Cathedral of Saint Julian

Exploring Historic Macerata...

First impressions of Macerata’s cathedral is that it looks unfinished. There’s no polished stone or marble facade and very little ornamentation. It’s all bare, exposed rough bricks. We wondered what h...

The cathedral, quick visit is worthwhile and free!

This is the present day cathedral, they say, but is not that monumental. It is more of a big church! It was built in the XVIII century on top of previous constructions in Neoclassical renaissance styl...

A grand church

As befitting a cathedral, this is a grand church with huge paintings on the ceilings and over the alter. Much of the rest of the church is dark and somber. I did not like it as much as the Church of P...

Many periods of architecture

The facade is a history of architecture with traces of its romanesque origins, its renaissance past and the 18th century revival. I prefer the outside, but if you like Italian baroque and a stuffed sa...

Another miracle

Dont miss this Church during your visit of the noble town of Macerata. In a chapel there is the towel of Euchrist miracle of 1356, many years later the more famous one which tooked place on Bolsena la...