San Benedetto del Tronto - Summer 2020

San Benedetto del Tronto rises on the shores of the Adriatic Sea and is located about 28 km east of Ascoli Piceno. The original town developed on a modest relief not far from the sea, where there is the ancient urban nucleus called "Paese alto", at the foot of which the inhabited part of the most recently called the "Marina". With the strong urban expansion, which took place between the sixties and seventies, there was an increase in the urban area extended between the Tesino and Tronto rivers. It is the southernmost coastal town in the Marche region. The natural boundaries to the south (Tronto river) and east (Adriatic Sea) are well defined while to the north and west they are not as identifiable. The high urban expansion in the narrow area between the sea and the hills does not allow an easy reading of the town limits. The municipal territory extends for 25.41 km² and has the conformation of a coastal hill, with an altitude level between 0 and 283 m s.l.m. in the Barattelle district, it extends for 9.3 km along the coast of the Middle Adriatic, of which 1.7 km in the protected natural area of ​​the Sentina. It is the municipality with the highest population density in the Marche region