San Marcello: Scholars acknowledge the existence of the “Romanesque Monastic” Church of San Marcello dating back to the 12th century. It is first mentioned in the “Rationes” (records) of 1290 and was rebuilt between 1400 and 1500. It still stands today on the hilltop overlooking the castle and the curtain wall, and was the first parish church of Poggio. The small town is defined as a “Villa” (village/settlement) in 1289: during the second half of the 13th century, the inhabited area was still located on the hilltop around the aforementioned Church of San Marcello. The fresco on the side, dating back to the 16th century which decorated the church, belongs to the school of Beato Angelico or the Fabrianesi (artists from Fabriano) and is inspired by the prototype of the “Crucifix of the Just Blood.”

Santa Maria del Monte: From the publication of the “Carte di Fonte Avellana” (Documents of Fonte Avellana), there is news of the Church of Santa Maria del Monte as early as 1130 in the area of “Colmontano,” which incorporates the word “Colle” (hill) to define the Poggio and the word “Montano” (of the mountain/mount) to identify the Church of the Mount. Nowadays, Santa Maria del Monte only has remains from the 16th century, as restorations to the farmhouse and the little church itself only allow for the sight of an old wall of what was the former “Place of Worship” dedicated to the Madonna del Monte since the 12th century. Santa Maria del Monte is a point of interest for the Renaissance Image of the Madonna placed on a Renaissance canopy, which tradition holds to be the protector of women in childbirth. Furthermore, inside the small church, we can find a holy water font combined with three marble stones dating back to the eighteenth century.