If the sea has always been a visiting card to Roseto, the hillside is the ideal place for those who want to discover a different but fascinating aspect of the city.
The main hillside centre is the ancient village of Montepagano. It is a town that conserves its traces in the ancient medieval fortifications, with four entrance gates. An interesting site is also the bell tower that belongs to the Church of S. Antonio (St. Anthony`s), linked to a legend that says that the building of the church was commissioned by Pope Sisto V and the Church of SS. Annunziata at the end of the XVI century, that protects a valuable wooden polychrome altar with statues of saints and prophets. In its sacristy there lies a memorial tablet that commemorates the birth of Roseto (22 May 1860), commissioned by the clergy, who divided the lots and gave the seacoast that it owned in emphyteusis.
On the hillside lay vineyards and olive-groves that give wine and oil, by now well known internationally. And always on the hillside it is possible to go for a walk returning in contact with nature, and discovering the farming traditions along the oenalogic and gastronomic itineraries that are waiting to be tasted, maybe even stopping in one of the famous cellars that are present every year at the typical wine exhibitions held in the Montepagano village.
An always more enjoyable hill, thanks to its foot paths, that allow you to go up form Roseto degli Abruzzi to Montepagano on foot, completely appreciating the sweet hills of Roseto.
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