Palazzo Bianchini Riccardi

Palazzo Rosci (or Rossi), now named Bianchini Riccardi, dates back to the 16th century. Attributed by some to Bramante, by others to Vignola or Sangallo, for now it remains without an "author".

On the façade, the band marking the main floor is decorated with a series of Angevin lilies, with the coat-of-arms of the Rosci family, probably a "translation" in Terni dialect of the surname Rossi.

An architecturally elegant building, it has a peculiarity not found in the other noble buildings in Terni: a seat reserved for the general public which runs along the entire façade and which makes it typical of a square used as a meeting place or for social contact. It is similar to the one that overlooks the Cathedral, which undoubtedly became the second most important square in the city after Piazza Maggiore (now Piazza della Repubblica) in terms of its use by the population.

Recently restored after decades of decay, the Palazzo has a series of frescos and tempera paintings inside. The flooring of the entrance hall made from large stone slabs, bricks and cobblestones remains intact.

On one side of the building, inside a small garden, a shrine preserves the image of the Madonna del Cassero. It is the only remaining evidence of a church that once stood on the site of the small fortress that, on the banks of the Nera river, defended Porta Romana, the entrance of the Flaminia consular road into the city.