Colli del Tronto
Colli del Tronto ( in the local dialect: li Cuollë ) is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 3576 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Ascoli Piceno in the Marche. The village is located approximately 13.5 km east-northeast of Ascoli Piceno.
History
The area was inhabited in ancient times by the Picenern. Within the area there is a large necropolis with Piceno, but also with Roman graves.
Traffic
With the neighboring community Spinetoli is there a common breakpoint on the railway line from Ascoli Piceno to San Benedetto del Tronto. The southern boundary of the municipality is the Raccordo Autostradale 11 of Ascoli Piceno to the Adriatic coast.
Personalities
- Raniero Cantalamessa ( born 1934 ), theologian