The year 1862 brought a permanent name change to this Marche municipality, which until then had been known as Monte Santo. The adoption of the title Potenza Picena followed the unification of Italy, permanently altering the town's official geographic identity.
Currently home to roughly 15,800 residents in the Macerata province, the settlement takes its modern designation from the nearby watercourse. The Potenza river flows just outside the town, serving as a primary physical landmark for the area.
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📅 Every year, on 25 May; at Christmas the Living Nativity in the woods of the Convent of the Friars Minor
Potenza Picena celebrates Saint Girio on 25 May in the sanctuary dedicated to him; at Christmas, about two hundred characters bring to life the Living Nativity in the woods of the Convent of the Friars Minor, over an area of two thousand square metres.
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Outside Potenza Picena, but an easy day trip away.
