On 19 February 1797 Napoleon dictated the Treaty of Tolentino to Pope Pius VI here, shipping dozens of papal masterpieces to Paris — and in 1815 the town hosted the battle that cost Joachim Murat the Kingdom of Naples. Twice into European history, for a Marche town of 20,336 on the Chienti valley.
Pilgrims, though, come for something older: the basilica of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino guards the Cappellone, a chapel entirely frescoed by the Rimini school in the early fourteenth century — among the finest Giottesque cycles in the Marche. Outside town, the towered Rancia Castle has watched the plain since the 1300s.
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📅 Every year, on 17 October
On 17 October Tolentino celebrates its patron Saint Catervus; the town hosts the International Museum of Humour in Art, founded in 1970, with its international biennial.
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Outside Tolentino, but an easy day trip away.
