Piceno Area

San Benedetto del Tronto between art, history and culture

Ascoli Piceno is a beautiful and ancient city founded by the Piceni who, according to the tradition, arrived in Piceno between VII and VI centuries B.C., guided by a woodpecker, a Mars’ sacred bird. Ascoli was a Roman colony (286 B.C.) and has still traces of medieval architecture and Renaissance monuments, squares, churches, towers, belltowers and museums.

Ascoli Piceno is a beautiful and ancient city founded by the Piceni who, according to the tradition, arrived in Piceno between VII and VI centuries B.C., guided by a woodpecker, a Mars’ sacred bird.

Ascoli was a Roman colony (286 B.C.) and has still traces of medieval architecture and Renaissance monuments, squares, churches, towers, belltowers and museums.