canvases by Pomarancio, Fanelli, Felice Damiano da Gubbio (1582), Giuseppe Valeriano (1550) and Paolo de Matteis (1727). Co-Cathedral of St. Flavian: 14th century church with the annexed bishop's palace and the diocesan museum. Pope Gregory XII is buried here. San Domenico: 15th century church with a 1481 portal by Giuliano da Maiano. It houses a fresco of the Glory of St. Vincent Ferrer by Lorenzo Lotto. San Pietrino: 14th century church with an 18th-century façade attributed to Vanvitelli. Madonna delle Grazie: 1465 church San Filippo Neri church. Santa Maria in Monte Morello San Michele Secular buildings Palazzo Venieri, designed by Giuliano da Maiano. Palazzo Mazzagalli, designed by Giuliano da Maiano or Luciano Laurana. Montefiore Castle: dates to the late Middle Ages. It has a polygonal plan with a high tower with merlons.Neolithic necropolises of Fontenoce and Cava Kock (4th millennium BC).Civic Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels'': town museum of art and archeology, among the paintings it houses among other paintings, Lotto's Recanati Polyptych. Carabinieri barracks (14th century). Economy The city has a long tradition of producing musical instruments, such as accordions by Castagnari and guitars and others by Eko guitars. People Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), poet, essayist, philosopher and philologist, and pioneer of the romanticism movement Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957), tenor Giuseppe Persiani (1799-1869), opera composer Recanati was also the place of origin of some of the Italian paternal ancestors of famed Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi Menachem Recanati (1223-1290), Kabbalist and Rabbi Religion Recanati is characterized by a religious vitality, as the abundance of churches and religious complexes testify: it is a consequence of its filiation with the State Church, its close link to the shrine of Loreto and its role of bishopric. The Diocese of Recanati was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy. It was founded in 1240 by Pope Gregory IX, who allowed Recanati to pass from "castrum" to "civitas". Its principal church, S. Flaviano, was raised to the dignity of a cathedral on 21 December 1239, and separated from the jurisdiction of the diocese of Osimo. The diocese of Osimo was then suppressed, as it chose to support the Emperor Frederick II against the pope. On 22 May 1240, the Castello di Recanati was raised to the dignity of a city by Gregory IX. During its early history it often lost and regained its episcopal status due to the policy adopted by the Pope. On 27 July 1263