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Province of Fermo<br />
MONTELEONE DI FERMO<br />
Inhabitants 434<br />
Altitude 427 m ASL<br />
Surface 8,13sq km<br />
Distance from<br />
Fermo 27 km<br />
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Town hall:<br />
Phone: +39 0734.773521<br />
www.provincia.ap.it/<br />
monteleone_di_fermo<br />
com.monteleone@provincia.ap.it<br />
WHERE TO STAY<br />
HOTELS l<br />
CAMPSITES<br />
HOLIDAY <strong>VILLAGES</strong><br />
COUNTRY HOUSES<br />
APARTMENT RENTALS<br />
ROOMS TO RENT<br />
FARM HOLIDAYS l<br />
BED & BREAKFAST l<br />
CARAVAN SITES<br />
YOUTH HOSTELS<br />
MOUNTAIN DEWS<br />
The settlement of Monteleone<br />
existed already at the time of<br />
Faleria and was originally divided<br />
into two different villages:<br />
Monte Legumi e Torre<br />
de’ Casoli. In 533 Euterio, the<br />
King of the Longobards attacked<br />
Faleria and occupied<br />
Monte Legumi. Torre de’ Casoli<br />
withstood a 12-years-siege<br />
under the command of certain<br />
Leone, instead. To leave the<br />
memory of his value to posterity,<br />
the name of the new-established<br />
Municipality was subsequently<br />
changed from Torre<br />
de’ Casoli into Monteleone.<br />
WORTH VISITING<br />
Monteleone is a small village,<br />
sited on a rocky spur between<br />
Ete Vivo River and Lubrico<br />
stream. The Town Hall contains<br />
two small wooden paintings<br />
by Crivelli’s School, representing<br />
a Madonna and a St.<br />
Giovanni. The Romanesque<br />
gate and an octagonal keep<br />
(13 th - 15 th centuries), serving<br />
as bell tower for the parish<br />
Church of St. Giovanni Battista<br />
have been part of the original<br />
medieval fortress. The<br />
Church of the Crucifix, or<br />
Madonna della Misericordia,<br />
shows Romanesque elements<br />
and frescoes, among which is a<br />
Last Judgement of 1548, attributed<br />
to Vincenzo Pagani. In<br />
Piazza Umberto I stands the<br />
Church of St. Marone, built in<br />
the 16 th century on the foundations<br />
of earlier Romanesque<br />
buildings.<br />
WORTH TASTING<br />
You will be possibly enjoy local<br />
restaurants more than the<br />
village itself… The most prestigious<br />
fruit of this land is “truffle”,<br />
called “kitchen diamond”<br />
by experts.<br />
SOMETHING TO DO<br />
There are some multi-purpose<br />
sports grounds.<br />
WORTH DISCOVERING<br />
The environs of Monteleone<br />
are very suitable to enjoy historical<br />
and naturalistic routes in<br />
the woody mounts of Ascoli<br />
hinterland.<br />
DON’T MISS OUT<br />
Festa di Sant’Antonio Abate<br />
(Feast of St. Antonio Abate) -<br />
Sunday after the 17 th of January;<br />
Festa della Madonna<br />
Addolorata (Feast of Madonna<br />
Addolorata) - Sunday after<br />
Easter; Festa di San Vincenzo<br />
Ferreri (Feast of St. Vincenzo<br />
Ferreri) - second Sunday after<br />
Easter; Rassegna teatrale<br />
(Theatre representations) -<br />
June and July; Sagra della pasta<br />
fresca (Festival of Handmade<br />
pasta) - July; Festa della<br />
Madonna del Soldato (Feast of<br />
Madonna of the Soldier) - first<br />
ten days in August; Festa di S.<br />
Marone (Feast of St. Marone) -<br />
18 th August; Festa di San Martino<br />
(Feast of St. Martino) - 11 th<br />
November.<br />
URBINO<br />
PESARO<br />
ANCONA<br />
MACERATA<br />
FERMO<br />
MONTELEONE DI F.<br />
ASCOLI PICENO
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