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Heritage Heritage home page art architecture archeology museums and galleries personalities back up		Faleria, or Falerio Piceno This area, 25 km west of Fermo, was inhabited by a population belonging to the Piceni tribe as early as the 6th Century BC. But it was the Romans who established the town of Faleria here in 29 BC. It expanded over the next few centuries to become an important commercial centre, with theatre and amphitheatre, baths and patrician villas, before being abandoned during the late Roman period. A number of roman remains have survived, now dotted over the landscape between the outlying buildings of medieval Falerone. Most notable of these is the theatre, restored early in the 1st Century AD under the reign of Emperor Tiberius and embellished a century later. The brick-built semi-circular auditorium, built on the south facing hillside, remains remarkably intact and is still used for performances of classical drama during the summer season. It has a circumference of 83 metres, with four vomitoria, or underground public entrances. The most interesting archaeological finds are now housed in the museum in Falerone (tel. 0734 710472) and include plaques, inscriptions, sculptures and mosaics.
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