Sirolo

SIROLO, I CARAIBI DELL’ADRIATICO

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History of ancient beauty …

The finds along the slopes of Conero suggest that the territory of Sirolo was already inhabited in prehistoric times, and specifically in the neolithic age (about a hundred thousand years ago). Turning to the IV-III century BC, we find that the Greeks had already begun to build the support points along the coast. The civilization that gave however, to the territory of historical and cultural imprint SIROLO very special, was the Piceno, which are preserved innumerevolil and living testimonies. Sirolo, he is known as a land of heroic warriors, through the centuries, has been known for its power, its strength, thanks to its massive towers, its walls, its impregnable position that allowed him to withstand the attacks of assailants, they were Greeks, Saracens, the Barbarians or the powerful Malatesta Lord of Rimini (1416).

The presence of tools of all kinds of weapons and stone, also found recently along the slopes of Conero in caves and surface characteristics, suggest that the territory of Sirolo was already inhabited in prehistoric times, and specifically in the neolithic age, approximately hundred thousand years ago.

Passing a huge leap, to times closer to us, namely the third and fourth centuries BC, we find that the Greeks had already begun to build the support points along the coast. They were attracted not only by the beauty of women, aromatic taste wine, abundant fruit (strawberry, cherry, almond, walnuts), the game (deer, wild boar) and by the spring waters that flowed abundant. The civilization that gave, however, to the territory of historical and cultural imprint Sirolo very special, was the Piceno, which are preserved countless lives and testimonies.

Unspoiled nature …

Sirolo, he is known as a land of heroic warriors, through the centuries, has been known for its power, its strength, thanks to its massive towers, its walls, its impregnable position that allowed him to withstand the attacks of assailants, they were Greeks, Saracens, or Barbarians and even to the powerful
Malatesta (1416).

In a haven of unique beauties, profuse to full hands from mother nature, it rises above the sea to 125 m. altitude, breaking away and becoming known even in the distance from the flat coast and the other riparian countries, as if to recall the ancient deeds. Still wild beaches, coves, beautiful cliffs, caves, deep-blue uneven, the pine forests that reach up to the edge of the sea and Mount Conero behind, make Sirolo interesting, so much to be done by those who choose It goes in search of unspoiled nature.