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| THE SESTIERI
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Sestiere of
Piazzarola
Arms, white and red
Includes the high zone of the city, at the cliffs of the
Hill of the Annunziata, once belonging to the quarter
of Sant'Emidio and, in part, to that of San Venanzo. Rising
in its territory are Pia Fortress, the monumental complex
of the Annunziata and of Sant'Angelo Magno, rich in Roman
vestiges, and the antique paper mill realized from a design
by Cola d'Amatrice. It takes its name from the Plateola
on which Sant'Angelo Minore arose, demolished in 1908,
(cfr. Papal Bull of 11 July 1256 of Alessandro IV: "Ecclesiam
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Sestiere of Porta Maggiore
Arms, black and green
It takes its
name from the homonymous gateway, now demolished, work of
Antonio Giosafatti, inaugurated
in 1587, and from the antique sestiere of Ponte Maggiore, belonging to
the quarter of Santa Maria Interv
ineas. The current Sestiere extends for the most part beyond the Ponte
Maggiore (bridge), towards the east where before the war much countryside
was located, expressing the new urban reality. In its territory one finds
the Malatesta Fortress, (where the F
ield of the Games is located), placed at a position of guard of the Roman
bridge of the first Century BC and called "di Cecco", and the
Romanesque church of San Salvatore di Sotto. |
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Sestiere of Porta Romana
Arms, red and blue
Including
the western part of the city, more widely
extended than the antique sestiere of Porta
Romana, once partially included in the quarters
of San Venanzo and of San Giacomo. It takes
its name from the antique
Porta gemina (Roman gateway) that is opened through the via Consulare Salaria
towards Rome, not far from the antique Roman theater.
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Sestiere of Porta Solestà
Arms, yellow and blue
It includes
part of the quarter of San Giacomo and the neighborhood beyond
the Roman bridge of Augustan era over the Tronto. The urban
landscape within the walls (the antique sestiere of Ponte
Solestano) are characterized by numerous tower residences, while beyond the
Medieval gate, arise the springs of Sant'Emidio, the little
temple of Sant'Emidio Rosso, arising on the place of his martyrdom
and the convent of San Serafino, the antique Santa Maria in
Solestan
o within which the Civic Statutes of 1496 were printed (see
the Civic Statutes).
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Sestiere of Porta Tufilla
Arms,
black and red
It includes for the most part the suburbs located
beyond the homonymous
gateway, built in 1553 by the architect Camillo Merli. It
includes the antique monumental complex of Sant'Antonio
Abate (or Saints Pietro
and Paolo) and the catacomb zones with the temple by Giosafatti of Sant'Emidio
alle Grotte, before which the antique oratory "ad sanctos" of Sant'Ilario,
in which one of the first hospitals of the city was once located.
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Sestiere of S. Emidio
Arms, red and green
Includes the vast
part of the eastern area of the historical center, of the
antique quarters of Sant'Emidio and Santa Maria Intervineas,
with a small intrusion to the west in the quarter of San
Venanzo. It include
s the two major town spaces, piazza Arringo (with the cathedral
entitled to its patron, the baptistery, the Bishop's palace,
the town hall) and piazza del Popolo, heart and open-air living
room of Ascolans of every age. |
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