The “Monastero delle Clarisse” – Monastery of the Poor Clares (now the Town Hall) – was founded between the 16th and 17th centuries through the testamentary bequest of Don Censorio Marziali and was solemnly inaugurated on August 12, 1621 in the presence of Archbishop Pietro Dini of Fermo.
The building, an oasis of silence and spirituality, was organized with a central cloister, two dormitories – one intended for professed nuns and the other for the converse – and on the ground floor rooms for daily activities. The twenty religious cells, facing the public street, preserved the sobriety typical of monastic life.
To communicate with the outside world, the convent had a parlor with grates and a revolving wheel that allowed the exchange of objects without breaking the enclosure. The complex also included a church, originally dedicated to St. Bonaventure and now named after St. Andrew.
