Marche Breaks

Spread over a gentle hill situated between the sea and the green Aso valley, Altidona is a beautiful town of ancient origins, of very intense past and of very promising future.

It has been populated since the Roman Age (as shown by archaeological finds in the area of Villa Montana dating back to the Punic Wars and by the 3rd century BC Greek statue of Eusculapio). Altidona historically proved to be a rebellious and resolute temperament.

At first it belonged to the Abbey of Montecassino; afterwards to that of Farfa; at the very beginning of the new millennium, it knew how to consolidate its own tourist vocation by taking advantage of its beautiful beach and efficient tourist facilities.

Healthy sea breeze mixes here with fresh breath of wind arriving from the hills.

It wraps the Tower and sneaks past the medieval entrance to the beautiful walls. Then it sweetly disperses into the streets of the small town.

It plays and whirls over the pavements of the main square, watched over by the facade of the 18th c St Mary and San Ciriaco's Church. (A valuable 14th century polyptych of Venetian art and a Virgin with Child, two Saints and the Donator, painted in oil and attributed to Vincenzo Pagani, are preserved in this church.) At last, with delicate tenderness, it slightly touches the Virgin of Mercy, a wooden sculpture representing the art of the Marches from the 16th century, kept in the church having the same name.