Jesi - an important industrial and cultural center in the province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located on the left bank of the river Eysines 17 km from the Adriatic coast. Jesi was one of the main towns in Umbria, as in the 4th century BC its territory invaded by tribes Senon and turned it into a bulwark against tribes pichenov. In the 283-m BC Senon expelled by the Romans, and Jesi in the 247th BC He became a Roman colony.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire Jesi repeatedly subjected to raids and was sacked by the Ostrogoths, first, and then the Lombards. With the end of the war, Italy Gotha became part of the Byzantine Empire, and Jesi - one of its main centers and the Department of the bishop. Starting from 1130, the year the city became an independent commune, gradually began to expand its borders and capture the surrounding area. It was here in 1194, the year was born the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Jesi subsequently he that gave the title of Royal City. In the 14-15 th centuries the city passed from hand to hand - are ruled by papal governors, the Malatesta family, yes Montone and Sforza. Latest for some time turned Jesi in its main stronghold in the Marche. But in 1447, the year the city became part of the Papal States, where he remained until joining the Italy in the 19th century.

Among the main attractions of Jesi is called, first of all, the Cathedral, built in the 13-15 th centuries, the Palazzo della Signoria of the 15th century with two rows of balconies, Palazzo Balleani with luxurious gilded stucco and the monastery of San Floriano 18th century .  Preserved defensive city walls of the 14th century, built on the site of ancient Roman fortifications and partially reconstructed in the 15th century .  From religious buildings stand the Gothic church of San Marco, built in the 13th century, the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie with the bell tower of the 17th-century Romanesque church of San Nicolo with a Gothic portal .  Also noteworthy Palazzo Ricci, whose facade is made under the influence of the famous Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara, Pergolesi theater building of the late 18th-century Palazzo Pyanetti - one of the most outstanding examples of Italian Rococo art .  The wide facade is decorated with hundreds of windows and the patio is divided Italian garden .  The Palazzo today houses Pyanetti City Art Gallery with a series of works of Venetian painter Lorenzo Lotto .