Teatro Annibal Caro

The hall (12.20 x 9.60 metres wide and 9.50 metres high) is horseshoe shaped. This structure is the most suitable to give everybody the best view and has a10-rowed pit with 109 seats. There are three orders: the highest of them is the gallery, with 41 boxes and a total seating capacity of 250. The stage is wide, the under stage is imposing and still houses a part of the old stage instruments: the barrows which moved the overlooking wings and a curious stage machine (dating back to 1872) which imitated the sound of thunder. It was a plate and wood roller with stones rotating thanks to a handle, and it roared perfectly. The curtain is the original work of Giovanni Nunzi, a painter from Fermo, and it represents "The Apotheosis of Annibal Caro", where Caro is called on the Parnassus by Publio Virgilio Marone and Dante Alighieri, with the Muses, the personification of the Chienti river and other mythological persons ( Daphnis and Chloe).
Also well worthy of note are the original decorations: stuccos and grotesqueries, Empire-style paintings (imitation of the ancient decorations) and the precious chandelier in the middle of the ceiling. The valuable stone portal in the entranceway dates back to 1480 and comes from the nearby Palace of  Nobleman NicolÚ Santucci. It has decorations in relief, with David holding Goliath's head, the Paladin Roland playing his Oliphant  and portraits of  ancient Roman emperors and important people of the 15th Century. The architrave contains a cartouche with the Latin inscription "LAVS DEO", a monogram with "S", "N" and "O" interlacing with a double cross and two coats of arms.