Cesi, suggestive village along the slopes of the Mount Eolo, is a village that keeps important historic and artistical testimonies.
Its history is to find in the Roman Age and in the Middle Ages when it was part of the Arnolfi's feud, in which it was the capital.
Cesi has medieval walls to a large extent around it and thanks to its position it was a strategic fortress for the defense and for the attacks by enemies.
In the most ancient buildings we can still see the old methods of defense as trap doors for sudden traps or utensils for the throwing of old "ammunition".

A village with plenty of noble palaces
Cesi  lived one is melted with the part more to south of the chain of the Martani Mounts and is dominated from the top of the Mount Greater Tower.
The actual architecture of the urban planning derives from the medioeval structure of the village. The currente level of preservation is at an high state.  We have an example in  Palazzo Contelori, that was the centre of the Municipality of Cesi.
Near the mansion we can also find the ex church of San Michele Arcangelo, a wonderful example of early Christian art, today desecrated and turned into auditorium.
The Church belonged to the Abbey of Montecassino and, according to the testimonies, its building goes up again around 1080. we can see other example of anscient architecture in Stocchi palace, Eustachi palace, the parochial church of Santa Maria Assunta, the church of S.Agnese, the church of S.Onofrio, the patron saint, immersed in the homonymous wood.