Stenghe Stracche in Ascoli Piceno

Stenghe Stracche: location

The property is along Corso Giuseppe Mazzini, in Ascoli Piceno.

Stenghe Stracche: services

Guests stay in vacation apartments, with a total of three rooms.

Stenghe Stracche: what to see nearby

The center preserves several traces of Roman Ascoli. The church of San Gregorio Magno grew out of a pagan temple, perhaps dedicated to Isis: on the facade two Corinthian columns of the portico remain, along with the walls of the cella in opus reticulatum. The Roman theater, brought to light between 1932 and 1959, is still being excavated, while Porta Gemina, with remains of walls in opus reticulatum, was rediscovered in 1824 when the Romanesque church of San Leonardo was dismantled.

The remains of the amphitheater lie instead beneath today's Piazza San Tommaso: over time these structures served as a quarry of materials for walls, houses and lime. A second pagan temple became the Church of San Venanzio, and in the area of today's courthouse some domus with mosaic floors came to light, now at the Museo Archeologico Statale; the most important one shows a two-faced mask at its center.