The Galleria Nazionale delle Marche lodges in the striking Renaissance Palazzo Ducale. A monumental staircase, one of Italy's first, leads to the piano nobile (literally 'noble floor') and the Ducal Apartments. Piero della Francesca was one of the artists employed by the duke, and his work, The Flagellation , adorns the duke's library. The collection also includes a large number of drawings by Federico Barocci, as well as stunning Renaissance works by Raphael, Titian and Signorelli.