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	The Pergola area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by the Neolithic age relics, bronze and iron. Several also are the traces left by successive populations: Umbrian, Etruscan and Celtic. The Roman period is rather well documented: the discovery of tombs, vases and various furnishings, both in the city (train station) and in different locations such Grifoleto, Ferbole, Valrea, Monte Santa Croce, Monterolo, Montesecco and Cartoceto, bear witness to a romanization widespread (in its territory was found, in 1946, the famous archaeological group of gilded bronzes from Cartoceto di Pergola).</div>
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	In 1631, with the transition to the Papal States, the center experienced a long period of demographic decline and economic difficulties, offset only in part by the cyclical revival of the textile and leather industry. It is in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Pergola reaches its maximum economic expansion so that Pope Benedict XIV in the Bull &quot;Romanum decet Pontificem&quot; of March 18, 1752, elevates it to the level of cities and allows the appointment of a graduate ecclesiastical Vicar General bishop.</div>
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	Confirming the importance achieved, the Mint was established in 1796, which will fly the coin until 1799. In 1797 Pergola is occupied by French troops and became part of the Kingdom of Italy. In this period he is stripped of precious works of art preserved in churches, monasteries, public and private buildings.</div>
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	1800 opens with the papal restoration, a brief revival of the economy but also new political and civil unrest. In 1819 Pope Pius VII raised Pergola individually dioceses, united only in the person of the bishop in Cagli, with bishop, stationery offices and own workshop. The bishop had to live six months in Pergola, six months in Cagli.</div>
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	The September 8, 1860 Pergola is the first city of the Marches to rise against the Papal States, favoring the annexation of the region to the Kingdom of Italy and earning the Gold Medal for &quot;merits acquired during the period of the National Risorgimento.&quot;</div>
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	MUSEUMS AND OTHER PLACES TO VISIT</div>
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	Museum of the Gilded Bronzes of Pergola and the City</div>
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	naugurata in 1999, the property is housed in the fifteenth-century former convent of San Giacomo. A highlight is certainly the group of statues of Roman origin of golden Bronzes from Cartoceto di Pergola, repeatedly rose to the record, even national, to the feud between the town of Pesaro and Ancona. Today the group of Roman origin, probably dating from 50 BC</div>
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	THE CHURCH OF SAINT ANDREW</div>
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	The church was reopened in late 2008 after the consolidation works for the earthquake of 1997, he belonged to the monks of Fonte Avellana. The building is located along Corso Matteotti and is flanked by the Civic Tower, a high tower which goes back to the previous medieval. The interior, with a facade, is characterized by the gilded Baroque altars. Among the prominent paintings Sant&#39;Andrea, the Madonna and Child with Saint Bishop works by Palma il Giovane and the Marriage of St. Catherine of Claudio Ridolfi.</div>
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	THE CHURCH OF SAN FRANCESCO</div>
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	Located in the street, was built in the Gothic style in the thirteenth century, by the asymmetrical facade blocks, raised at a later date, it still possesses a remarkable fourteenth-century portal. The interior with a single nave, topped by a dome, has a sixteenth aspect. Remarkable artistic heritage preserved. In the first altar on the left is the painting, &quot;Rest on the Flight into Egypt&quot;, signed by Giovanni Antonio Skirmish. The last altar on the right l &#39; &quot;Annunciation&quot; in the Bolognese Lavinia Fontana, on the altar in front of the &quot;Madonna in Glory and Saints&quot; by Antonio Viviani (among the most appreciated by Federico Barocci students). On the left side of the presbytery there is a Crucifix of 1300 attributed to the painter Mello da Gubbio. Guards also important wooden statues including the icon of the &quot;Dead Christ&quot;, particularly venerated by Pergolesi, the &quot;St. Nicholas of Tolentino&quot; in 1685, Del 1692, the statue of &#39; &quot;Immaculate&quot;, sculpted by Giacomo Piazzetta and decorated by the painter pergolese Giovan Francesco Ferri. Among the latest paintings restored to mention, finally, the eighteenth-century painting of the evangelist St. Mark, the work of Viterbo Domenico Corvi.</div>
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	- TYPICAL PRODUCTS</div>
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	WINE OF CHERRIES</div>
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	The Pergola area is particularly famous for a typical highly valued product, which is traditionally called Sour Cherry Wine and which is obtained by following an ancient recipe, using a very special fruit, the cherry, which is gathered from a wild variety Prunus cerasus, and then fermented with excellent red wine structured the previous harvest.</div>
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	Deep red color, smell of sour cherry and wild berries, good alcohol content, structure and sweet sensations, are the characteristics that make it unique. Also known by the name of Visner, Visciol&igrave; and Visciolata of Pergola, it is prized as delicious nectar from meditation, to be combined into a ring and pastries as the typical almond biscuits with almonds. You may also accompany truffles, honey, pecorino cheese, cottage cheese, olive oil and Easter Crescia Cheese, etc</div>
