The archaeological investigations conducted in this area have identified perilacustri settlements related to the period between the ninth and seventh centuries BC. (locality The Capannaccia); a 500 meters from the village of Pistia was a pre-Roman sanctuary dedicated to goddess Cupra, second votive inscriptions dating to the fourth century BC, whose remains are not, but, visible. The resort Pistia refers to a very old village (IX-VII century BC), on which it is developed Roman Plestia., belonging to the city Royal Augustan VI, the tribe Oufentina from the second-first century A.C. Where today is the basilica dedicated to Our Lady (Santa Maria di Plestia, or Snow, the Assunta), once stood the Roman city and the hole, front, an important public building, perhaps a temple; on one side of the church remains of two domus testify to the presence of urban. The Church of Santa Maria di Plestia, probably located on an existing early Christian basilica, has a spire and crypt dating from the eleventh century, nave with raised presbytery that has undergone several changes over the years and the porch, which seems to have been added in the fifteenth century. The crypt is divided into five aisles by twelve small pillars arranged in three rows. The column of the apse and some columns supporting the ceiling are of Roman, as it is from the same period a memorial inside the church.

Accessibility

It’ You can park your car in the square opposite the church. The path leading to the entrance of the monument is gravel and grass. The entrance has a double door, with cm wide opening 56 and 3 inside steps. The nave is open without difficulty, while to get to the crypt, located under the altar, is a passage cm wide opening 80 and 10 steps; the altar, overhead, has 9 steps. To visit the monument should ask for the key to the parish of Colfiorito, or ask the staff of the Archaeological Museum of Colfiorito.

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