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PORTO RECANATI
Ancient Roman colony of Potentia with precious finds: funerary equipments, inscriptions, marble statues (at the moment kept at the permanent exhibition “Divi and Dei” in the tower of the “Castello Svevo”).

ANCONA
The history of Ancona is strongly linked to the Roman Empire. The main archaeological monuments are: “Arco di Traiano”: built in AD 115 by Apollodoro di Damasco in honour of the Emperor Traiano; Ruins of the republican period harbour on the Vanvitelli seafront; Ruins of the “Roman Amphitheatre”; Ruins of a big temple dedicated to Venere Euplea, visible under the “Cattedrale di San Ciriaco”;“Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche” with Picene and Roman finds.

NUMANA
Of Picene origins. The local “Antiquarium Statale” collects the treasures of the Regina Picena and other necropolises.

RECANATI
Preserves Picene archaeological finds at the Museum “Villa Colloredo Mels”.

CAMERANO
Preserves Picene archaeological finds at the “Palazzo Comunale”.

OSTRA VETERE
Archaeological area “Le Muracce”: ruins of a thermal complex, the theatre and the base of a temple are visibile.

CINGOLI


SANTA MARIA NUOVA
Archaeological finds from the Roman period in the Pietrolone district.

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