Amandola

Amandola spreads across three hills, Marrubbione, Castel Leone and Agello, on the eastern slope of the Sibillini at 550 meters, above the left bank of the Tenna river. The town was founded in 1248 from the merger of three earlier castles and grew into one of the main civic centers of the Sibillini area, with the Palazzo del Podestà built in 1352 and the tower rebuilt in 1547. The Chiesa di San Francesco, Romanesque-gothic in the lower town, preserves a twelfth-century wooden crucifix and a cloister that now houses the Museo Antropogeografico and the museum of peasant culture.

The 24 August 2016 earthquake damaged many buildings; the artworks were moved into the deconsecrated Collegiata for safekeeping while reconstruction continues. The territory is the third largest in the Fermo province and includes 48 frazioni, beekeepers, truffle hunters and the eastern access trails into the Monti Sibillini National Park.