City of Offida

During Golden Snake, 66-0736 88871

Offida is located on the hills between the rivers Tesino and Tronto, about 20 km from San Benedetto del Tronto. And ‘a country of ancient and charming appearance.

The testimonies of the first settlements concerning the Neolithic era; near the present settlement are rinveute necropolis dating back to the Piceni and the Romans and a shrine dedicated to “Ophys” or Golden Snake Offida from which it derives its name and its wonderful theater. The country has maintained the tradition of craftsmanship made of precious lace pillow.

 

The main monuments to visit are the Town Hall with a porch, a loggia and a fourteenth century tower of the fifteenth century; S. Maria della Rocca, a Romanesque-Gothic church of the XIV century with a crypt with frescoes fourteenth just outside the intact walls; the picturesque medieval streets of the historic center and the main square with its distinctive triangular shape. Offida is also known for its carnival, for food and wine, for its many wineries and is also home to the prestigious Enoteca Regionale delle Marche.

Municipality of Colli del Tronto

Piazza Garibaldi, 1-0736 890 626

According to popular tradition, Colli was formed by 5 “villas”. Of these, one in the name of Casaregnano still bears the influence of his Roman origin. Important center, was dominated by a castle totally destroyed later. Many scholars and researchers voglione here that the battle took place in which Pyrrhus defeated the Romans. In the sixteenth century we have news of the recovery of the country that in 1800 administered by order of the town of Ascoli, including Castel di Lama.

 

In 1812 it was added then the country Pagliare (today Spinetoli). Colli was once known for “carters” who built elegant and solid farm wagons, enriched by simple and graceful istoriature. Realizzavano also tools for agriculture, renowned for its solidity.

Parish church built in 1796 by architect Pietro Maggi. Inside is a canvas of the painter Ferdinando Cicconi.

Church of Santa Cristina with a characteristic belfry.

Villa Panichi with bigatteria nineteenth century, Villa Ercolani in the historic center, Villa Mastrangelo, Villa and Villa wastes Fonzi.

 

City of Monteprandone

Eagle Square, 1-0735 71091

The first written records about the castle of Monteprandone are the year 1039, when Guido nicknamed “farmer” and suofratello Longinus, give the abbey of Farfa Lazio certain assets located in the committee stop, including the “Castellum de Monte Prandonis”. Tradition has it that the name given to the castle was that of a knight (or Prandone Brandone) to race away, arrived in these lands in the wake of Charlemagne. In 1292 Monteprandone submitted to the city of Ascoli, obtaining in exchange protection and defense. The municipality of Monteprandone remained under papal government until the plebiscite of 1860 that decreed the union of the Marche to the Kingdom of Italy.

 WHAT TO VISIT

Walls had two entrances: West Gate from Monte and east by Sea Gate, demolished along with a portion of the walls, in the second half of 1800 to expand the square.

Campanelli building on the left is Via Limbo, ancient and picturesque alley with medieval vaults, that during the Christmas season with an original Nativity Scene made by the Local.

Cinta mur

 

City of Castorano

Via Padre Carlo Orazi, 3-0736 87132

It ‘impossible to establish any date of birth of Castorano. Presumably its origins should go back to the period in which it arose Ascoli. The fertility of the soil and the rich variety of plant that thrived were a big attraction for people devoted to sheep farming and agriculture as the Sabines. Not only the migratory flows from various regions of Italy hosted the fertile valley, but it is assumed that also the Greek peoples dated back to the river and you would stop.

The territorial expansion of Castorano was undoubtedly favored by enviable strategic position. Not for nothing did Ascoli purchase of the castle of Castorano to specific interests of a political and military. He joined the State Ascoli, Castorano was the castle of the second degree. Fire in the fifteenth century by Nicola Orsini, Count of Pitigliano and general church, suffered more severe devastation caused by the fighting between the parties of the powerful neighboring cities. When Gregory XIII restored castles and podesterue Ascoli, Castorano was one of 8 podesterue ascolane second degree.

Parish Church of St. Mary of the Visitation perhaps dates back to 1000, with restoration of the sixteenth century. Keep a processional cross, embossed in silver, with the ends adorned caskets-relics, on the back of the figure of the Crucified in relief. A beautiful piece of art Marche of the sixteenth century.

City of Montemonaco

Piazza Risorgimento, 8-0736 856 141

 Situated at 1,080 m. s.l.m. Montemonaco looks like a large terrace on a scenario of the most evocative of the Apennines. Its name derives from the Benedictine monks, traditionally the first settlers of this area.

In the twelfth century. in defense of the country the inhabitants built high walls interspersed with sturdy towers, still existing, to counter attacks by neighboring municipalities. What still lingers in this strip of territory is the cult fantastic and the swarm of medieval legends whose protagonist is the Apennine Sibyl with her court of Fate. Today in Montemonaco Sibilla and her mythical cave I am at the center of an important cultural and scientific comparison to recover historical and archaeological site.

 

Another medieval legend became the name of the glacial lake in high Aso valley (1,940 m) from Lake of the Sibyl at Lake Pilate, because he guarded the remains of the Roman precursor that left crucify Jesus; populated by demons, it is said that sorcerers will consecrate books command. In addition, its small basin is home to the “Chirocefalo Marchesonii” a tiny crustacean unique in the world.

City of Castignano

Margaret Street, 25-0736 821432

Inhabited since ancient times, the castle, at the beginning of the Middle Ages, passed under Farfa and then under the jurisdiction of Ascoli; the status of ongoing “conflict” that arose, pushed the pope Sixtus V to admit it to the Diocese of Montalto Marche. And ‘it situated on a hill between the valley of Tesino and the head of the stream Chifente, hammered in a landscape from erosion and gullies. E ‘at 473 mt s.l.m. and the old part of his village rich in Romanesque churches and medieval and Renaissance houses, is a counterpoint to the new urban fabric, which developed along the road.

Church of SS. Peter and Paul the original nucleus dates back to the eleventh century, although its structure is attributable to 1300; side there is an imposing bell tower. Frescoes of 1300 including a surprisingly large “Judgment” with references to Dante and a wooden choir, Gothic attributed to Apollonius from Ripatransone.

Dell’Addolorata crypt decorated with frescoes attributed to Vittore Crivelli (1402-1440).

Church of Santa Maria del Borgo ancient tradition the Templars present in Castignano and owners of the church.

Parish church of Sant’Egidio with brick facade, neoclassical, equipped with tower (1731). Inside an artistic wooden baptismal font, a painting by Simone de Magistris (XVI century) and the masterpiece of Joseph Gezzi (1634-1721). Keep an artistic reliquary-monstrance, the work of high gothic goldsmith, with the relic of the Cross donated by Pope Nicholas IV (1288-1292).

City of Montegallo

Piazza Taliani, 5-0736 806 122

On the eastern side of Mount Carrier is located Montegallo. It was formerly Bishop Sanctae Mariae in Gallo (1357), distributed in 23 villages on the territory raises its center to the “Castle of Leap” (strategic positioning against the Piceno and in relation to the two streams Fluvione and Rio). Transit country for the trafficking of pastoralism and commercial (Route of the church of Santa Maria in Pantana), was part of the connection system of the foothills (Amandola, Montefortino, Montemonaco), which ensures economic vitality to the entire population. The architecture is linked to the presence of the Benedictine monks, who settled in Montegallo before the birth of the municipal courts.

Church of Santa Maria in Lapide rebuilt in the second half of the fifteenth century, has architectural features due to the work of the Benedictine monks. The building plan is a Latin cross with a single nave, has slits, Pusterle and shelves to ensure the control and defense of the chase.

Church of Santa Maria delle Sibille (ninth century) contains frescoes of Sibille Phrygia, Delphic, Ellespontina and Agrippina. Example of how these have created a marriage between the sacred and the profane.

Building Branconi fine sandstone building, is home to the CEA (Environmental Education Center) which conducts recreational-educational purposes to promote the area. Very interesting – teaching the Ornithological Museum (at Dodge) and the Museum of Rural Life (in Uscerno).

City of Carassai

Piazza Matteotti, 4-0734 919 002

Carassai is a small and beautiful town located in the province of Ascoli Piceno in our beautiful region appreciated mainly for its many historical monuments that preserve the charm of history and time. The beautiful village of Carassai was built between the river Aso and the Menocchia and enjoys a magnificent panorama in which the protagonists are the beautiful, lush green valleys, the splendid Adriatic Sea and reaches the majestic and impressive Sibillini.

The village of Carassai is distinguished by the presence of beautiful historical monuments such as churches, monuments and many beautiful places to visit. First of all there is the beautiful and majestic castle of Rocca Monte Varmine, which is located just 4 km from the village is a historic property of great beauty and great historical richness.

The Castle Rocca Monte Varmine is part of the wonderful castles in the Marche. With its powerful walls and still fully intact, the Castle of Monte Varmine is one of the few examples of a fortified farm of the Piceno. From the top of the fortress you can enjoy a wonderful and varied landscape consists of a unique view accompanied by the presence of trees that help to make this beautiful castle is the destination of attraction for many visitors as well as a historical landmark for countries surrounding.

Just 2km from the Castle of Monte Varmine, it stands the beautiful Church of St. Angelo in Piano composed by beautiful frescoes and to which was attached a beautiful monastery of the Benedictine monks. Inside the beautiful courtyard of the Castle is situated also the beautiful St. Peter’s Church in which there was also a beautiful painting of the famous painter Vittore Crivelli, now housed in the nearby Pinacoteca di Fermo.

Of particular importance is the beautiful Church of St. Luke, located in the cemetery of Rocca Monte Varmine must visit because unique. Carassai is a place rich in history, culture and beauty .. a unique place that contributes to the unique and inimitable our magnificent region.

 

City of Arquata del Tronto

Piazza Umberto I, 20-0736 809122

And ‘the only town in Europe with the territory coming within the perimeter of two national parks: Sibillini and Gran Sasso – Monti della Laga, the establishment of which bears testimony to the invaluable natural and cultural history. The territory, mainly mountainous, touches the 2,476 m. with the peak of Mount Carrier, lapiù high Sibillini and is divided into 13 hamlets that still retain important artistic and architectural. The name probably derives from Marx (fortress, stronghold).

The medieval fortress, dating from the thirteenth century (where legend has it that he has resided the Queen Joan of Anjou of Naples), following the recent restoration is the destination of many visitors. As for the origins of the best hypothesis wants the direct descendant of the ancient “Surpicanum”, one of the centers of Piceno also listed on the “Table Peuntigeriana” between the Roman “For Martis” and “Ad Aquas”.

Church of Our Lady of the Snows in fraction Faete Crivelli school with frescoes attributed to Pietro Alemanno.

Octagonal church of Our Lady of the Sun in the hamlet of Capodacqua, with frescoes of the school of Cola d’Amatrice.

Church of San Francesco in the hamlet of Borgo, where he kept an excerpt from the original Shroud.

Church of St. Agatha in Spelonga fraction, containing a Turkish flag torn from the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto.

Medieval fortress (XIII century) it located on the highest point of the town and has a large multipurpose room. Also important archaeological finds as the Cippo landmark (first century BC to Trisungo), the ancient furnace (in Pretare, at the foot of Mount Carrier) and ilmulino water (in Capodacqua).

City of Montedinove

Via Roma, 2-0736 829410

The origins of Montedinove seem to date back to the sixth century AD as it is considered probable and be built by refugees Ascoli during the Lombard invasion of 578, but the first certain document is only in 1039, when Longino of Azzone, Lombard feudal, donated to the abbot of Farfa supposes the city offida with 40,000 bushels of land. In the twelfth century, the abbot of Farfa Berardo III did rifortificare almost from scratch.  Besieged in 1239 by the troops of King Enzo, son of Frederick II of Swabia, Montedinove resisted for about two years. In a document of 1279 we find that Montedinove had its own municipal autonomy, with Podesta sent directly from the Church. He remained loyal to the Pope and Farfa until 1585, when Pope Sixtus V incorporated in goods of the Church that remained of Presidato Farfense and was the Presidato Montalto, which was part of Montedinove. The municipality of Montedinove followed the historical course of the Papal States until the unification of Italy in 1861.

City of Appignano del Tronto
Via Roma, 98 to 0736 86 131

Once Appin Offida (the current name is of 1879). The name is traced back to the Roman family tradition but Appia, it is probably a training predial (indicative, that is, of a specific property, mainly land). At the end of the Middle Ages (after being sacked by the Saracens), he passed first employed by Ascoli and then the Farfa monks, who fortified providing it with defensive walls and favoring development in economic and religious sense. In 1290 the castle became a free municipality acquiring its own statutes.

Very popular is the cultivation of the olive, sunflower, corn and vine. The real “typical” of the place are the fireworks, art began in the nineteenth century by the family and the Alessi brand well known all over the world.

Church of St. Michael the Archangel (XV century) with Romanesque-Gothic elements, an “Assumption” by Vincenzo Pagani of 1539 and the fifteenth-century reliquary of the Cross.

Church of St. John the Baptist (XIV century) with three naves, with a “Pietà” and contemporary “Pentecost,” a painting by Simone de Magistris (end ‘500).

Church of the Assumption (seventeenth century) with an adjoining fourteenth-century bell tower, built on the ruins of an existing building of the thirteenth century.

Of particular interest is the Convent of the Friars Conventual, the fourteenth and fifteenth-century houses of the old town, the castle walls, the coats of arms in travertine in the Town Hall.

Montalto delle Marche

Piazza Umberto I, 12-0736 828015

 The first witnesses to testify of the presence of prehistoric cultures that date back to 6000 BC Historically, the maximum element of consideration is certainly the activities of Roman civilization. Many exhibits enshrine the importance of these areas that have seen then, around the ninth century AD, the birth of Montalto delle Marche.

The community experienced its greatest splendor and today’s testimony makes clear, under the pontificate of its most famous citizen: Brother Felix Peretti, Cardinal Montalto and then ascended to the throne of Peter in 1585 under the name of Sixtus V. The love for her beloved city was total; created in 1586 in Montalto a Presidiato autonomous by Brand provincial, dependent only on the Holy See. The papal munificence, that has made this city “City of Sixtus V”, granted in Montalto to become one of the cultural and artistic centers most active and full of interest, thanks to a series of works worthy of special mention, such as , ilReliquario Sistine, a work of unique and unquestionable beauty, made of gold and precious stones, of Flemish art, donated to citizens in 1589.

A story, then, absolutely very closely connected with the papacy, even after the death of its greatest benefactor, whereas some privileges remained until the Unification of Italy.

 

 

The name originated ease-toponymic. Monti Sancti Pauli (1100 AD) alludes to the holder of the first hciesa castle from which the town was named. in the fourteenth century it passed Damonte Paolo Santo Monte Santo Polo and later in Monsampolo.

The coat of arms features three hills that rise on the sea. Originally, he was placed on three hills, the apostle Paul. Numerous archeological findings attest to human presence in the territory since dall’epoche remote. Some Mycenaean artifacts, dated to 1250-1100 BC documenting contacts with the People Aegean.

A Terravecchia, ancient castle can be seen: the watch tower (XV century), the only evidence of the original medieval core; Palazzo Malaspina, the structure involves two buildings: one, the one adjacent to the tower, the ‘500 and the other of the’ 600, interest portals surmounted by coats of arms; Porta Maggiore (XV-XVI century) is one of the gateways to the “village”; Arc of Death, main gate of the village and iTorrioni, angular fortifications or rompitratta placed to defend the fortified town.

 

City of Massignano

Piazza Garibaldi, 1-0735 72112

Some local historians say that was founded by the Sabine Massignano in pre-Roman times; according to others would be a suburb of the ancient Roman city of Cupra and extended. If, however, traces of pre-Roman life are few and confused, the same can not be said of the remains from Roman times. Since 1168 it has documented the existence of the mighty castle of fork (which today remains a part of the tower and some ruins) built by the counts of Ghibellines Aspromonte and Montefiore and later in the hands of the Bishop of Fermo. For a long period Massignano remained independent, but in 1258 is subdued in Fermo. In 1334 he was attacked and sacked by Rinaldo from Monteverde, tyrant of Fermo and was thereafter fought alternately between Ascoli and Fermo. In 1532 the Ascolans stormed Massignano who thereafter remained peacefully under papal rule, until the time of the French government in 1797. Restored in 1816, it was one of the Marche which fought for Italian independence.

Fortress Fork 2 km from the historic center; Church of SS. Adauctoanticamente happy and dedicated to St. Atto, rebuilt in the ‘600 on Roman remains, which is the original part of the apse of the century. X; Town Hall was renovated in 1878, it was originally an Augustinian convent; Civic Tower was the steeple of the old church of the monastery dating back to 1572; in ‘600 the site was abandoned and later became municipal property.

Priory Church of St. James the Great began on July 25, 1779, feast of St. James, was consecrated and opened to the public July 25, 1785.

Parish museum established in 1996, preserves chalices, monstrance, copes, crosses, artistic paintings and precious objects.

Church of Santa Maria della Misericordia also dedicated to SS. Peter and Anthony. In neoclassical style was completed in 1842.

Maltignano

Via Nuova, 1-0736 304 122

The name Malton appears between 90 and 88 BC when Piceno became a republic municipal employee from the Roman Senate and, locally, by a “duunvirato”. It was from a duunviro, Puglio Maltino Netherlands, that the area was named Malton (ager maltineanus), as his possession. From the eighth century, the cathedral chapter Ascoli possessed this feud, with few interruptions, until 1818, following the abolition of the feudal institution. The castle must have originated probably around a thousand, with a simple tower. In the sixteenth century were made the first houses standing against the walls of the castle, you can still see some original window rib, but remained intact structures of the parsonage of Mount frumentario style of the early Renaissance.

The Charterhouse not far from the castle, was built as early as a thousand, a monastery of the Benedictine monks of which still remains the church just call the Certosa. It was built twice; around 1340 at the time of the Card. Albornoz and in 1591. You can still see, than a prescribed forest, the remains of the fortress of Morroche appears only with the embankment rebuilt after the War of the Tronto (1557) when it was destroyed by the Spaniards.

Maltignano still several evidences of its local history: a processional cross in silver foil on wooden drum, work of goldsmiths Ascoli Renaissance; an oil painting depicting the “Madonna of Blessing”, attributed to the Neapolitan school of the seventeenth century and a large oil painting, executed by Nicola Monti (1770) to commemorate the passage of St. James of the Marches in Malton in 1472.

 

City of Rotella

Perhaps pre-Roman origin, owes its name to its strategic position placed on a terraced alluvial determined by a bend in the river, “Rota” (round), on the slopes of the “magic” full of legends and Mount Ascension woods.

 

Erected the castle from the Farfa monks, as part of their domain, after a brief period under Ascoli, back among the possessions Farfa by decree of the Card. Albornoz in 1356. In 1571 he goes to the diocese of Ripatransone, then to that of Montalto.

Ancient Origins also those who today are fractions of Rotella, actually born as walled villages in upholding the rule of Ascoli, and independent until 1870.

 

City of Venarotta

Via Euste Nardi, 39

Venarotta whose name derives from the name “Venus” (the goddess of love), was invaded by the Lombards in 578 AD of Forualdo During the “Roman” becomes land allocation to the settlers of the legions of Rome (pagus = farms with arable land). Already “manned farfense” in the fifth century, was a monaco named St. Benedict to preach reorganizing entire campaigns (“ora et labora”), arranging and cultivating the land left fallow by the Lombards. In early Middle Ages it became a free commune, to pass, then, in 1237 under the rule of Ascoli which will follow the historical events.

Venarotta is a long journey through the unspoiled nature and many opportunities for sports and entertainment. The hilly area is characterized by oak, cherry and gorse and grass species such as primroses, cyclamen and daffodils in spring that create a beautiful rainbow of colors. Suggestive cultural circuits for the surroundings of the area, guests can admire the rare examples of sacred architecture.

Castel di Lama

Via Carrafo, 22-0736 818701

A human presence is signaled from the Neolithic culture until that picena preceding the arrival of the Romans. Castel di Lama gravitated city of Ascoli. Like today, even in the past, settlements were kind of poor consists mainly of rustic houses and also some villa. The oldest of the Castle of the blade is shown in Volume IV of “Historie Asculanae” of Antonelli (1673) which says that Francis Walter Odoardi, around 1311, kept Castel di Lama. In 1543 he became independent and in 1749 he obtained an erection of the Marquis Odoardi. In any event the evidence of Castel di Lama as a political and social dating back to 1543, when it was recognized as the castle of the second degree of the State of Ascoli. Finally, with the aggregation of the Villas was built in town in 1818.

Parish church of Santa Maria in Mignano in the hamlet of Piattoni is neoclassical baroque. It was amplified in 1554 and transformed in the late eighteenth century.

Church Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Angels (1693/1695) inside decorations in low relief stucco attributed Giosaffatti. Oratorio di San Pancrazio with elegant bell-century terracotta. Noteworthy also some rural buildings, particularly in the district of Forcella a manor house in 1500.

The territory of Castel di Lama consists of hills especially prone to the vine, ventilated and prepared to light and heat of the sun. The current extension of the vineyards is a third of the area planted with vines carefully selected, Sangiovese and Trebbiano. The modern cellars of skilled winemakers ensure the utmost care in the harvest and the vinification producing excellent wines for their purity it has become known in Italy and abroad.

The local cuisine is authentic and traditional, made of natural foods, mostly from the local production of the Tronto valley full of smells and flavors. The traditional dishes are various homemade salami, timbale, cannelloni, homemade noodles, lamb, pork, tripe, rabbits, poultry, mixed fried of Ascoli, piconi and ravioli.

City of Spinetoli

Piazza Giacomo Leopardi, 31-0736 890298

Archaeological excavations carried out in 1880 near the castle of Spinetoli brought to light residues of hearths, pottery, weapons, tools belonged to a group of prehistoric dwellings. Subsequent excavations did emerge a necropolis of the VII – th century. B.C.

In the Roman period there was located a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Tellure. The reinvenimento of tombs shows that, where today stands Spinetoli, there was an ancient Roman alley. The country appears mentioned in a donation of 984 to the Bishop of Ascoli and later was linked to the events of the same municipality. Remember ilsantuario of Our Lady of Grace (1759), built on an existing shrine enclosing a painting on tufa which still today attributed miraculous powers.

City of Force

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 2-0736 373132

And ‘it established opinion that Force have originated around the fifth century AD the allocation of the populations of neighboring plains to escape the barbarian invasions of the Goths and the Lombards.

Collegiate Church of St. Paul the Apostle (seventeenth century) houses the miraculous crucifix which is dedicated to the celebration of August. The statue is traditionally kept in a closed altar in a beautiful lattice wrought iron and gilded, the work of renowned artist Francesco Tartufoli Piceno (1742-1818). Decorated with frescoes and paintings from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Town Hall (XVIII century) with the elegant Tower Civica.Palazzo Priory (XVI century) with loggias and arcades. Church of St. Thaddeus contains a wooden sculpture of the sixteenth century. Church of St. Francis (XIX century) rebuilt on the existing church of which only the bell tower. Church of Mount Noro 3 km from the town, houses a processional Corce sixteenth century. Sanctuary of Blessed Assunta Pallotta; Cottage Verrucci made by the owner as architect of King Farouk of Egypt.

The boilermakers …

Force has a reputation to artistic copper, to those “tinkers” who in their workshops cloudy with sparkling forges, for over half a millennium forge copper objects household and ornamental. The beginning of this activity is uncertain, in the sixteenth century in S. Salvatore, Farfa monks built a mallet for copper processing crude.

Entering in the shops what is surprising is the large number of hammers that they are preserved; copper it is purchased in the form of sheet or hollow, hence using real hammers unusual for their shape, craftsmen derive these magnificent artifacts.

 

Folignano

Via Roma, 17-0736 39971

The entire municipality of Folignano is an area mainly from being placed on the border of what was once the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

In the territory we find the presence of two fortifications, the castle of Folignano and LaRocca Morro, both principals of the City Ascolano, along with Maltignano Ankaran and formed a protective barrier on Monteprandone. Castle Folignano we started to find historical notes from 1263, when Manfred, King of the Two Sicilies sacked with his soldiers. In 1394 the castle was sold by Boniface IX captain Tibaldeschi of Ascoli Piceno, for military services rendered by him in the war against the Duke of Atri. The last news dates back to 1557 and is one of its destruction by the Spaniards in the war with the French, called by the Pope. His stories were mixed, but it was always related to the municipality of Ascoli and under its jurisdiction, what It was mainly due to its strategic location.

Castelfolignano hamlet not far from the capital, in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie and St. Cyprian there is a triptych by Pietro Alemanno (student of Crivelli) of the fifteenth century, representing St. Maria delle Grazie with baby Jesus, the sides S . Cyprian and St. Catherine of Alexandria, is considered one of the best achievements dell’Alemanno.

Church of San Gennaro preserves a relic of the Holy Cross in gilded copper, 400.

 

 

 

City of Cupra Marittima

Freedom Square, 11-0735 77671

Cupra Marittima means sea, it is in fact … sea. The small lakeside resort comes up with the natural spontaneity of a place where sea, in a fine ecological balance, the land becomes sea, seamless.

To the south of the hill Sant’Andrea sightings of the ruins of the castle of St. Andrew, recently restored and enhanced (open even at night) and is what remains of the medieval village of sec. XII and the ruins of the ancient church of St. Gregory the Great and St. Andrearisultano yet traced the fabric of the city. From the castle through the hilly ridge we enter the medieval town of Marano.

The beautiful bike path along the cliffs to the sea connects Grottammare. Of particular interest is the Show permanent Malacologica where the exhibits are more than 900,000 while those held in study collections of the museum are more than 9 million.

 

Cossignano

Piazza Umberto I, 1-0735 98130

According to some sources, the foundation of the castle of Cossignano was by the noble Roman patrician Cossinio. The historic Vicione instead deduced that today extends Cossignano where there was formerly a fund, owned by the family of Etruscan origin and Cossinea Cossinio descendant of the king of Chiusi. Covering themselves slowly housing, the original nucleus became a castle, always preserving the centuries the name of the ancient family. Of considerable importance it was to Cossignano the fourteenth century to the epic deeds of Ser Balduzio, lord of the castle and its folded Woman Orgilla that together they fought to the last against the tyrant Boffo from Massa, lord of Carassai, which subjected Cossignano for long years ; these heroic characters resisted the invader from the ancient keep, stronghold of the country, today terrace.

Parish Church of St. Mary of the Assumption built in 1792 on the site of the ancient church of St. Mary of Farfa, has paintings on canvas of great interest to art marattesca XVII century and works by Nicola Monti from Ascoli.

Town Hall which houses the historical archive of the town, with a fund of parchment documents of the XIV-XVI. Interest the bell tower and the ancient bell tubular merged in 1303.

The house in Via Donna D’Clay n. 61 of the fifteenth century, which preserves the original eaves and brick remains of two rings, one of which decorates a pointed arch, flanked by the characteristic “door of the dead”.

Gate Levante also known as St. George, rest best preserved ancient city wall of the castle. The door looks like a gate tower quadrangular equipped for defense pouncing and insightful, with trap doors open between the corbels supporting the projection of formerly provided Guelph battlements.

The Church of the Annunciation already church of St. Paul, the oldest part of the building probably dates to 1265. Inside the oldest fresco can be dated to the second half of the fifteenth century. Frescoes of the Crivelli school perhaps cartoons by Pietro Alemanno. The most valuable painting in the church of the Annunciation is the altarpiece, painted in oil on panel by Vincenzo Pagani (who lived between 1490 and 1568).

Palmiano

Piazza Umberto I, 5-0736 362142

 

Palmerston is located on a hill. The name might suggest to its geographical location (the surrounding hills recall the palm of your hand, “Palmi Manus” = Palmiano) or a compound predial (that is indicative of a specific property, mainly land) consists of a term staff or animal (from “Palunbus” = pigeon) plus suffix “anus”, in adjectival function (palombiano was, in fact, the ancient name of the castle).

Nothing definite is known about its origins (the municipal archive was destroyed, a fire in 1799): there are those who date back to the period around the fifteenth – sixteenth century by Benedictine monks (perhaps in reference to architectural, typical of this order).

Municipality of Comunanza

Piazza IV Novembre, 2-0736 844 253

Certainly the territory of Comunanza was already inhabited in Roman times; agglomerates that should have been made between the fifth and sixth centuries by some families stuffed distanced themselves from the capital to the continuous barbarian invasions. And the first name was just “Municipal Ascoli”. Its origins are very remote and therefore are identified with those of a stronghold powerful and feared: Monte Pasillo.

At the foot of the Sibillini Mountains, where the river Aso, after a wide bend, sweetens its course and opens in a fertile valley, Comunanza has become one of the most active centers of Piceno.

A Colle Terme there are remains of Roman baths, discovered during archaeological excavations, confirming the origin of the Roman town.

Church of St. Cateriana of Alexandria (ninth century) rebuilt at the end delXVII century neoclassical. The Romanesque bell tower of the Castrum and was part of the previous church existed on the square. The interior has stucco and statues by Domenico Paci and interesting works of local artists of the ‘600, such as Joseph and Pierleone Ghezzi, Antonio Mercurio Amorosi.

Church of St. Francis architecture indicates a purpose built for defensive purposes, and ecclesiastical. Romanesque, with eighteenth-century wooden altars and a beautiful fresco depicting the titular saint.

St. Anne Church (XVI century) began to make a convent, but never used it for this purpose. Romanesque, has within a stucco altar century.

Church of St. Mary in Terme (ninth century) built on the ruins of a pagan temple, in turn, the heart of the late Roman settlement of “Interamnia”. Romanesque, is made of stone “exposed face”.

The nearby Lake Gerosa over the hydroelectric function allows tourist aspects with fishing competitions. Near the lake is the mountain village of Pian Spruce.

City of Roccafluvione

Piazza Aldo Moro, 4-0736 365131

Its name is composed of the term “rock” and dall’idronimo “Fluvione” (from the Latin “fluvius” = river).

Its history is lost in ancient times; In fact, the territory was inhabited since the Neolithic period, as evidenced by some findings (helmets, axes, spears, blades, pectoral, buckles). The likely presence of Marsi, in aid of Ascoli in the war against Rome, gave the name to Marsyas and the Marsicano, the river that bathes, down from Vallicella. From the eleventh century, the whole area of ​​Fluvione came under the jurisdiction of the Abbey of Farfa, which involved a significant economic, cultural and religious, as the numerous churches built in various locations.

During the Middle Ages, when instances municipal weakened the relationship with Farfa, the territory came under the influence of Ascoli and, in the nineteenth century was the center of the popular uprising that aimed to protect the rights of the Holy See on its former territories ( banditry).

The 80% of the land is forest development and the rest is occupied by agricultural crops and settlements. The fractions at high altitude as Agelli, Pastina, Osoli, Colleiano, Scalelle, Hall, Roncaglioni, Gaico, Meschia, offering exceptional views over the valleys to the sea and the mountain ranges of the Sibillini, the Laga, to Gran Sasso. The stream Fluvione, as well as to give us interesting corners, is rich in trout and shrimp and other fish species.

Walking along the nature trails in the woods of the Mediterranean, you will come easily in many protected species of plants and flowers (strawberry tree, oak, orchids) and, between the presence of many mammals, and resident and migratory birds, it is not difficult in deer and wolf.

 

City of Ripatransone

Piazza XX Settembre, 1-0735 917 314

Ripatransone rises on a hill with a panoramic view so beautiful as to deserve the title of “viewpoint of Piceno”. Its historic center shows buildings of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque architecture and a particular curiosity, the most narrow alley of Italy, of only 43 cm.

The town has a rich historical and artistic heritage, with six museums: archaeological, art gallery-plaster casts, the peasant and artisan, diocesan sacred art, historical and ethnographic pottery and whistle. The heart of the town is Piazza XX Settembre is located in the Palazzo del Podesta of 1304. The Cathedral, the end of the sixteenth century, preserves inside statues and seventeenth-century paintings. Many others are the architectural and artistic treasures to be discovered.

 

The most important event is the “Horse of Fire” (first Sunday after Easter). The typical dish is the “ciavarro” (to baste of legumes and cereals with hot sauce). The pleasant city tour will conclude with a tasting of typical local nellaBottega Wine Hall, located under the arcades of the old Palace of the Elders.

 

LA REGINA DELLA RIVIERA DELLE PALME

Comune di San Benedetto del Tronto

Viale Alcide De Gasperi, 124 – 0735 7941

www.comunesbt.it

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San Bendetto is one of the main tourist delle Marche , a dynamic city is a major seaside resort and an active fishing village . A broad sandy coastline which slopes gently to the sea by shallow water.

A lot of beautiful palm trees (more than 10,000 palm trees) represent the characteristic vegetation . Among palm trees , oleanders and themed gardens on the sea promenade winds , among the most beautiful in Europe , a must walk, bike path with about 5 km. Numerous sports activities that can be practiced in the city at the marina , yacht club , tennis club , the sports hall, a skating rink , a bowling alley, swimming pool and athletics track .

Of particular interest to the typical and originality of the collections are the Maritime Museum of Civilization , the Museum of amphorae , the Antiquarian Trentino , the Fish Museum and the Museum of Palaeontology .

Green hills , dotted with medieval villages surrounding the city , essential destinations for lovers of history and art.

On the last Sunday of July we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Navy, which finds its most significant moments in the sea procession of the fishing fleet and the nightly fireworks . To taste all the dishes of the local cuisine , especially those of fish , among which the ” soup to Sanbenedettese .”

 

City of Montefiore dell’Aso

Republic Square, 2 – 0734/939019

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The territory of Montefiore dell’Aso was inhabited since prehistoric times, but the most documented is the Piceno civilization between the ninth and fourth centuries BC

With the conquest by Rome, Montefiore became a centuriation Ager Cuprensis, or the nearby Roman Cupra. In the early centuries of Christianity, probably between the third and fifth centuries, Montefiore became the seat of a Parish. Following invazioni barbarian, for defensive reasons, they began to form of fortified villages, the “Castrum”.

In a document of 1178 it comes to Montefiore and Aspromonte which, uniting in a single town, at the end of the twelfth century, gave birth to the Free City of Montefiore. Since 1387 the town was incorporated into the orbit of Fermo. At the end of the fifteenth century, with the fall of the free towns, also Montefiore fell under the dominion of the Papal States. During the seventeenth century, the political life of the town was run by a closed class, made up of nobles and large landowners. The situation did not change with the unification of Italy and lasted until World War II.

 

Museums of San Francisco

The construction of the convent of San Francesco, in the west of the city center of Montefiore dell’Aso, dates back to the thirteenth century.
Some testimonies attest to the beginning of the factory: a bull of Pope Innocent IV, dated 1247, urges the faithful to the generosity for the completion of the church and the buildings of the Friars Minor; in the same church, a plaque brings the blessing of the foundation stone took place in 1264 at the hands of Pope Urban IV. Built according to the canons of construction proportional Franciscan, it is mentioned and described in the text Genealogy century Ilario Altobelli. The author presents the diagram of the Convent, the Church and the two cloisters, one in the courtyard meditative purposes, the other for the use of Hortus conclusus, located in Piazza San Francesco. In 1653 he suffered the suppression Innocent. Returned by purchase order in 1682, it underwent restoration.
There was a new period of prosperity witnessed by a note of 1818, in which he documents the excellent state.

Sala Carlo Crivelli

The room is dedicated to the Venetian Carlo Crivelli who in 1468 moved from the Dalmatian coast in the Marche, where he remained until his death, working in Fermo, Ascoli Piceno and Camerino. In the Hall of the first floor is exposed the triptych that the artist created in the early ’70s of four for the Church of the Friars Minor Conventual of Montefiore dell’Aso. The work, the remains of an original altarpiece dismantled and partially sold on the antiques market around the middle of the nineteenth century, bears witness to the role of patronage in the execution, for the presence of three tables dedicated to the Franciscan friars, to which must add the St. Francis today in Brussels.

Documentation Centre Scenic Giancarlo Basili

The extensive collection, divided into different rooms of the complex, including stage sets, photographic documentation, graphic sketches, critical texts and video material regarding films: Nirvana Gabrile Salvatores (Italy, 1996), Palombella Rossa by Nanni Moretti (Italy, 1989) , The Son’s Room by Nanni Moretti (Italy, 2000), Italian Night by Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy, 1987), Love Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy, 2004), The Caiman by Nanni Moretti (Italy, 2006), Tomorrow happen by Daniele Luchetti (Italy, 1988), Little Teachers by Daniele Luchetti (Italy, 1998), The Man by Daniele Luchetti (Italy, 1990), I’m not scared by Gabriele Salvatores (Italy 2003), When You’re Born You Can No Longer hide by Marco Tullio Giordana (Italy 2005), PAZ Renato De Maria (Italy 2002), The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio (Italy 1998), The House Keys by Gianni Amelio (Italy 2004), Light of My Eyes by Giuseppe Piccioni ( Italy 2001), comes the blizzard Daniele Luchetti (Italy 1993).

Museum Adolfo De Carolis

The collection Adolfo De Carolis, exhibited in the hall since the second half of the twentieth century in Sala De Carolis, collects about 500 works by the famous artist born in Montefiore dell’Aso, the set includes drawings, sketches and woodcuts acquired by the City. The collection includes the 69 oil sketches for the realization of the frescoes of the Hall of Four in the Palazzo del Podesta Bologna donated by Egidi Francesco in 1959 and more than 100 woodcuts received at Montefiore in 1974 thanks to the donation of the family De Carolis. In these early works, mostly exposed in the Sala De Carolis, it has added an important corpus of about 250 drawings, studies and sketches donated by the family of Carlo De Carolis in 2006 and a few pieces of furniture Studiolo Bologna Borgo San Pietro n 39 donated in 2005 by Giovanni De Carolis.

Museum of Rural Life

The collection of the Museum of Rural Life dates back to 1984. How many of these civic collections, is an opera composed by private donations be initiated by the school for educational purposes. The exhibition was first staged in the school near the Collegiate Church of Saint Lucia, later moved into two rooms of the Convent of St. Francis, then temporarily recovered. The current theatrical setting, located on the first floor in the southern corridor of the cloister, exhibited in four sections: the yard, the house, the job, the field some of the approximately 400 objects and tools related to home life and work in the fields, all from families of the territory of Montefiore dell’Aso.

Collection Domenico Cantatore

The collection Domenico Cantatore was donated to the City of Montefiore dell’Aso artist himself with Council Resolution No. 139 of 22 August 1989. The set consists of 114 graphic works between aquatints, etchings, lithographs of cork and paper. The collection was displayed in the hall of the first floor, among them are the famous odalisques, portraits of men of the South, roosters and landscapes.

Curiosity …

The floral display of Montefiore dell’Aso is a magical time where the sacred, faith, art and nature come together nicely drawing paintings in the ground as in the heart.

Every year, during the holy festival of Corpus Christi, the ‘”Flower Festival”, an immense floral carpet stretching articulated in various frameworks for about 2000 square meters., It covers the entire path of the solemn procession.

 

Called the Pearl of the Adriatic, Grottammare overlooking the Riviera Picena of the Palms, in the Marche.

Crossed the 43 th parallel, Grottammare is a place where you can reach the “sea, the beach and the typical fine sand from the bottom fond

And ‘the ideal starting point to visit, even with guided hikes, the typical medieval villages of the hinterland Piceno, a few km from the sea (such as Ascoli Piceno, Offida, Ripatransone and Acquaviva) .ale, along with diversified structures to meet every need, are waiting for an exclusive protagonist of their vacation is still possible

At the heart of the Riviera Picena delle Palme, Grottammare has over a century of tourist vocation, which began with the stay of Franz Liszt in 1868.

Along with a multitude of species (including the orange, symbol of the city and its mild climate), palms and oleanders excel everywhere, especially on the waterfront path from a bike path recently built. The green hills overlooking the sea and the medieval village are an invitation to relaxing walks, also organized.

Source of inspiration for poets, writers, painters and musicians, gave birth to Felice Peretti, became Pope with the name of Sixtus V in 1585 and the great sculptor Pericle Fazzini, author of the wonderful and imposing “Resurrection” in the Sala Nervi in Vatican.

City of Acquaviva
Via San Rocco, 9-0735 764 005

Acquaviva is located 7 km from San Benedetto del Tronto, in a hilly area. The village has maintained its medieval, is a place rich in culture and traditions, perfect for those who love to immerse themselves in art and history.

Dominated by an imposing century fortress, still it has the remains of the walls of ancient houses and towers. Craftsmen work wicker and rattan (producing the typical “pagliarole”), according to ancient tradition.

A walk Acquaviva will allow you to admire churches of great architectural interest, through the picturesque streets of the old town and discover its terraces overlooking the hills Piceno, which slope to the sea.

The country has starred ORANGE FLAG.

City of Acquasanta
Piazza XX Settembre, 12-0736 801262

Its history is intertwined with that of its baths: the ancient prehistoric cattle track, which later became the Via Salaria, was in Acquasanta a natural stopping point for the wealth of caves and the warmth of the healthy thermal waters: it is testimony to the ‘nickname of “Vicus ad Aquas” which indicates the military in the itineraries of the “Tabula Peutingeriana” (170 d. C.).

Each activity Acquasanta is characterized by water. The name itself comes from the presence of underground thermal water sulphurous aliemntano departments care of the Spa. Two true jewels of nature are attached to the baths and unfortunately not open to the public: the great and almost theatrical cave that houses the natural pool and the cave Orsini, unique for breadth and therapeutic properties, it was used until a few years ago for the cave therapy: perfect natural sauna. Besides these, a maze of other tunnels and caves of outstanding natural value (partially open) is kept from underground as in a casket. Another peculiarity is the excavation and processing of travertine, for compactness and quality known and exported all over the world.

Ascoli Piceno is one of the monumental cities of Italy : its historic center is built entirely of travertine , a sedimentary rock extracted from quarries in the area, and has as its focus the Renaissance Piazza del Popolo where you will find some of the most important buildings in the such as the palace of the Captains , the historic Caffè Meletti and the church of San Francesco.

THE CITY ‘ OF ONE HUNDRED TOWERS

Other core city is the urban space of square Arringo , the oldest square of Ascoli , where rise the medieval Baptistery of San Giovanni , the cathedral of St. Emidio , which encloses the crypt also dedicated to the patron saint . There are also the Bishop’s Palace , the palace dell’Arengo , home of the civic art gallery and some municipal offices.

Not only the streets , but the streets and alleys of the medieval footprint genuinely help to characterize the historic center as a way of Praetorian , via Solestà , via delle Stelle, Soderini street , via the Trivium , old thistle and Corso Mazzini , decumanus maximus , crossing from west to east the city center.

Among the monuments are to be remembered : the Roman bridge Solestà , one of the few in Italy , also visited inside the ruins of the Roman theater , the caves of the Annunciation, mammoth building of the Roman period , the Fortezza Pia and the Forte Malatesta the building with the tower of Lombard Ercolani , one of the few surviving towers of the dozens that appear in medieval chronicles , in memory of which Ascoli has the nickname ” City of a Hundred Spires .”

Worthy of mention are also small temples dedicated to the patron such as: Sant’Emidio Caves and Sant’Emidio Red and also the church of Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a characteristic façade is divided into panes.

Near the city is the fortress of Castel Trosino , an ancient Lombard settlement overlooking the river Castellano , in which at the end of the nineteenth century it was discovered one of the richest necropolis in Italy , whose precious finds are now scattered in various museums in around the world.

COMBINATION OF RESOURCES

Capital of an area predominantly agro- pastoral vocation , Ascoli Piceno has added in recent decades the traditional functions of the agricultural market (wine ) and administrative center , a remarkable and well-differentiated industrial development accompanied by an extension of services and a good exploitation of tourism resources, which has resulted in the formation of a modern industrial area along the highway piceno – Aprutina .

The industries are small to medium – small, but well-rooted in the export flows ; the most developed are those mechanical, chemical , plastics , paper , ceramics (bricks ) and food (pasta) . Decline in the silk industry , who once worked cocoons produced in the region.

TRA is to report the annual fair avicunicola and fur animals . The service sector accounts for most of the working population .

* Ascoli is the homeland of Pope Nicholas IV and the poet and philosopher Francesco Stabili , called Cecco d’Ascoli .