Sant'Angelo in Pontano

Sant'Angelo in Pontano is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 60 kilometres south of Ancona and about 25 kilometres south of Macerata.
It stands in pleasant position with a panoramic view over the adjacent valleys of Ete Morto river and Tenna river.

In Roman times this territory had to be a vicus or a pagus. With the arrival of Christianity, the cult of St. Michael the Archangel spread which, still today, appears in the name. In the Lombard period the town had reached a considerable size and was part of the Duchy of Spoleto, more precisely in the Gastaldato di Ponte. Founded in 757, at the time of Duke Alboin, the castle of Ponte extended its power over a large territory which included Visso, Triponzo, Norcia, San Pellegrino, Campi, Savelli and, in the Casciano territory, Poggioprimocaso.

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