It’s from the Church of Santa Maria della Rupe from the XIII century, today completely restored , that starts the suggestive journey where a video, with virtual reconstructions, explain the evolution of this first ambience which today preserves the most ancient frescoes of the city. 

The news written around the building are in a manuscript from the XVIII century and in two notarial deeds, thanks to which we can reconstruct that in the half of the XIV century were used as a capitol room  annex to the convent above. 

The archeological and philological study of the decoration has shown three next steps:

• one first phase dating to the XII-XIII century, corresponds to the edification of a first ambience inside the naturale cave next to an ambience with a roman cistern on an ancient foundation , probably from the longobardi, considered  the presence of a fresco with San Michele 
• a second phase dating to the XIV century where, corresponding to the arrival of the dominicans, the structure were inglobated inside the convent and was built a new floor and , on the lateral walls , sessions marked by a band of clipei to indicate the seats reserved for monks;
• one last phase, between the XVII and the XVIII century, the building lost its function and, under the French occupation , became a cellar.