{"id":5848,"date":"2025-07-21T15:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quintanadiascoli.it\/the-sestieri\/piazzarola\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:25:30","slug":"piazzarola","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.quintanadiascoli.it\/en\/the-sestieri\/piazzarola\/","title":{"rendered":"Piazzarola"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The PIAZZAROLA district is located in the upper part of the city of Ascoli Piceno, just under the Annunziata hill. Its colours are white and red. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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In the beautiful Piazzarola district you\u2019ll find the Pia Fortress, the Sant\u2019Angelo Magno Church and the ancient paper mill projected and designed by Cola d\u2019Amatrice. The term Piazzarola comes from Plateola (small square) and it\u2019s referred to the one that was once located in front of the church of Sant\u2019Angelo Minore before being destroyed on July 11th, 1256 upon the command of Allessandro IV. This district was created thanks to the efforts of Master Flaiani, a very important man who also used to be the Consul of this Sestiere. The symbol of La Piazzarola is represented by a black eagle located in the middle of a red & white shield. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The flag waiver history of this district derives from the military codes referred to the use of the flag.<\/h4>\n

Flagwaivers exhibit every year during the local flagwaiver competition of Ascoli Piceno on the first weekend of July in the main Piazza Arringo Square. The exhibitions made with the flag consist of choreographic excercises that reproduce some stages of the battle, but today they are performed with the flag rather than than war weapons. The flag waivers\u2019 style derives from the ancient Ascoli Piceno tradition, as demonstrated by the famous \u201cbomb exercise\u201d, which highlights the ability of the flag waiver to launch the flag as high as possible resuming it without making it fall to the ground. Traditionally, flags were crafted with wooden poles and lead at the base, while the canvas were painted by each flag waiver. Today carbon rods and microfiber canvas have replaced the old flags in order to satisfy the requests made by the FISB \u2013 The Italian Flagship Federation. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The flagship of the Sestiere Piazzarola is the historical parade.<\/h4>\n

120 figures parade each year through the city's most picturesque streets, lanes and squares, accompanied by the sound of drums and the blare of clarions. Evocative in their bearing are the 20 armed men placed to protect the main figures in the procession. Among the most representative characters of the sestiere, in addition to the Knight and the Lady, there is the figure on horseback, inspired by one of the most important female characters of the city of Ascoli: Elisabetta Trebbiani, a poetess but also a woman of arms with a strong character. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The Palii<\/h5>\n

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The Palii<\/h5>\n

Musicians & Flag Wavers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Console<\/h5>\n

Luigi Morganti<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Capo Sestiere<\/h5>\n

Luca Fattori<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Knight<\/h5>\n

Davide Dimarti<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Via della Cartiera Papale, 1 - 63100
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Contacts<\/h5>\n

info@sestierepiazzarola.it
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