Montemonaco is a town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Ascoli Piceno

Province of Ascoli Piceno

The Province of Ascoli Piceno is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ascoli Piceno.It has an area of 1,228 km², and a total population of 212,846 . There are 33 comuni in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Ascoli Piceno.-External links:**...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Marche

Marche

The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...

, located about 90 km south of Ancona

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

 and about 20 km northwest of Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno is a town and comune in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is c. 51,400.-Geography:...

. It is located within the Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini

Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini

thumb|280px|A view of [[Monte Sibilla]].The Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini is an Italian national park located across the regions of Marche and Umbria, encompassing the provinces of Macerata, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno and Perugia.It was established in 1993, and now contains more than 70,000...

, along the valley of the Aso River

Aso River

The Aso is a 63 km river in the Marche region of Italy. For most of its course the river marks the boundary between the provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Fermo...

, on a plateau facing the Monte Zampa and the Monte Sibilla

Monte Sibilla

Monte Sibilla is a mountain of Marche, Italy....

. In the nearby are also the Monte Vettore

Monte Vettore

Monte Vettore is a mountain on the border between Umbria and the Marche, in central Italy. It is part of the Sibillini mountains range and lies in the Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini. Today climbers reach it from the Umbrian side from Norcia, or, on the Marche side, from Ascoli Piceno...

 and the Lago di Pilato.

Montemonaco borders the following municipalities: Arquata del Tronto

Arquata del Tronto

Arquata del Tronto is a comune in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 100 km south of Ancona and about 25 km southwest of Ascoli Piceno...

, Castelsantangelo sul Nera

Castelsantangelo sul Nera

Castelsantangelo sul Nera is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche, located about 90 km southwest of Ancona and about 50 km southwest of Macerata. The source of the Nera River is located in the communal territory.-References:...

, Comunanza

Comunanza

Comunanza is a comune in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km south of Ancona and about 20 km northwest of Ascoli Piceno...

, Montefortino

Montefortino

Montefortino is a comune in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about 80 km south of Ancona, about 35 km northwest of Ascoli Piceno and about 45 km west of Fermo...

, Montegallo

Montegallo

Montegallo is a comune in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 90 km south of Ancona and about 20 km west of Ascoli Piceno...

, Norcia

Norcia

Norcia is a town and comune in the province of Perugia in southeastern Umbria, located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a subrange of the Apennines with some of its highest peaks, near the Sordo River, a small stream that eventually flows into the Nera...

. It takes its name from a Benedictine

Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...

s' monastery founded here around the 8th century.