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Point of interest

More than 3,000 years of history, the passage of extraordinary artists, the passion of today's men for art and culture,
great works of the past, as well as contemporary experiments: among fortresses, museums, abbeys, adventure parks
and nature trails, you will discover a surprising territory.

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Church of San Sebastiano

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The first news, which refers to a monks and san Sebastiani, is from 1502 and therefore the church, municipal, is likely to origin late fifteenth...



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Templar Church of Santa Croce

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In the locality of Collina di Purello stands the small rural church of Santa Croce de Culiano. The toponym Culiano is very likely Latin origin....



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Former Church of San Cristoforo

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13th century abbey church. The oldest piece of information from a parchment deed drawn in the church of St. Peter in 1304 by the notary Petre...



4.

The oven of the Pan Venale

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Bakery of the "pan venale" in the papal era, meant paid bread; here the panicocolo (baker) did it and sold it, giving it to be sold also...



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The Roccaccio

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The Roccaccio is the ruin of the primitive castrum ditches, built by Byzantine, in Greek fossaton means fortification on the hill, in function of...



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The old Municipal building

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It is the palatium comunis castri ditches whose construction in loco and casalino ubi nunc est can be read in the medieval Statutes of the castle...



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The Piaggiola

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La Piaggiola is a twelfth-century studio with a barrel vault and four arches hinting to move it, called Chiesina of Santa Maria della Piaggiola,...



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The Public Tower

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The Public Tower is a stone building overlooking the central square and topped by round arches. In the Middle Ages it had the function of scanning...



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The Ancient Jails

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The Carceri are made up of three rooms, perhaps dating back to the thirteenth century, intercommunicating, carved into the rock that in some...



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Wrinkles

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Le Rughe is a rare and evocative example of 13th century castle architecture, which solves the problems of traffic and defense along the perimeter...



11.

Monastery of Santa Maria del Fonte

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The Monastery of Santa Maria del Fonte belongs to the Benedictine order. Among the five monastic settlements of the Middle Ages fossatano is the...



12.

Bridge of San Giovanni

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The bridge, located along the Via Flaminia route, presumably dates back to the Augustan age. It has a single archway, shoulders and masonry...



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Sanctuaire de Madonna della Ghea

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Le Sanctuaire dédié à la Madonna della Neve alla Ghea est situé en pleine campagne sur le site d'une ancienne colonie romaine, à une courte...



14.

Tower of the Palazzo Comunale

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In the Middle Ages, the castle's tower was built to defend the village, which allowed the defence of the wall as desired by the Statutes, and its...



Frontino

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Castle of Frontino

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Perched on a spur overlooking the Torrente and the evocative Valle del Mutino. Arriving it seems to enter a living room, ancient of course, the...



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