Communes of the Province of Ascoli Piceno - Ascoli Piceno, Offida, Montalto Delle Marche, Montegallo, Montefiore Dell'aso, Montedinove (Paperback)

Chapters: Ascoli Piceno, Offida, Montalto Delle Marche, Montegallo, Montefiore Dell'aso, Montedinove, Castignano, Folignano, Monteprandone, San Benedetto Del Tronto, Roccafluvione, Monsampolo Del Tronto, Rotella, Montemonaco, Cupra Marittima, Appignano Del Tronto, Colli Del Tronto, Castel Di Lama, Cossignano, Carassai, Spinetoli, Castorano, Comunanza, Maltignano, Massignano, Force, Italy, Venarotta, Palmiano, Ripatransone, Arquata Del Tronto, Acquasanta Terme, Acquaviva Picena, Grottammare. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 81. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ascoli Piceno - The town lies at the confluence of the Tronto River and the small river Castellano and is surrounded on three sides by mountains. Two natural parks border the town, one on the northwestern flank (Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini) and the other on the southern (Parco Nazionale dei Monti della Laga). Ascoli has good rail connections to the Adriatic coast and the city of San Benedetto del Tronto, by highway to Porto d'Ascoli and by the Italian National Road 4 Salaria to Rome. Ascoli was founded by an Italic population (Piceni) several centuries before Rome's founding on the important Via Salaria, the salt road that connected Latium with the salt production areas on the Adriatic coast. In 268 BC it became a civitas foederata, a "federated" city with nominal independence from Rome. In 91 BC, together with other cities in central Italy, it revolted against Rome, but in 89 BC was reconquered and destroyed by Pompeius Strabo. Its inhabitants acquired Roman citizenship, following the developments and the eventual fall of the Roman Empire. During the Middle Ages Ascoli was ravaged by the Ostrogoths and then by the Lombards of King Faroald (578). After nearly two centuries as part of the Lombard Duchy of Spoleto (593-...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=317541