The town which we currently know as Roccafluvione was fonded in 1863. Its inhabited area originates near the old castel of Rocca di Casaregnano, which was joined by the castels of Osoli and Rocca Reonile in 1866. The place-name derives from the nearby Fluvione Torrent. Its vast territory includes thirty-one separate hamlets. The landscape ( whose altitude shifts from 216 to 1050 metres) is varied. From the flat valley, where the administrative…

Venarotta, with its nine distinct hamlets, lies only 9 km away from Ascoli, in between the valleys of the Fluvione and the Chiaro torrents. The landscape is quite varied, as it is broken by gorges and ravines but softened by patches of cultivations. Its place-name supposedly derives from a stone-quarry or from a water spring located here, but fallen in disuse or driped up ( vena rupta). The local history, as well…

Monterubbiano is situated on the northern  side of the Aso valley at 463 m. above sea level, at about 6 km from the sea, in the province of Fermo. The archaeological remains found in the area date its origins back to Neolithic times. In the Civico Archeologico Museum one can see remains of the Piceno and Etrurian era. In the Cultural Centre St.Francesco, a Franciscan convent of the 13th century, are an…

Montedinove is located betwenn the Valleys of the rivers Aso and Tesino at 561 m. above sea level, on the highest hill in the area on the slopes of Monte Ascensione. The view is breathtaking, from the Adriatic coast to the Sibillini Mountains, from Monte Conero to Gran Sasso d’Italia. Its origins date back to the 6th century A.D.; It was probably built by refugees from Ascoli, during the Lombard invasion in…

The origin of Rotella is possibly pre-Roman. It owes its name to its strategic location on a bend of the river Tesino, at the foot of Mount Ascensione. Rotella was erected as a castle of defense in the 10th century, by the Benedictine monks of Farfa , since 1204 it belonged to the religious center of Santa Vittoria in Matenano. In 1318 Rotella subjected itself to Ascoli. In 1586 Rotella was united to Montalto delle Marche…