B&B Tufilla, Ascoli Piceno

B&B Tufilla: location

Via Asiago is a street in Ascoli Piceno, the city known as the city of a hundred towers.

What to see near B&B Tufilla

The Roman bridge of Porta Solestà spans the Tronto with a single large arch of more than 22 meters. Commissioned by Emperor Augustus to join the two banks of the river, it is 62 meters long and 6.50 wide, enough for two carts to pass each other. It is built of squared travertine blocks laid dry, without mortar, and was restored in 1929-30 and 1937-38. It has never stopped being used, from Roman times to today. Augustus also wanted it to connect the two Roman provinces of Ascoli and Fermo, as part of a renewal policy that included a dense network of well-kept roads. During the restorations the bridge was emptied of its fill material and a reinforced-concrete walkway was built inside it, which supports the structure and absorbs the vibrations of traffic.

On some mornings of the week the city still holds its historic vegetable market, where farmers sell the produce of their land.