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Belmonte Piceno (FM)Region Marche, ItalyInfo on the place:
Altitude: 310 m a.s.l
-- Population: ca. 650 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 63029
-- Phone Area Code: 0734
-- Patron Saint: Santa Croce celebrated on 3 May
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History:
In pre-historic time there was on the site an important Piceni settlement, renowned for the craftswork of amber, coming from the Baltic area; if was a Roman colony, and in the early Middle Ages Benedictine monks from Farfa built a church, called Santa Maria in Muris, on the Roman ruins and a castle rose on a nearby hill, which was called Belmonte. In 1263 the castle came unde the control of Fermo.
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