Organ of St. Magno

Porta Romana is the most central, imposing and modern of the five entrances to the town. Noteworthy the old wooden doors which are shut during the Historical Revival of the Statute of 1346.
Recent works for the repaving of via della Repubblica have unearthed large stretches of the Roman Age Paving which can be seen through special openings: this is the "cardo", the road axis crossing the town north to south.
Other stretches of the paving emerge inside houses and in the midst of a restaur-ant. You can dine in contact with history.
In piazza Augusto Vera, we can see the beautiful façade of the Church of St. Francis of 1287, to which in the 14th century the convent of the Friars Minor was added. The front of the church, with the double rose-window dates back to 1401. The interior has been renovated between 1664 and 1767 in baroque style.
To be mentioned the Geraldini chapel with the tombs of Matteo and Elisabetta, by Agostino di Duccio. In the 16th cent. the adiacent convent was altered in Renaissance style, with the portico and the loggia only left of the original cloister: columns and capitals are in travertine.
The building (previously the Boccarini college) now houses the Archaeological Museum and the Municipal Picture-Gallery, shortly to be opened to the public.
In via Cavour is the Church of St. Augustine (13th cent.). The façade in Romanesque-Gothic style is parted in two sections, with a rose-window and a polistyle portal with allegorical friezes in bas-relief typical of Romanesque art.
In the "cantoria", over the portal, is a precious organ made by the Morotti firm (1841).
Going down along via Posterola, you see on your left hand side the first monastic settlement within the walls: the Monastery of St. Magno of the Benedictine cloistered nuns. In the little church is the precious Organ of St. Magno (1680), the only one in the world with a double keyboard, perfectly restored.
Amelia has seven historical organs (some fifteen in the district). Because of this particular richness in ancient musical instruments, Amelia is the seat of the "Accademia dell'arte organaria e organistica umbra", founded by the "Ameria Umbra" association.