Last minute Itinerari Baschi

The town Baschi

The architectural building of greater merit is certainly the San Nicolò Church, realized in the second halves of the XVI century from the architect Ippolito Scalza and declared national monument. The high bell tower imposes to the sight, while the façade appears sober, elegant and refined, with a wanted game of geometric forms and the perfect distribution of the spaces.

The actual center of the commune is the ancient Palazzaccio, so called in relationship to the oppressions that the population suffered during the past from the families that lived there. It was built as residence of the Baschi, local dominion that distinguished for the excesses of some members, among which it deserves a mention Bindo de' Baschi, famous for its irascible behaviour.

To testimony the Roman past of Baschi there are the rests of the Port of Pagliano, created around the end of the eight hundred, at the confluence of the river Paglia with the Tevere. From the excavations have emerged some places that had the function of stores, perhaps destined to stocking goods transiting to the port. Other finds of Roman epoch coming from the territory, constitute the visible archaeological material in the Antiquarium, inside which there are some documents that illustrate the river activity of the zone.