Exploring the Ancient
Civilisation of the Picenes

The network of Picene Museums

The ancient origins of the municipality of Servigliano go back to the Picenes and the Etruscans who in this place wanted to raise a city, but it was to be the Romans who in the 1st century B.C. built their villas here, precisely in the place where now the Angela Garden B&B stands.

ARCHAEOLOGY

Picenes People of Europe

The Picenes, known also as Picentes, represent an ancient Italic ethnic group active between the 9th and the 3rd century B.C. Their land stretched between the rivers Foglia and Aterno, from the western Apennines to the eastern Adriatic coasts, including the modern region of the Marches and the northern part of Abruzzo.

According to the legend of the ethnogenesis, the Picenes originated from a sacred source in the high Sabine area and spread along the Adriatic coast under the guide of the totem of the woodpecker.

This mythological connection is reflected in the emblem of the Marches, where the green woodpecker was adopted as a symbol. The archaeological remains conserved in the Picene museums and in the archaeological museum of the Marches in Ancona, tell us of a mysterious and very rich people, made up of brave warriors, able tradesmen, Amazons and female priests.

THE MUSEUMS OF THE TERRITORY

On the tracks of the ancients Picenes

Besides the National Archaeological Museum of the Marches in Ancona, which has numerous artefacts, there are many local museums in the areas of Fermo and AscoIi which tell us the story of this very important ancient people.

  • Museo Archeologico Comunale “I Piceni”
    Piazza G. Leopardi n.6 | Belmonte Piceno (FM) | 0734 771100
  • Museo Civico Archeologico di Fermo
    Via Paccarone, 36 | Fermo FM | 0734 340383
  • Museo Archeologico di Torre di Palme
    Piazzale della Rocca, 1 | Torre di Palme FM | 0734 217140
  • Museo delle Tombe Picene
    Via Roma, 2 | Montedinove AP | 338 127 1624
  • Museo Archeologico “G. Allevi”
    Via Roma, 17 | Offida AP
  • Museo Civico archeologico Cesare Cellini
    Piazza XX Settembre, 13 |  Ripatransone AP | 0735 99329
  • Museo Archeologico Statale di Ascoli Piceno
    Piazza Arringo, 28 | Ascoli Piceno AP | 0736 253562
  • Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche
    Via Gabriele Ferretti | 60121 Ancona AN | 071 202602
 

A magical territory full of history, wrapped in the beneficial energies of the territory.

If you have decided to spend your holidays in the Marches and are looking for a typical place full of history and tradition, love the local cuisine which encloses the flavour of those characteristic places where hospitality is still as it was in the past, the Angela Garden B&B is the perfect place for you!
 

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