Church of Saint Vitalis
The interesting façade of this church contains panels of alternating brick and plaster.
Church of Saint Vitalis
The church contains the thirteen processional symbols of the Passion.
It was built at the end of the 14th century but was completely redesigned and extensively rebuilt in the second half of the 18th century. The church contains a single nave with three stucco altars made by Benedetto Silva in 1777. The presbytery on the high altar houses a painting of the Trinity while the Martyrdom of Saints Gervasius and Protasius and the Martyrdom of Saint Vitalis are hung on the walls. All three works are by the Pergolese artist Antonio Concioli (1739-1820).
The niche of the right altar once held a group of statues in carved and painted wood depicting Saint Vitalis and his sons Gervasius and Protasius by an anonymous sculptor of the Marche region dating from the late 15th century. This work is now in the Museum of Gilt Bronzes.
The church was also previously endowed with a precious standard (280×226 cm) painted on a single piece of canvas, depicting Saint Vitalis on horseback with his sons Gervasius and Protasius on one side, and on the other side the Fall of Manna. The standard belonged to the Flagellant Confraternity of the Most Holy Cross and was probably painted by Claudio Ridolfi (1570-1644) and his pupil Girolamo Cialdieri (1593-1646). It was cleaned by Pietro Ugolini (1710-1780 circa) in 1761 and is now to be found in the Museum of Gilt Bronzes.
The church today is home to the Company of the Most Holy Cross and houses the sacred trappings used in the Good Friday procession.