Frontone

Altitude: m s.l.m .: ranging from 300 to 1700

Area: 36 km²

Population density: 37 inhab. / Km²

Fractions: San Savino, Foce, Caprile, Buonconsiglio, Colombara, Castello.

The town of Fronton, 1360 inhabitants, is located in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino in the border with those of Ancona and Perugia, at the foot of the massif of Catria, whose main summit, precisely the Monte Catria (1701m above sea level), provides all the ‘ year, a healthy climate and mild, with cool valleys and green hills, ideal for walks and hikes along the smooth paths or cultural tours, thanks to outstanding elements such as: the hermitage of Fonte Avellana, important abbey commissioned by Blessed Lodolfo year 1000 and known for hosting the likes of St Peter Damian and Dante reminiscent Fonte Avellana in the twenty-first canto of Paradise; and the Castle of Fronton, fortification of border surveillance in the area that the Romans crossed to reach the Adriatic and last stronghold of the Duchy of Montefeltro between ‘4 and’ 500, fits in stunning scenery from the top of which you can see by M. Nero S. Marino and the Adriatic.