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Piazza del Popolo in Ascoli is often called the 'Living Room of Italy'. It is a Renaissance masterpiece characterized by its travertine paving, which gives it a unique elegance. Its rectangular shape is framed by a loggia of 59 arches and crenellated palazzi. The historic heart of the city, it hosts the Palazzo dei Capitani, the Church of San Francesco, and the historic Caffè Meletti. It is considered one of the most beautiful squares in Italy.

Beautiful bridge, dating back to the Augustan era.

A pre-mountain area rich in history and culture, the territory of the Municipality of Roccafluvione includes approximately 60 hamlets, mostly located in the area of Mount Ceresa, a mountain range between the municipalities of Roccafluvione Acquasanta and Montegallo.

The sanctuary of the Ss. Crocifisso dell'Icona was originally dedicated to S. Maria delle Grazie and it is significant that even today there is a detached fresco of the Madonna with Child (Icon) on the high altar. Also dedicated to the Virgin is the Madonna of Loreto and S. Nicola di Bari, a work attributed to Sebastiano Ghezzi. However, since the early seventeenth century the polychrome wooden Crucifix (of uncertain authorship) placed inside a baroque altar has been venerated there, and this cult has changed the declination of the sanctuary. The current church was built in the mid-sixteenth century, but was radically remodeled at the end of the seventeenth century and, again, in 1780. The reconstruction of the façade, dome and side chapels is due to Lazzaro Giosafatti. The altarpiece depicting the Translation of the Holy House of Loreto and S. Nicola da Bari, oil on canvas attributed to the Venetian Pietro Gaia. (c) https://eventi.turismo.marche.it/it-it/Cosa-vedere/Attrazioni/Chiesa-del-SS-Crocifisso-dell-Icona/484

The church was begun in 1280 by the Dominican order, in memory of the visit of friar Pietro da Verona to Ascoli in 1250. Construction continued until the 16th century. The facade of travertine blocks has three rounded oculi and a single portal with two flanking columns extending from a rounded pediment. The facade portal was designed by Giuseppe Giosafatti (1643–1731). The lateral portal faces the piazzetta and has Doric columns (1523), designed by Cola dell'Amatrice. Apse of the church On the side walls is an inscription with the tax and customs laws of the city. The interior with three naves has a number of travertine altars. The main altar was designed in 1724 by Giuseppe and Lazzaro Giosafatti, it is decorated with a Madonna del Rosario by Luigi Devò flanked by marble statues or the allegories of purity and humility. The church also has paintings by Lodovico Trasi, Giuseppe Angelini, Giovanni Battista Buonocore of Campli and Tommaso Nardini. The side walls have frescoes from the 13th and 14th centuries. The relic of the Sacred Spine is sheltered in a 15th-century gilded silver reliquary by Nicola da Campli. (c) Wikipedia

Piazza del Popolo is the living room of the city of Ascoli. The square with its white travertine is surrounded by palaces, historic buildings, loggias and porticos. Among others the historic Meletti café, Palazzo dei Capitani and the church of San Francesco.

Known as the Salotto d'Italia, Piazza del Popolo is the heart of the historic center of Ascoli Piceno and is itself an open-air monument.

Always associated with the single-arched Roman Bridge over the Tronto River, the gate is a medieval remake of the Augustan era one.