This is how holiday rental owners described Giulianova
Giulianova.
"Giulianova's origins date back to the third century B.C. when the Romans created a new maritime colony called Castrum Novum which became an important road junction and commercial port. In the Middle Ages the city was renamed Castel S. Flaviano, in honor of the Holy Patriarch of Constantinople,
whose ...
show more remains, according to legend, miraculously reached the Julian coast.
The medieval city passed to the Acquaviva family who made it their main residence until it was destroyed around 1460 during the battle of the Tordino between the troops of Federico da Montefeltro and Alessandro Sforza against those of Jacopo Piccinino and Bosio Santofiore.
The construction of an 'ideal city' of the Renaissance".
"Born in 1470, not without meaning, on the border between the Kingdom of Naples and the State of the Church, Giulianova represents in the middle Adriatic area the extraordinary product of a superior rationality. A grandiose undertaking to which its founder, Giulio Antonio Acquaviva of Aragon, a famous leader but also a refined protagonist of court life between Naples, Florence, Rome, Urbino and Naples, handed over his ambitious dream of making it not only the driving force and the main centre of his vast duchy, with full control over land and sea routes, but also a real "design experiment", in line with the most advanced reflections of humanistic culture. The urban layout, of great interest, is therefore based on the study of Vitruvius and refers to a certain awareness of the theories of Leon Battista Alberti, the ambitious experiment of Pienza and the utopian imagination of Sforzinda.
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"Giulianova's origins date back to the third century B.C. when the Romans created a new maritime colony called Castrum Novum which became an important road junction and commercial port. In the Middle Ages the city was renamed Castel S. Flaviano, in honor of the Holy Patriarch of Constantinople,
whose ...
show more remains, according to legend, miraculously reached the Julian coast.
The medieval city passed to the Acquaviva family who made it their main residence until it was destroyed around 1460 during the battle of the Tordino between the troops of Federico da Montefeltro and Alessandro Sforza against those of Jacopo Piccinino and Bosio Santofiore.
The construction of an 'ideal city' of the Renaissance".
"Born in 1470, not without meaning, on the border between the Kingdom of Naples and the State of the Church, Giulianova represents in the middle Adriatic area the extraordinary product of a superior rationality. A grandiose undertaking to which its founder, Giulio Antonio Acquaviva of Aragon, a famous leader but also a refined protagonist of court life between Naples, Florence, Rome, Urbino and Naples, handed over his ambitious dream of making it not only the driving force and the main centre of his vast duchy, with full control over land and sea routes, but also a real "design experiment", in line with the most advanced reflections of humanistic culture. The urban layout, of great interest, is therefore based on the study of Vitruvius and refers to a certain awareness of the theories of Leon Battista Alberti, the ambitious experiment of Pienza and the utopian imagination of Sforzinda.
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Giulianova, Italian Adriatic Coast (Mid-Italian Adriatic coast)
Holiday home for max. 6 persons
Approx. 90 m², 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, pets are allowed (max. 1), TV, washing machine, sandy beach approx. 8 km, private pool -
Giulianova, Italian Adriatic Coast (Mid-Italian Adriatic coast)
Holiday home for max. 6 persons
Approx. 220 m², 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, pets are allowed (max. 1), Wifi, washing machine, non-smoking property, sandy beach approx. 2.2 km, sea/lake view