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Many Italian churches are dedicated to the Virgin Mary and thus bear "SANTA MARIA" (occasionally elevated to "SANTISSIMA") in their name. This Franciscan monastery has the addition "IMMACOLATA," meaning it is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. This term, which may sound somewhat theoretical and difficult to grasp today, expresses the idea that the Virgin Mary was, from the very beginning, freed by God's grace from the burden of original sin—which every human being otherwise carries. Therefore, when the Archangel later announced to her in Nazareth that she would give birth to the Son of God, she was willing to answer "yes" of her own free will. In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared this doctrine a dogma. The feast day for this occasion – and at the same time the patronal feast of this church – which in the Catholic liturgy is called in full: “Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary” is celebrated annually on December 8th.

Recommended excursion, absolutely worth doing

Amazing mountain

We went on July 5, 2025, but the trail is closed for work at the information point. The trail should reopen in mid-September 2025

Getting there is no joke. I have seen people go there with beach sandals. Absurd! To get there, to the hermitage, you pass the gole dell’infernaccio, where the name already gives you an idea, even if it is beautiful and in one of the brightest points of the path you can also see the statue of a Madonna embedded in the rock. So the walking shoes first of all!

Beautiful place, you can walk in the gorge and the next day go up from the Sibilla refuge to see the gorge from above. Unfortunately when we went there was too much water and we couldn't get over the river (it would have taken more determination than ours) so we did a very short tour that is not a loop.

Piazza del Popolo is the heart of the city of Fermo and has a clear sixteenth-century style, with linear and harmonious buildings in every detail. It is 135 meters long and 34 meters wide and is bordered upstream and downstream by two imposing sixteenth-century brick porticos. Walking on the ancient pavement or under the beautiful porticos, catapulted back in time, you can have the sensation of breathing the same air that blew when it was still under construction.

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