The tower of St. Francis dating back to the thirteenth century. On the external façade preserves important tuffaceous slabs, one of which is carved the oldest representation of the emblem Municipal (shield containing two pieces of chains willing to St. Andrew’s Cross). The door of St. Francis was only one of three gateways to the country, which always was surrounded by walls with a total length of almost 8 km. Another door…

II the town forcese singular villa, built in 1935 in Art Nouveau style, was built by the famous architect Ernesto Verrucci Bey, born in Force March 14, 1874. He spent most of his life in Egypt, as an architect of the Egyptian royal family, and was the creator of all the palaces of kings Egyptians, built and renovated in the early ‘900, in addition to being a friend of King Farouk and…

Housed in the historic Palazzo Canestrari, the Museum of Sacred Art of Force houses since 2007 valuable artifacts from the churches of the place. Among the most important report is the wooden crucifix tunicate of the twelfth century, coming from the demolished church of St. Thaddeus and already deposited at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle; childhood stories of Christ painted on wood by Simone de Magistris (XVI century), the statue…

The Copper Museum was opened in 2005. The museum occupies the halls of two significant buildings in the historic center of Force: the palace Canestrari and the former church of San Biagio. Along the walls of the most characteristic copper artefacts are proudly displayed, anticipating, thanks to the help of explanatory panels on the wall, the exposure of the building Canestrari; It has also set up an educational workshop, which allows you…

The church, which until 1967 kept in before noon the remains of a mullioned window with a column and pulvino Romanesque-Byzantine and a fourteenth-century wooden statue depicting St. Thaddeus, probably dates from the twelfth century.

The Historical Archives of the City, with a fund of parchment documents of the XIV-XVI is conserved in Council Chamber, where you can admire a painting of St. George fell from the horse and, in a glass case, the red shirt of communal residence includes the historical archive of the Municipality, with a fund of parchment documents of the XIV-XVI. In the Council Chamber you can admire a painting of St. George…

The Church of St. Mary Assunta was founded in 1792 on the site of the ancient church of St. Mary of Farfa, pictorially decorated in 1937 by Dante De Carolis, brother of the more famous Adolfo, preserves (in addition to the precious relic of the Holy Cross, donated the local Franciscan monastery by Pope Nicholas IV in 1289) canvas paintings of considerable interest: a) Our Lady of the Rosary, oil on canvas…

The Abbey of San Benedetto in Valledacqua located in the territory of Acquasanta Terme, along the Via Salaria, in the valley upstream of the Castle of Luco, on a site inhabited as early as the Piceno. The name Valledacqua has ancient origins and is linked to that of Aqui and Aquas, reported in the Tabula Peutingeriana. At the core of the ancient church dedicated to St. Benedict, discovered in the foundations of…

Castel di Luco is a fortified building that stands on the top of a rocky outcrop of travertine, this privileged location makes the isolated castle on the rise that houses it, such as to exploit the natural defensibility of the place. Located near the village of Paggese, overlooking the ancient consular Salaria that runs along the river Tronto.La fortress preserved its medieval aspect is particularly charming for its unusual elliptical shape. The…

Called “Old Bridge”, crosses the river Tronto, is built with masonry interamenente “conformation humpback” and valuable are its architectural features and construction. It was the only pedestrian connection between the hamlet Ponte d’Arli and the ancient Salaria and witness a transit of that means of transport such as carriages and stagecoaches. The “Old Bridge” was built in 1572/1580 by the Masters Com’acini in respect of all the canons of construction of arch…