Conero Cape

South of the port of Ancona, Monte Conero rises above the Adriatic as a conspicuous headland on the Italian shore. Its slopes were home to religious communities as well as the nearby settlements of Sirolo and Numana. The hermitage of San Benedetto hosted the first chapter of Paolo Giustiniani's Camaldolese congregation in 1524; the congregation later also held San Pietro al Conero, remaining there until the Napoleonic suppressions.