Treia

A long, narrow sandstone ridge north of the Potenza valley carries Treia, with the whole valley in view. Its people settled here after the Roman town of Trea was destroyed, calling the place Montecchio until Pope Pius VI made it a city and restored the old name in 1790. The battle of Vallesacco in 1263, when Conrad of Antioch was captured, fills the historic curtain of the town theatre.

Highlights

• The Teatro Comunale and its historic curtain showing the battle of Vallesacco
• The archaeological museum in San Francesco, with Roman-era Egyptian statues
• The 18th-century Piazza della Repubblica and the church of San Filippo
• The Santissimo Crocifisso sanctuary, on the site of Roman Trea
• Villa Spada, the work of neoclassical architect Giuseppe Valadier

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