Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Ascoli Piceno, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 110 m
Descend 89 m

Explore Ascoli Piceno in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Ascoli PicenoIndividual Sights in Ascoli Piceno

Sight 1: Forte Malatesta

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Fort Malatesta is a fortified work of urban defense of the city of Ascoli Piceno. Built near the banks of the Castellano stream and the Cecco bridge, an obligatory step for those who entered the city from the east, it was rebuilt on the remains of previous architecture erected over the centuries.

Wikipedia: Forte Malatesta (IT)

2 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Lago

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The church of Santa Maria del Lago in Ascoli Piceno stands in the middle of the structure of the complex of Fort Malatesta, near Ponte Maggiore.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Lago (IT)

398 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Vittore

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San Vittore is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the town of Ascoli Piceno in the region of Marche, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Vittore, Ascoli Piceno (EN)

594 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Chiesa di San Gregorio Magno

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The church of San Gregorio Magno, in Ascoli Piceno, was born as a transformation into a place of Christian worship of a pagan Roman temple, of larger dimensions, which was built between the late Republican Age, first century BC, and the early Augustan Age, first century AD in the area, behind the Palazzo dell'Arengo, where the Piazzetta di San Gregorio opens up, which connects the city plan to the Colle dell'Annunziata.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Gregorio Magno (Ascoli Piceno) (IT)

323 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di Sant'Angelo Magno

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The church of Sant'Angelo Magno is located in the historic center of the city of Ascoli Piceno, in the ancient district of the square.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Angelo Magno (IT)

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Grotte dell'Annunziata

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The caves of the Annunziata are one of the monumental constructions of the Roman Asculum, they are actually artificial caves, technically called "substructures", they are niches with barrel vaults, leaning on three sides against the cliff of the Colle dell'Annunziata, which they surround entirely on the eastern side. A peculiarity of the structure, perhaps unique in its kind, is the shape of the termination of the arches, which is "wedge-shaped", probably to better anchor the structure to the rocky hill.

Wikipedia: Grotte dell'Annunziata (IT)

644 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa della Madonna del Ponte

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The church of the Madonna del Ponte is one of the religious buildings of modest size in the city of Ascoli Piceno. It is located just across the bridge of Santo Spirito, in the Porta Cartara district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Madonna del Ponte (Ascoli Piceno) (IT)

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Musei della Cartiera Papale

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The papal paper mill of Ascoli Piceno is an architectural complex made of robust regular travertine councils. The multifunctional vocation of the building has welcomed, over time, various work activities, such as: the paper mill, the water mills, the tanning of the fabrics and the ironworks, all carried out with the inseparable and precious symbiosis of the driving force of the waters of the near the Castellano stream.

Wikipedia: Cartiera papale (IT)

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