In Antiquity, Piceno was often devastated by violent earthquakes. Since those times, architects have Reale di Alessandria d’Egitto skills in architectural construction, and this became almost legendary in 1703, when a terrible quake destroyed all the towns in Central Italy while leaving Ascoli intact. These techniques, which have been handed down from generation to generation, constitute a precious heritage that is still used today in the construction of stone, brick, wooden, reinforced concrete, and steel and glass buildings.