Contrada San Bartolomeo
Historical notes
The contrada is divided in two by the Via delle apothecae, or shops, today known as Corso. The larger part consisted of vast popular settlements, the “borghi” (boroughs), because it was here that the inhabitants of foreign communities settled in greater numbers, significantly increasing the city’s population in the 13th century: the Jews, the Bergamaschi, the Albanians, and the Slavs, drawn to Fermo by the reactivation of the port. In the Cadastre of San Bartolomeo, we find documented evidence of the settlements of foreign communities, the oldest family groups, and the continuation of the working activities that made the area distinctly mercantile. The dwellings with shops of many master craftsmen from other cities formed a block of prosperous bourgeoisie. Among the typical activities of the boroughs and the small artisan bourgeoisie were those of muleteers, barbers, and tailors: repellent activities that had to be carried out far from the center: the fish market, the butchery or platea porcorum (animal market at Piazzale Azzolino), tanneries or slaughterhouse (Via delle Conce), fulling mills or wool processing (the Orzolo area adjacent to San Bartolomeo).
A typical activity of the borough was finally that of Giosuè the dyer, one of the Jews of San Bartolomeo. Among the names of those who ran small commercial enterprises and had their own taxable property was Caterina the baker.
In the urban settlements of the borough, there were numerous vegetable gardens which, connecting the houses, served as meeting points among the inhabitants. The Rosati family, which has always resided in San Bartolomeo, assumed great importance in city life not only through its intellectual and economic prestige, but also through a shrewd patrimonial policy.
PALII WON
6
COLORS
Red - Black
CORPORATIONS
Dyers, judges and notaries
PRIORE
Gian Luca Iervicella
CONTRADA MOTTO
Bellum et Amor
On the eastern side, it begins from the House of Mr. D. Savino Ottavini adjacent to the Ripe del Girone, and continues through the Alley opposite the House of the Counts Sabbioni, then intersecting the Street of the Shops, it enters the other Alley between the aforementioned House of the Counts Sabbioni and the public Fish Market, and then terminates in a straight line at the corner of the Church of S. Anna near the Castle Walls.
On the southern side, it begins from the aforementioned House of Mr. D. Savino Ottavini, and continuing along the Wall constituting the perimeter of the Seminary, it proceeds in its direction following the Street that leads from the main Door of the Metropolitan Church to the Building that was formerly the Church of Ogni Santo near the Ripe del Girone, and terminates at the entrance of the Alley between the Gardens of the Hospice of the Capuchin Fathers and those of Mr. Perozzi.
On the western side, it begins from the entrance of the aforementioned Alley, and continues into the other lower Alley existing between the Houses of Count Francesco Paccaroni and that of the late Giuseppe Graziani, then intersecting the main Street, it re-enters the other Alley that crosses the Ruined Houses, and then the Gardens of the Marquises Passari, and following the direction of the same Alley, it terminates at the public Gate of the Crucifix, now also called S. Antonio.
On the northern side, it begins from the aforementioned Gate of S. Antonio, and following the perimeter of the Castle Walls toward the sea, it terminates at the corner of the Church of S. Anna.
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PILA
CAMPIGLIONE
FIORENZA
CAMPOLEGE
CAPODARCO
CASTELLO
SAN MARTINO
TORRE DI PALME
