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MELETTI COFFEE
It is one of 150 historic cafes of Italy, remained in the original Liberty style, despite the renovations and restorations.
In addition to the beauty of the building, this cafe, which overlooks the Piazza del Popolo - the "living room" of the city - is particularly dear to Ascoli for always being the place of social gathering and cultural excellence, a lounge in the living room especially in the summer with the staging of many outside tables. The facade of the building has been designed to integrate into the urban context: like the other buildings that frame the square, the Meletti has an arcaded porch, and at the first floor shows a row of arched windows in Renaissance style like the buildings opposite. Inside the cafe reveals its true nature Liberty round tables with white Carrara marble and cast iron, the chairs in Vienna style, the velvet sofas, decorations, large mirrors, columns, all of which are made according to taste era.
SMALL DETAILS
The reality of a city of art is not only made of large and important monuments. Often, the visitor can find significant traces of the culture of a place in the curious details that reveal the secrets of an ancient lifestyle. Ascoli is really full of small details that are worth trying to understand, in addition to history, the small stories of everyday life.
"The source of the dogs"
Among the numerous public fountains of Ascoli, the most curious is the source of the dogs, made in 1824 next to the church of S. Christopher using two ancient stone lions. Over the years the original name "lion" turned into "dogs" because the low height of the tank favored drink of these animals.
"The writings of Pius IX"
Present almost everywhere in town, written and coats dedicated to Pope Pius IX who was hosted at Ascoli in 1857.
The date was experienced by citizens as a real historical event.
"The arms for drying clothes of wool"
The artistic wrought iron arms, still exist today on the facades of several houses, testify to the fact that the wealth of the city during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, had procured from production and trade in wool cloth. |
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