点评:Piazza Alta is the highest point in Sarnano and was the original core of the town. All the most important public buildings and the main church were located here and were encircled by defensive walls. It made sense - they could be more easily defended from this high vantage point.
The best way to get to Piazza Alta is to park your car in the ‘new town’ below and walk up. The best starting point is from Porta Brunforte, the original gateway into the town.
It is a reasonably steep climb, through pretty cobbled streets and narrow laneways, winding up to the piazza.
Unlike most Italian piazzas, there are no coffee shops or places to sit in the sun and take in the atmosphere. It is a quiet, small piazza. Its charm lies in that fact that you will find almost all of Sarnano’s historic buildings clustered here - the Palazzo del Podestà, Palazzo del Popolo, Palazzo dei Priori, Torre Civica and the 13th century church of Santa Maria di Piazza Alta. It looks like time has stood still.
It is worth noting that we did not find any of these buildings open when we visited recently. This may have been bad timing (we were there in the middle of the day on a weekend) but if you are hoping to find them open, I’d recommend checking opening times before going.
The newest addition to the piazza is a beautifully patina-ed, bronze sculpture group, Il Serafino di San Francesco. It depicts the traditional Sarnano legend of how St Francis settled a feud and gave the town its crest.
翻译:阿尔塔广场是萨尔纳诺的最高点,也是该镇最初的核心。所有最重要的公共建筑和主教堂都位于这里,并被防御墙包围。这是有道理的——从这个制高点可以更容易地防御他们。
前往阿尔塔广场的最佳方式是将车停在下面的“新城”,然后步行上去。最好的起点是布伦福特门 (Porta Brunforte),这是进入城镇的原始门户。
这是一段相当陡峭的攀登,穿过漂亮的鹅卵石街道和狭窄的巷道,蜿蜒到达广场。
与大多数意大利广场不同,这里没有咖啡馆或可以坐在阳光下享受氛围的地方。这是一个安静的小广场。它的魅力在于,您会发现萨尔纳诺几乎所有的历史建筑都聚集在这里——Palazzo del Podestà、Palazzo del Popolo、Palazzo dei Priori、Torre Civica 和 13 世纪的 Santa Maria di Piazza Alta 教堂。时间仿佛静止了。
值得注意的是,我们最近参观时并没有发现这些建筑有任何开放的情况。这可能是一个糟糕的时机(我们周末中午在那里),但如果你希望发现它们开放,我建议在去之前检查一下开放时间。
广场上最新新增的一座古铜色精美的青铜雕塑群 Il Serafino di San Francesco。它描绘了传统的萨尔纳诺传说,讲述了圣弗朗西斯如何解决世仇并为小镇带来了荣耀。