The Cathedral of St. Leopardo is the most important religious building in Osimo and stands at the highest point, on the site of an ancient pagan temple.The current building, made of stone-blocks and in Romanesque-Gpthic style, dates form the 12th to 14th centuries. The 16th century façade of the church which has relatively simple lines, looks over the courtyard of the adjacent Bishop’s Palace. The interior is also beautiful and has a nave and twin aisles divided by cruciform and square pillars supporting ogival arches and groined vaults. Below the raised presbytery is the crypt that conserves the tomb of San Leopardo and early martyrs. Next to the Cathedral the Baptistery with the magnificent bronze baptismal font, a coeval work by Pier Paolo and Tarquinio Jacometti. The Bishop’s Palace houses the Musuo Diocesano containing objects of different origins, paintings and sculptures, holy vestments and reliquaries.
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