Offida

It is situated at an altitude of 293 meters, on a promontory near the springs of the torrent of Lama (left affluent of the Tronto River). Wine, cereals and vegetables are produced here. There are shoe, leather and food industries as well as the traditional manufacturing of tombolo laces. There are some remains of the medieval walls with towers and bastions; the Romanesque-gothic church of Santa Maria della Rocca (XIV century), with three polygonal shapes apses and a muraled crypt; the Palace of the Council (XIII – XV centuries), with a prehistoric museum and a small picture gallery; the collegiate church of the Assunta (Crivellesca school’s paints painting; the church of Sant'Agostino (XIV century) which was enlarged in the XVII century (carved wooden chorus of Alessio Donati) and some other old buildings and cloisters.