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Jesi - A rhyming guide
1. Profilo
A remarkably romantic skyline
Reflects the city's unequalled design
2. Le Mura di Jesi (XV secolo)
It was a Florentine architect
Who strengthened the ancient city walls
With state-of-the art structures hard to detect
To shield Jesi from raids and cannon balls
3. Piazza Federico II
This monolith, this stone monument
Marks the spot where Emperor Frederick
Was born under a military tent
In the square of a city made of brick
4. Palazzo della Signoria
The Palazzo of all the Jesini
Was designed by an architect
Who was never less than perfect:
Francesco di Giorgio Martini
5. Palazzo Colocci
Enrichetta, Vespucci's last offspring,
Was the most famous resident
Of Palazzo Colocci, fit for a king
And fitter for a US President
6. Arco dei Verroni
Eusebio Verroni ordered an archway
To put his Roman origins on display
7. Teatro Pergolesi
In this opera house sang Anna Guidarini,
A soprano whose voice was firm and clear.
A sweet lady she was, sweet and dear
To her devoted child Gioachino Rossini
8. Casa di Raffaele Sabbatini
(a.k.a Rafael Sabatini)
Jesi 1900 - Adelboden 1950
9 November 2001
On a very wet day the Mayor of the Jesini
Unveiled a memorial slab concise and witty
With words hinting at Granger, Flynn and tinsel city
That would have pleased no end Rafael Sabatini
9. Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo
A double staircase, a façade with two belfries
And St. Peter inside getting his keys
10. Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie
costruito su una Cappella votiva
edificata in meno di 24 ore nel 1456
e dedicata alla Vergine Maria
per la liberazione della citta dalla peste
To thank the Virgin for keeping the city out of harm's way
A chapel in the Sanctuary was built in less than one day
11. Giambattista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Creator of the opera buffa
La Serva Padrona is great fun
And well deserved a very long run
In fun loving Naples where Pergolesi
Was affectionately known as 'Jesi'
12. Chiesa di San Nicolo, l'edificio piu antico di Jesi
In the month of April 2002
The good Jesini stood in a long queue
At a Carmelite charity draw
In the little church of San Nicolo
13. Arco clementino
Clemente XII impedi al Cardinale Alberoni
di sopprimere la Repubblica di San Marino
Cardinal Alberoni had San Marino in his grip
When Pope Clement XII gave him the slip