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To the north of the Tesino river and to the south of the Menocchia river, squeezed between hills and the sea, rises Cupra Marittima . The name of the city derives from that of the Goddess Cupra, divinity of the Piceni culture, but its origins have much deeper roots. Some artifacts found north of Cupra Marittima , near the Menocchia river, testify to the presence of human settlements since prehistoric times (lower Paleolithic, Neolithic). Towards the interior, artifacts and necropolises dating back to the Iron Age have been found.
What characterizes this city the most is that all the civilizations that have followed one another over the centuries have left evident traces also because they arose in different places from each other.
Cupra Marittima has been able to maintain an excellent balance between urban expansion and the nature that surrounds it.
The tourist activity flanks the agricultural one, very widespread within its municipal area.

To be seen

The area where the "Cupra romana" once stood was found on a hill in a locality called the Civita. The remains of the Forum made up of two arches, the stairway and the podium on which a farmhouse was built remain visible in part. In the Folignano district, on the other hand, there are cisterns called "Bagni di Nerone". Just outside the city, along the SS 16, there are the remains of a nymphaeum, where some frescoes (1st - 2nd century AD) are visible. On the S. Basso hill there is instead a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Cupra, in which numerous finds have been found, including two marble statues (one of which is kept in the Town Hall of Osimo). The ruins of the urban defense walls and the so-called "Mignini" walls also remain.
TheChurch of the Collegiate is located in the lower part of Cupra Marittima, inside it preserves the remains of S Basso, bishop of Nice, martyr and patron saint of the city, whose feast is held on Easter Monday. Inside there is a triptych by Vittore Crivelli depicting the "Madonna with Child.
The Borgo di Marano is located on the homonymous hill and still retains its undulating walls that adapt to the Inside the village, there are also the Palazzo Brancadoro, built by the Sforzas, the church of S. Maria in Castello and the church of Suffragio from the 18th century.
On a hill overlooking the sea are the remains of the Castello di S. Andrea, while to the north is the Malacological Museum inside which preserves specimens of shells from over 96 countries.

History

The origins of Cupra Marittima are very ancient. Finds of prehistoric origin (from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic) and of the Iron Age testify to the existence of settlements of ancient populations in this area. The presence of the temple dedicated to the goddess "Cupra" (supposedly of Picene origin), of which it was the only Italic sanctuary (also mentioned by Strabo in his "Geography"), determined its name and importance, both as a place of worship and as a commercial seaport. It became an important Roman colony (Iulia Cuprensis), also reported in the "Tabula Peuntigeriana" and in other ancient sources. The Roman city was located in Civita, about 1500 meters north of the current one; the importance of this place of worship is documented by the plaque which bears witness to the successful restoration (in 127 AD) of the temple at the request of the emperor Hadrian and kept in the church of S. Martino in Grottammare. In the 4th and 5th centuries AD. the cult of San Basso, bishop of Nice and martyr, was born. In the medieval period, following the continuous barbarian and Saracen raids (it was sacked several times and completely destroyed in the 9th century), the town moved to higher ground. Thus began the construction of castles and fortified villages; the "Castrum Marani" and the castles of S. Andrea and Boccabianca are born. In the hinterland, the Farfa settlements multiplied and the castle of Marano was placed under the protection of Fermo. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, Cupra Marittima becomes the place of a flourishing seafaring activity and at the end of the nineteenth century, thanks also to the railway, it will lead to the movement of the population from the "upper" part to the coast and to the slow depopulation of the castles, favored by the growing tourist activity bathing and commerce.

 

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