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The Church of Ss. Legonziano e Domiziano bordered with several hectares of land belonging to the Benedictine Monks of S. Giovanni in Venere, where servants or peasants with plots of land lived. Those houses created the core of the new District called Borgo, when the increase in the population caused its growth. lanciano old.jpg
The Church and Monastery were entrusted to the Benedictine Monks because the Basilians were found guilty of the murder of a young merchant hosted in the convent, and were hung on the Tower windows, which were walled up after that. Then, the Church was abandoned by the Benedictine monks. A public deed dating back to 1229 documents its upgrade to Parish church and, in 1252, a fund-raising activity was started to build a new Church by the Franciscan monks. Fortifications – with towers, bulwarks and a deep ditch – were built around 1480, under the Aragonese rule. The round Tower is still visible and quite well-preserve, while the Walls are almost completely covered by a mass of buildings that have been built on them. Next to the Aragonese Walls there was the ancient Porta S. Angelo (1204), which led to the Fontana della Pietrosa, also known as the Fonte del Borgo. As the Valle della Pietrosa has been filled up, the Fonte del Borgo has almost sunk into a sort of circle of Hell. The pleasant lines of the long set of arcades are almost hidden by a tall building. Next to the Fountain, there is also an interesting building that includes the remains of the S. Angelo Hospital and a Medieval Tower, which probably belonged to the town walls. In his history book, Antinori writes: Anteana with the Church of the Ss. Legonziano e Domiziano but then called Borgo and belonged to the City. In this year, the Walls, once closed, have been upgraded with the addition of a Gate called S. Angelo. This leads to the Fontana della Pietrosa.
 
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