It stands on the highest part of the city, it dates back to centuries. XI and has a fourteenth-century structure in the Romanesque style. In the main facade is placed a magnificent “rosette” travertine with twelve columns arranged ray, with center the face of the “Redeemer” and a “portal” terracotta consists of three overlapping arches. The majestic “bell tower” of the fourteenth century, on the left side of the church, it houses…
Located on the XXV April square an elegant staircase leads into the Church of Santa Felicita built in neo-classical style designed by Architect Peter Maggi (1796) opened to the public in 1881. Inside the Martyrdom of St. Felicity and her seven sons, a canvas Ferdinando Cicconi (1831 – 1886) he also native Colli del Tronto.
It was consecrated in 1367 by Bishop Agapito Colonna. And ‘order Tuscan architecture with simple and pretend to turn a nave. It was probably built on the ruins of another older church before the year 1000 and dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The latter, in turn was built on the ruins of the temple that the Romans dedicated to the Goddess Tellure. Inside is an old organ, 1858, built by the famous…
The beginning of the construction of this church dates back to 1500, when the plague claiming victims among the population, and not as it was believed in 1700. And ‘rich in frescoes, bas-reliefs in plaster.
The C.E.A. Oasis Valley, (Environmental Education Center – Laboratory planning) has been duly authorized by the Marche Region in 1996. The area, whose main characteristic is to be a “wet”, covers about 25 hectares in the flat area near the river Tronto, Via Piave 62. The habitat includes several ponds where there are fish such as carp and tench and aquatic rodents such as “nutria”. You can also observe some specimens of…
Undisputed symbol of the community, the keep of Castorano overlooking the castle and the surrounding countryside. Present already in the fifteenth century, it was restored in the sixteenth after a disastrous foray of Fermo who captured the castle and it damaged the various defensive structures. The tower is built near the church of St. Mary of the Visitation which, behind a deposit of money, obtained the right to use the summit as…
The foundation of the church dates back to very ancient times, was remodeled in the sixteenth century. A It houses a silver cross embossed with departments used to preserve the relics of saints, work Marche of the sixteenth century. and an antique organ pipes built by Hadrian in 600 Verani of Porto San Giorgio.
In the heart of the hamlet of Capodacqua, bordering the Lazio region and the Municipality of Accumoli, is located a real jewel of ancient architecture: the octagonal oratory dedicated to the Madonna del Sole (Holy Virgin of the Sun), probably following the project of master Cola d’Amatrice. The Bell Tower dates it 1558, while the temple had been built in 1528. The octagonal shape has a symbolic meaning, as the meeting of the square (the…
Begun in 1643, it has undergone renovations and expansions until the current arrangement, which dates back to 1846. It is externally appreciates the neoclassical style of construction and the “bell tower” added in 1731, now halved and with a belfry. Inside affect the majesty of the nave and the decorations on the walls and vaulted ceiling, recently renovated. There are different works fine as the canvas of “Madonna of the Rosary” by…
Right under the town of Arquata del Tronto, probably in the position of the ancient Surpicanum, is located the Church of SS. Salvatore (“the Saviour”). This churchhad been built in the middle of a little plain, surrounded by a forest, which seems to preserve the area from modern life. During the Medieval Age in this plain had also been built a Hospital for all the pilgrims on route to Rome from the Adriatic Sea. The Holy…