Sarnano

City of Sarnano

Via Giacomo Leopardi, 1-0733 659 911

A 539 m of alt. Tennacola in the upper valley of the river (tributary of Tenna), on a steep hill subappenninico. Hydrothermal station (source San Giacomo: cold water, alkaline, radioactive), a holiday resort and winter sports (area Sasso Tetto, reachable by cable car and chairlift). Bottling mineral water. Fodder production; livestock (sausages).

Important center in the Middle Ages, retains the emblematic church of Santa Maria di Piazza, the thirteenth century. (frescoes, beautiful crypt), the church of San Francesco, of the buckets. -XIV XIII (Romanesque-ogival portal; inside, Madonna Adoring the Child by Vittore Crivelli), and in the Town Hall, rich library and interesting art gallery.