The Church of San Salvatore (4th-5th century), one of the oldest paleochristian basilicas in Italy, was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2011. Romanesque churches like Sant’Eufemia (12th century), a rare Italian example of a Romanesque church with upper galleries, were built on the site of an insula, with mosaics and walls still remaining.
The Sanctuary of San Francesco at Monteluco, the Rocca Albornoziana, built by Cardinal Egidio Albornoz, with two internal courtyards and six towers, including the “painted room,” decorated with 15th-century frescoes.
The Sanguinario Bridge from the Roman era, located near Piazza della Vittoria, and the Arch of Drusus, also built during Roman times along the Via Flaminia.
The Ponte delle Torri (Bridge of Towers), a symbolic monument of the city, the most spectacular part of the Cortaccione Aqueduct of Roman origins, celebrated by Goethe in his Italienische Reise.
The elegant Roman House from the 1st century AD, once belonging to the mother of Emperor Vespasian, decorated with still intact floors and mosaics.
The Tower of Oil, from the 13th century, where boiling oil was once thrown on enemies besieging the city. Palazzo Comunale and other buildings from the 13th century.
Villa Redenta, built on the remains of a Roman settlement, constructed in the 16th century. The Roman Theater, used in medieval times as a stone quarry for the construction of the Rocca, Palazzo Ancaiani, and the bell tower of the Cathedral.
The Caio Melisso Theater, from the 17th century, and the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti, designed by architect Ireneo Aleandri.
The Monumental Complex of the Amphitheater, a “city within a city,” includes the remains of a Roman amphitheater, three large cloisters, gardens, courtyards, and two former monasteries with their respective churches.
The Sacred Wood of Monteluco, an ancient oak forest covering the slopes and summit of the mountain, crossed by numerous hiking trails that start from the Ponte delle Torri and lead to many historically and naturally significant sites. At the summit of Monteluco stands the Franciscan Sanctuary from the 12th century, and along the slope, several hermitages founded around the year 528 by the hermitic movement linked to Saint Isaac of Monteluco.
