Sant’Egidio stands over the ancient roman town of Ilium, famous for its skillful craftmen and decorators. In 1193 the emperor Henry IV gave the town and the local church of Sant'Egidio to the Earl Rinaldo of Apruzio. In 1395 the town was conquered by Ascoli, in 1556 Antonio Carafa Earl of Montorio, at the head of the vatican troups, conquers the town. In 1640 the castle of Sant'Egidio becomes a Pompeo Procaccini’s fief. In 1804 the town is a Guidobaldi property and it has about 600 inhabitants.

Sant'Egidio is a flourishing commercial end industrial town located at the extreme north of the Val Vibrata. Among the most flourishing towns in Italy, it is mostly famous for the production of sugared almonds and the textile production. It is particularly dynamic and modern, and it is an ideal centre for relaxing. During the year there are many cultural and culinary manifestations.

Sant'Egidio church
The church has three naves and a façade with an apse and a belfry. The apse dates back to the XII century, the sides to the XIII-XIV century, the façade and the portal were rebuilt at the beginning of 1500 and the belfry was restructured in 1555. The portal reminds the Church of San Lorenzo in Civitella del Tronto, and they were surely made by the same school of Ascoli. Insied the church there are remainings of baroque paintings. A wooden statue of the assunta, a relic cross and a wooden cross of the XVI century.

Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
The small church dates back to 1845, and it was built in honour of the miracolous recovery of a child.