What to see in Cantiano
Chiesa di Sant'Agostino (The Church of St. Augustine)
This church of very ancient origins, was given in 1272 to the Augustine order for the construction of their convent. It is constructed in Romanesque style with the original façade still intact, as well as a wall face in which alternating, polychromatic quoins are skilfully positioned in alternating rows into which the magnificent Romanesque portal opens with capitals adorned by stylised phyto-morphological bas-reliefs. The side which flanks via Mazzini is decorated with pilasters and single-lancet windows with trefoil gables. The single nave interior conserves important paintings, like:
The "Madonna della cintura" (Madonna of the Sash) attributed to the School of Antonio Viviani (1528-1621),
an oil on canvas entitled "San Nicola da Tolentino" (St. Nicholas of Tolentino), attributed to an Emilian artist (17th century),
A “Conception” by Giovanni Dionigi da Cagli dated 1535
a "Madonna del Soccorso" (Our Lady of Succour) attributed to Viviani (17th century).
a 15th century crucefix
Cristo con Apostoli e Pie Donne (Christ with the Apostles and Devoted Women), the School of Virgilio Nucci da Gubbio (1547-1621),
an Umbrian Pietà from the 16th century,
an Altarpiece
Crocifissione (Crucifixion) by Bernardini Bozzi (Gubbio, 1606)
a Fresco of the Madonna con Bambino, Santa Monica, San Nicola da Tolentino (Madonna with Child, St. Monica, St. Nicholas of Tolentino) (15th century)
In the apse there are visible traces of a fresco depicting St. Augustine and a Virgin del Soccorso (Our Lady of Succour).
(From “Cantiano tra Fede e Storia” by F. Panfili – M. Tanfulli, Cantiano 2000)
The entrance to the Geo-Territorial and Archaeological Museums is in the adjacent cloister. Museo Geo-Territoriale.
