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The  square adjacent to the Museum is dedicated to a major figure of the history of Ripatransone: Donna Bianca de Tharolis , or Lady Bianca of Tharolis.
In 1521, Spanish troops, retreating from the Church State of the kingdom of Naples, attempted to plunder Ripatransone once again, as they had several years earlier. However, during this attempt, they met with the resistance of a well-trained population in which three women distinguished themselves: Bianca Benvegnati de Tharolis, Angela di Zingaro, and Luchina Saccoccia.
In the conflict, 250 Spaniards were killed, and the city was saved, thanks to the heroism of Donna Bianca, who also managed to capture the flag the Spaniards’ flag.

In Piazza Donna Bianca, one can view a War Memorial, and at the foot of this memorial, an Austrian cannon from WWI. From these derive the common name of the square, “Piazza del Cannone” (Cannon Square).
From Piazza Donna Bianca we can take Corso Vittorio Emanuele eastward. This is the main artery of the town and connects all of its most important locations.  Along the stretch that descends towards the Porta d'Agello (The Agello City Gate), we can find the new Museum Center, which joins together structures from various periods.
The Civic Museum is located inside the Palazzo Bonomi-Gera. The building is named for its designer, Luzio Bonomi, who constructed it in the XVII century, and from  Uno Gera, who purchased and  restored it after 1950. Uno Gera was an important figure for Ripatransone: he was magistrate, then mayor, but also an artist and patron of the arts. After restoration work was completed in 1971, he donated the building to the Commune, along with its art collection, which constitutes the original nucleus of the Museum Center. 
This structure comprises the Civic Picture Gallery, the Historic Ethnographic Museum, the Rural Museum, the Gallery of Contemporary Art and finally, the heart of the Gera donation, the Plaster Casts Gallery (a collection of plaster sculptures).
The Civic Picture Gallery proudly houses seven paintings by Vittore Crivelli, as well as  works  by Giacomo de Campli, Vincenzo Pagani, Cola dell'Amatrice, and Giovan Battista Piranesi.
In the Gallery of Contemporary Art, there are halls dedicated to the sculptor Pericle Fazzini from Grottamare, next to works by Adolfo De Carolis, Remo Brindisi, and leading innovators of Italian art.
The Historic-Ethnographic Museum is a collection works and artifacts sent by missionaries from around the world  to Ripatransone, resulting in the classification given by Don Cesare Cellini. In the Renaissance section of this museum, memorials from the wars for the Unification of Italy are exhibited, in addition to objects associated with the poet Luigi Mercantini. The Plaster Casts Gallery, located on the first floor, contains a collection of plaster portraits created by  Uno Gera,  along with other works donated by Italian artists.

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