Palace of the Musical Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament

"In the period in which Guidubaldo is tormented by illness, the College of Doctors is established, which in 1507, with the recognition of Pope Julius II, will give rise to the free University of Studies, in the same year the Duke officially recognizes the activities of the Cappella Musicale del SS Sacramento, honoring it with the legacy of the "paper mill" of Fermignano and the monopoly both for the collection of rags (raw material for paper production) and for the sale of the paper itself.The origins of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament are without doubt antecedents to the bequest arranged by Guidubaldo.
In 1725, under the impulse of Cardinal Annibale Albani, the second prestigious activity began: the "Stamperia of the Venerable Music Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament." Soon the printing house became a reference point in terms of taste in illustrating publications and texts This is the cultural base on which the book school of Urbino will be founded centuries later.
After the unification of Italy, the Cappella Musicale becomes a lay moral body with the task of "public education in song and sound". The institution is fully active in its headquarters in Via Valerio, in the historic center of Urbino, where courses are held and concerts are organized. The patrimony of the ancient printing house, made up of 734 original matrices in rare and various printed works, is preserved in the same premises. "