Foro Annonario

Senigallia's Foro Annonario is a circular neoclassical market hall designed by Pietro Ghinelli in 1834, with a brick portico supported by twenty-four Doric columns.

Why it matters

The building reflects Senigallia's nineteenth-century commercial growth and remains a distinctive example of a covered public market. Its later civic and cultural uses connect the city's trade history with its libraries and archives.

What to notice

The circular arrangement of the brick portico surrounds an open central space. The Doric columns create a regular rhythm around the market hall, while the upper level was later adapted for the Biblioteca Antonelliana and municipal archive.

Context and history

Pietro Ghinelli designed the Foro Annonario in 1834 to provide additional commercial space within Senigallia's walls. The building was conceived as a covered market with an open centre. In the twentieth century, restoration adapted the upper floor for the Biblioteca Antonelliana and municipal archive, adding a civic and cultural role to the original commercial function.