Seminary’s building:

The Seminary’s building was built between 1650 and 1708 in Piazza della Repubblica. The square was then a place of commerce and it has been important since the Middle Ages. The Seminary was used for daily hours of teaching for future priests. The building was expanded through the incorporation of houses, which were aligned along the fortification walls. Small brown doors are still those of the small shops of medieval

handicrafts.On the facade there are frescoes by Domenico Antonio Bamberini. He painted as if there were marble plaques. At the top there are Latin phrases from the Bible. The sentences had to be of teaching to the boys who were preparing themselves for the priestly life. In the central part there are painted medallions, right inside are illustrated women representing the Virtues which were to be part of the character of a priest.

Republic square:

The square, asymmetric in shape, is bounded on the South, in all its light, by the facade of 'the seminary building and this is why it is commonly called "Seminar square’’. In the North instead the rear facade of the episcopal palace elevates . It is accessed through two gates: in the west the 'old' toppariorum door ", rebuilt in the late 16th century, above which there is the square of the Castle, and the door to the east of the town, one of the entrances to the citadel. Three flights of stairs lead to the above Cathedral lawn. In the past, the square was lined with trees and in the middle there stood the statue

of 'Archduchess Maria Maddalena d' Austria, destroyed at the end of 700 by the Jacobins.