Acquasanta Terme
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| name = Acquasanta Terme
| official_name = Comune di Acquasanta Terme
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| image_skyline = Casteldiluco01.jpg
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| image_caption = Castel di Luco.
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|46|N|13|25|E|type:city(3,302)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Marche
| province = Ascoli Piceno (AP)
| frazioni = Arli, Arola, Cagnano, Campeglia, Capodirigo, Case Rotili, Centrale, Colle Falciano, Colle Frattale, Corneto, Farno, Favalanciata, Fleno, Forcella, Matera, Novele, Paggese, Peracchia, Piandelloro, Piedicava, Pito, Pomaro, Ponte d'Arli, Pozza, Quintodecimo, Rocca di Montecalvo, Rocchetta, San Gregorio, San Martino, Santa Maria, San Paolo, San Vito, Tallacano, Torre Santa Lucia, Umito, Vallecchia, Valle d'Acqua, Venamartello
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| mayor = Sante Stangoni
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| area_total_km2 = 138.39
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 2829
| population_as_of = 30 April 2017All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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| population_demonym = Acquasantani
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 388
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| postal_code = 63041
| area_code = 0736
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.acquasantaterme.ap.it/}}
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Acquasanta Terme ({{langx|la|Ad Aquas}}){{cite book |title=Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-By-Map Directory |editor=Richard J.A. Talbert |volume=I |year=2000 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK |isbn=0691049459 |page=606 }} is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about {{convert|90|km|mi}} south of Ancona and about {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} southwest of Ascoli Piceno. It is located in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park.
History
In June 1883, a coin hoard was discovered by chance in S. Maria del Paggese, within the municipality of Acquasanta Terme, today S. Maria di Acquasanta Terme. The hoard was in a terracotta pot and contained c. 275 denarii dated between the second half of the 1st century and the beginning of the 3rd century AD. A brief announcement of the discovery was made by the Inspector of Excavations and Monuments in Ascoli Piceno, Giulio Gabrielli, and published in the local newspaper Corriere Piceno.{{cite journal|author=Giulia D'Angelo|author2=Alberto Martín Esquivel|date=2021|journal=The Numismatic Chronicle|pages=364–380|title=A Hoard of Imperial Denarii from S. Maria del Paggese (Acquasanta Terme, Ascoli Piceno)|url=https://www.academia.edu/85823401|volume=181}}
Main sights
- Medieval castle Castel di Luco (14th century), characterized by an unusual elliptical plan.
- Ponte di Quintodecimo and Ponte Romano, Roman bridges crossing which were part of the Via Salaria.
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Category:Cities and towns in the Marche
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