Il Grande Tiglio, Fiastra

Il Grande Tiglio: location

The guest rooms are along the Pian di Pieca provincial road, on the stretch within the territory of Fiastra, the municipality overlooking the artificial lake of the same name in the Macerata side of the Sibillini.

Il Grande Tiglio: what to see nearby

Above the village of Fiastra, on a rocky spur, stands the Castello Magalotti, a group of buildings that housed the residence of the Podestà, the General Council and the Council of Nine; the walls were reinforced by seven towers where the people of the valley took refuge during invasions. From the height there is a view over the whole reservoir. At the center of the castle is the abbey church of San Paolo Apostolo, a Romanesque building with a nave and two aisles and a canvas by Baciccia depicting the conversion of the saint. The current bell tower was built in 1914 on top of the earlier one, dating from 1834.

In the hamlet of Meriggio is the abbey of Santa Maria di Rio Sacro, founded by the Benedictines around the year 1000, with a Romanesque crypt divided into three small aisles by columns of pietra spugna (a porous limestone). Both churches are temporarily closed to the public for restoration work following the earthquake.