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Monterado’s history
In 1962, following excavations made in the Ripabianca area, an archaeological deposit from the middle Neolithic period was discovered: a hut 10 metres in diameter, three tombs with skeletons, various vases, ceramics, blades, burins, objects made of bone, etc., which are now in the National Museum of Ancona. After the signs of farmers from the Neolithic period, signs of the Picens were found dating back to the Iron Age. Starting in the 5th century, the Gauls settled in the area, then the Romans under Emperor Augustus (numerous finds from this period too). Then the Barbarians arrived who destroyed various bordering cities, and then the Lombards who formed the Duchy of Senigallia that was succeeded by the committee of the Franks.
Various documents testify to the passage in the Cesano valley, before the year one thousand, of populations such as the Bulgars and Sclavins.
Monterado as a town arose in 1267 under the religious and economic influence of the Fonte Avellana Monastery.
Few towns have a date of birth as precise as Monterado and the history of this town is interesting because of the events it has been involved in.
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