The city is famous for being the birth place of Matteo Ricci, a 17th century humanist and mathematician. Ricci was the first Westerner to visit Beijing in 1601, and would go on to translate various classics like Cicero and Euclid into Chinese.
Macerata is a fairly wealthy city, whose economy is mostly based on agriculture.
If you’re in town, there are a few places you should visit. You should start with the Church of Santa Maria della Misericordia, […]
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