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- Sant’Andrea Cathedral with a long staircase made of 57 steps and a polychrome façade. The bronze portal was made in Constantinople in XI century. Near the Cathedral there the Crocifisso Church with its Romanic bell tower, built in XII century

- Paradiso cloister, with small crossed arches, it was built in XII century and has a Gothic-Arabic style. It is surrounded by an Arabic portico and there are several archaeological Roman and Middle Ages finds

- Museo della Carta, a paper museum where visitors can see the tools and techniques used to produce paper

- Porta della Marina, the Middle Ages entrance to the town

- Santa Maria a Piazza o di Porto Salvo church, in Baroque style

- The square of the cathedral with a statue dedicated to Saint Andrew

- Castriota Palace built in XV century

- Santa Maria Maggiore Church built at the end of IX century

- “Valle dei Mulini o delle Ferriere”, the valley where there are the remains of ancient paper factories, of a foundry and of an old power station

- Sant’Eustachio Church of XII century

- San Filippo Neri Church del XII century

- San Giovanni Church with a three-style bell tower: Arabic, Gothic and neo-classical. It has a inique majolica clock

- Madonna del Carmine Church of XVI century

- “Supportico Rua”, a tunnel with barrel-vault

- Arsenale della Repubblica, the arsenal of the republic, of Arabic- Norman style, with cross vaults

- Museo dell’arte contadina, with all the tools used for agriculture

- Museo Civico, the civic museum where there are the “Tabula de Amalpha” (the maritime law code) and the “Codice Foscariniano”, a great collection of manuscripts of XVII century together with the costumes of the Regata Storica delle Repubbliche Marinare made in 1950s by the scenographer Scielzo

- The five hamlets (Pogerola, the ancient castle of the town; Pastena, near the walls; Lone, with its cultivated terraces; Vettica Minore, with beaches and caves; Tovere, the highest)

- Annunziata Church in Pontone

 
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