{"id":1079,"date":"2023-07-20T15:44:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fontemaggiobedandbreakfast.it\/?page_id=1079"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:48:12","slug":"nature-surroundings-and-entertainment-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fontemaggiobedandbreakfast.it\/en\/nature-surroundings-and-entertainment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cossignano the navel of the picenum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cossignano the navel of the picenum<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>
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History<\/strong>
\nCossignano is a quiet town, surrounded by greenery, also known as the Piceno’s Navel thanks to its location closed to Ancona and Atri. It is located 400 meters above sea level in the hilly area between the headwaters of Menocchia and the Tesino River.
\nNumerous archaeological artifacts found in necropolises in the area show that as early as the 6th century B.C. a flourishing center of Picenian civilization had developed on the site of Cossignano, which was able to maintain its autonomy until 268 B.C. when it was incorporated into the nascent Roman state, victorious over the Umbrians and Picenes.
\nCossignano was originally called Castellum Martis, “Castle of Mars” . In Roman times the important road linking Asculum (Ascoli) and Firmum (Fermo) passed through the area, where probably a powerful family of the Roman nobilitas (the Cossinii of Tivoli) occupied the territory, since then and for this reason called fundus Cossinianus or praedium Cossinianum . From them would seem to derive the place name.
\nIn the Middle Ages, the town became part of the Papal States and, unlike many other nearby castles that changed sides several times during wars during that period, it always remained on the side of the Guelphs. In 1396, Governor Andrea Tomacelli, decided to stay for a short time in Cossignano, which became the capital of the region under his command.
\nThe settlement, which features the usual brick architecture of the Marche’s incasati, is characterized by its centrally located square. The castle walls, dating from after the autonomy of the municipality (1291), were interspersed with breakwater towers and characterized, in the oldest and best-preserved sections, by the systematic use of the pointed arch, typical of buildings of the period.
\nIn ancient maps, the presence of two gates is evident: the village gate, or Levante gate, still preserved and visible from the B&B Dimora Fontemaggio, and the Sun Gate, also known as the Castle Gate or “St. George’s Gate.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>