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Lapedona

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Lapedona rises in a largely hilly area, divided into districts, a few kilometers from the coast, just south of Fermo, between the latter and the Aso river. The town is located on the top of one of these hills in the original medieval position while the modern part is developing on the east side of the hill. The main activity is agriculture, practiced since Roman times thanks to the quality of the products (fruit and olives in particular). Cultivated land also alternates with vast patches of spontaneous vegetation making the landscape very pleasant.

History

The territory was inhabited since the 4th century BC. by the Pelagis who came from Greece, followed by the Picenos and the Romans who founded a town there, in the locality of "Madonna Bruna" probably on a pre-existing Piceno settlement. In the century X, on the territory there are several castles and monasteries, whose construction is due to the work of the monks of Fonte Avellana and at the beginning of the century. XII is mentioned for the first time Lapedona. In the century XII-XII passed into the hands of Fermo and in the XIV century the current castle was built, the result of the union of the minor castles (Saltareccio, San Martino, Monte Moro, San Giovanni). This explains the presence of the four churches, probably representing the four administrators.

To be seen

The castle of Lapedona dates back to the 16th century. XIV and its walls enclosed within the entire inhabited center. The castle is accessed through two gates: Porta Marina, with Ghibelline-type merlons, and Porta da Sole which leads into the main square, Piazza Leopardi. At the center of it is the Fountain with an Eagle from 1908 and overlooked by the Palazzo Comunale (16th century) and the church of S. Nicolò. Under the loggia of the municipal building mentioned above, a funerary cippus from the Roman-imperial era is kept. Also within the castle walls are the churches of San Lorenzo and San Giacomo and the birthplace of the inventor Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti; there was also another church of S. Maria, now destroyed.

 

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