Ascoli Piceno. The church of S. Tommaso Apostolo

2022

The church of S. Tommaso Apostolo, built in Romanesque style, stands on the side of the homonymous square which houses the remains of the Roman amphitheater of Ascoli Piceno, reinterred in 1974.

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