{"id":309,"date":"2014-10-23T08:42:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T06:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=309"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:30:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T10:30:53","slug":"the-langobard-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/the-langobard-period\/","title":{"rendered":"The Langobard period"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEETING POINT:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>De Gasperi Street<\/em><\/p>\n

DURATION:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>6<\/em>\u00a0hours, full day \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

TRANSPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>walking route\u00a0bus or car for long travelling<\/em><\/p>\n

ACCESSIBILITY:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>some sites aren’t accessible for the presence of architectural barriers<\/em><\/p>\n

Extra costs could be expected to enter into some sites<\/p>\n

NOTES: The route could be changed according yours demands<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The route starts in Malatesta Fortress<\/strong> and in the Museum of the Early Middle Ages<\/strong> with the “treasure of the<\/strong> Langoards<\/strong>“, precious funeral endowments discovered in the Langobard tombs in the Necropolis<\/strong> of Castel Trosino, one of the most important in Italy, not far from Ascoli Piceno. The museum is located on the last floor of the Church of S. Mary of the Lake<\/strong>, a Renaissance church built in the fortress. Pope Paul III Farnese<\/strong> ordered to erect the Malatesta Fortress: it was designed by the architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Museo<\/a>

The Museum of the Early Middle Age, Malatesta Fortress<\/p><\/div>\n

In Arringo Square<\/strong> you can visit the beautiful Baptistery<\/strong> dedicated to S. Johannes where a Langobard stone tablet in travertine is conserved: today it is used as the seatback of the Bishop’s chair..<\/em><\/p>\n

In the medieval historical centre of the town you can admire the Langobard Palace<\/strong>: it is linked to a curious story..<\/em><\/p>\n

From Ascoli Piceno we are going to Castel Trosino<\/strong>; Castel Trosino is a medieval village, Langobard settlement, located on a travertine rock…still today you can admire medieval resideces<\/strong> in travertine stone conserved perfectly..in this village you can find a medieval residence linked to a curious legend: this residence is called “Queen’s House”<\/strong> or “Manfr\u00ec House”<\/strong>..behind the Church of S. Lorenzo<\/strong>\u00a0you can enjoy a beautiful view; here we can see the “salmacina spring”<\/strong>, a curative water.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Particolare<\/a>

The Baptistery, Ascoli Piceno<\/p><\/div>\n

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We are visiting the\u00a0Necropolis of Castel Trosino<\/strong>, not far from there; in a suggestive way through the woods, we are seeing the Necropolis of S. Stefano<\/strong> where you can recreate the story of the cemetery \u00a0and the archeological excavations by educational panels. Here the Langoard treasure was discovered during the XIX century: today it is conserved in the Malatesta Fortress. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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MEETING POINT:\u00a0De Gasperi Street DURATION:\u00a06\u00a0hours, full day \u00a0 TRANSPORT:\u00a0walking route\u00a0bus or car for long travelling ACCESSIBILITY:\u00a0some sites aren’t accessible for the presence of architectural barriers Extra costs could be expected to enter into some sites NOTES: The route could be changed according yours demands The route starts in Malatesta Fortress and in the Museum of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1175,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/1175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}