Macerata is a town and provincial capital in the Marche region of Italy.
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The centro storico is located on a hill between the Chiente and Potenza rivers. Together with the modern town, sprawling on the plain below, it has a population of about 41,000. There is a lift (elevator) connecting the two towns. It is solid but unostentatious, being built between the 1600s and 1900s. In the central Piazza della Libert there is the Loggia dei Mercanti with two-tier arcades dating from the Renaissance.
There are a number of striking pallazzi, mostly along Corso Matteoti. Next to the Loggia dei Mercanti, Corso della Rupubblica leads to Piazza Vittorio Veneto where, in the Palazzo Ricci, there is a museum and art gallery – a must-see is the Madonna and Child by Carlo Crivelli. Another museum is the Museo delle Carrozze (carriages).
the cathedral dates form the 1100s.
There is a University (founded in 1540) and an Art school, and therefore, Jazz clubs and the like.
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