinity, the hospital of San Rocco and the hospital of San Gregorio, which stood on the stretch of the Via Cassia, known as the Roman road. It was a rest, shelter and assistance facility for pilgrims and a place of care for the sick.
The City Museum constitutes a real integrated city museum system with its three exhibition venues all located along the road axis that coincides with the urban crossing of the Via Francigena, still today the backbone of the urban layout of the historic center. At the southern entrance of the city is the branch of the Torre Julia de Jacopo which houses an important collection of archaic majolica.
