City of Visso

L.go U.K. Gaola Antinori, 1-0737 95120

It seems that the city of Visso, identified with the ancient Vicus Elacensis, was earlier in Rome and in Rome has given people such as Vipset (which took its name from Visso), which was the Roman consul.

In the early ‘200 the town was partially destroyed by an earthquake, so the hill was abandoned and the new houses were built in the valley between the banks of rivers, Ussita and Black. United to the Duchy of Spoleto, depended then by the Earls of Upper Black feudal lords, until it organized a free commune. Autonomous, proud and belligerent, he was always fighting, until the middle of the ‘500, with the neighboring municipalities of Camerino, Montefortino and Norcia, with which, in particular, had to settle every question with the famous battle of Pian Lost, won by Visscher in 1522. In 1828 he earned the title of City by Leo XII. In 1860, with the unification of Italy, Visso was detached from Umbria and the Marches joined.

Palace of the Governors (XIV century, rebuilt in the second half of the ‘500): with outdoor porches, an inscription on the facade recalls the governorship of Peter’s Dome Mazzarino, father of the famous Giulio, minister of Louis XIII, and a coat of arms of the Boncompagni family draws ‘origin Vissana Gregory XIII.

City of Pollenza

Piazza della Libertà, 16-0733 548711

Capital of the municipality of the same name, is located on a hill between the valleys of the Potenza and Chienti.

Center of historical and artistic interest (Piceno and Roman settlements have been unearthed from archaeological excavations), known for the craft of furniture restoration, preserves the unity traditional urbanism and enjoy the view of the Sibillini mountains and the sea Marche .

Abbey Rambona: is the most important monument. Built by Benedictine monks in 898 A.D. thanks to the generosity of the Empress Lombard Ageltrude. For the construction they were partly used materials from a pagan temple dedicated to the Goddess Bona hence the name Rambona. In 1443 he was sacked and the fire by the troops of Francesco Sforza, the monastery was completely destroyed and the church was abandoned.

 

 

City of Mogliano

Via Roma, 54 to 0733 557 771

The “cowl” is the first medieval center where the ancient castle.

Church of St. Nicholas: the eighteenth century, now converted into an auditorium. It ‘a little gem of Baroque art; over the altar a painting by A. Ricci. Flanked by two beautiful paintings: “Madonna with Child and St. Nicholas of Bari and Agatha” and “Blessed Peter of Mogliano and St. Anthony of Padua.”

Parish Church of St. Gregory the Great: a time “outside the city walls,” just because they built beyond the castle moat. Has undergone several changes, the last of which in the eighteenth century when it was “turned” (the priest was moved from the entrance). In the sacristy a great picture of GB Fabiani “Blessed Peter meets fellow citizens freeing them from the plague”; It is interesting because the setting is represented Mogliano as it appeared in the ‘700.

Town Hall: the end of ‘500. Designed as a home of the rich and noble family Forti, you can admire both the basement with arches and vaults, and the rooms on the main floor with beautiful paintings and coffered ceilings, the floor is now used as a historical archive and library.

Benedictine monastery: it was built in 1630 by the Benedictines of Cassino (nuns) who stayed for about two centuries. in 1855 it was given to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Turin who still reside there. The monastery is the adjoining Church of St. Grisogono rococo.

 

City of Camporotondo of Fiastrone

Piazza San Marco – 0733 907153

The traveler who arrives in Camporotondo has the impression of being immersed in the atmosphere of some old picture postcards showing an ancient square exposed to the moon with streets wound about themselves as a ball.

Camporotondo has great walls, magnificent palaces or great cathedrals; nevertheless, at certain times, in certain places of roads, see aprirtisi front of something unique, rare and magnificent: the snows of the Sibillini and the green fields of the valley of Fiastrone. Small town of Macerata, has had a troubled history, marked by moments of splendor and decay. It was the castle of Varano of Camerino of great importance for the defense of the territory from incursions of the City of San Gines.

From the walls of the northwest stretches over the river valley Fiastrone, from which the town takes its name, in a pleasant alternation of hills as a backdrop the hill on which stands Belforte del Chienti. Getting high, at the church of Our Lady of Garufo, gaze reaches the massif of the Gran Sasso and the sea. In the village center stands the church dedicated to the patron St. Mark, whose attribute, the winged lion, also appears in the coat of arms.

City of Ussita

Piazza XI Febbraio, 5-0737 971211

The name derives from the stream Ussita flowing in the valley.

The history of Ussita is linked to that of Visso which was the most important of the five guaite that in the thirteenth century, svincolatesi by the feudal lords, became part of this town, keeping administrative autonomy in their own territory. It dates back to 1380 the construction of the castle on the hill Fantellino, favored by Rodolfo Da Varano. Very interesting that the local archives, without suffering dispossession, retains much of the testimony of political and administrative events that over the centuries have marked the life of the small and proud community.

Town of Poggio San Vicino

Via Leopardi – 0733 619109

Poggio San Vicino should perhaps its origins to the Romans who established the foot of Mount Sitria a fortified outpost that became known as Podium Tufficanum.

In Camerinum sacrum it will just say that the origins of the ancient castrum were keeping the story of this well separated from those of the ancient Roman colony diTufficum, sort at Albacina, which according to an unspecified local tradition gave rise to the fortress Podium. The name of the place was transformed in Ficano over the centuries.

The ancient fortifications that were to characterize the appearance of Poggio San Vicino, now you just have a sturdy medieval tower situated on the highest point of Poggio and recently renovated.

City of Matelica 

Piazza Enrico Mattei, 1 to 0737 781 811

Umbria-Marche Apennines located at 354 m of alt., On a hill to the right dell’Esino, exhibits a strong production of cereals, wine (Verdicchio of Matelica), livestock, as well as the development of tannery , footwear, packaging and mechanics.

Important tourist resort, still retains the medieval urban structure, with remains of the walls, and numerous palaces and Renaissance churches: the Praetorian Palace, 1270, altered several times, is flanked by the elegant Loggia of the Brass (1511), while the palace of Brass is sixteenth. The churches of St. Augustine (XIV c.), St. Francis (XIII century., Rebuilt in the eighteenth century., With valuable paintings) and the Dome of the fifteenth century. unfortunately much it altered. Of great interest is the Museum Piersanti.

The town of Camerino

Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 17-0737 634711

Ancient settlement of the Umbrians Camerti, the town of Camerino, from Kamars: (rock, rock) in the Roman had a significant role, as evidenced by the treaty of alliance with equal conditions stipulated by the Urbs in 309 BC Bishopric as early as 465, he had a huge ecclesiastical jurisdiction for over a millennium. Erected by Charlemagne in the capital of the homonymous brand became part of the possessions of the Church, still we managed to create a space of autonomy, especially in the communal.

Gentile da Varano, since the second half of the thirteenth century, it laid the groundwork for the lordship of his family. Under the Da Varano, until the mid ‘500, Camerino know the period of more intense political and cultural vitality. From 1545 the city back under the direct rule of the Holy See. In 1860 it was annexed to the plebiscite, the Kingdom of Italy.

The Palazzo Ducale, the da Varano (beautiful courtyard of the fifteenth century.), Is now home to the university founded in 1727, already free, become the state in 1958 (law; pharmacy; mathematical, physical and natural veterinary medicine, architecture) . Annexes university: the Library Valentinian, the botanical garden, the Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy and observatory meteorologico.L’ex church of San Francesco houses the Municipal Art Gallery.

Noteworthy are also the fortress of the Duke Valentino (1502), the archbishop’s palace of the sixteenth century. The church of San Venanzio of the fifteenth century. (Rebuilt after the earthquake of 1799) and the bronze statue of Pope Sixtus V, Tiburcio Vergelli work of Camerino, in Piazza Cavour. Nearby, the imposing ruins of medieval castles.

Municipality of Urbisaglia

C.so Giannelli, 43-0733 511091

The city’s name derives from the ancient Roman city of Urbs Salvia.

This city of Picenum was born as a colony in the second century BC Extensively rebuilt between the Augustan age and the Tiberian (early first century AD), according to a precise plan of a monument for the city, its decline began with the passage of troops of Alaric in 408-409 AD

 

Roman Theatre: backs onto the hill where the medieval village, shows a front of 1,004 mt. which they are readable all the features of the building with the stage and the auditorium. The monumental masonry parts bear witness to its former glory. It was built in the first quarter of the first century A.D. Excavations inside originate numerous statures scattered in various museums, among which is a copy of the famous in the rest of the Faun Passitele, recovered at the time of Pius IV (1777) and finished the Vatican Museums. The Roman amphitheater, returned to establish itself as admired container summer productions of texts of the ancient theater it is the only one of the Marche to the excellent state of preservation.

City of Pioraco

Largo G. Leopardi, 1-0737 42142

The ancient Prolaqueum welcomes visitors and holiday makers with a very special warmth that stems from the sacredness of the guest, deeply felt to this day by the people of the Marche. The origins of Pioraco to date back to prehistory: numerous finds testify primitive human settlements in the caves and its mountains. Was later ancient “statio” Roman by the name of Prolaqueum. In the Middle Ages “it is the walled castle and he has the tower”, characterized by the ancient workshops for the manufacture of paper. It was also fortified garrison of the Duchy of Camerino during the Da Varano, these passed to the Papal States and followed its fate.

Museum of Paper and Watermark

The watermark is the soul transparent paper. It should have been a way to distinguish the origin and quality. Subsequently he served and still serves to prevent falsification of security paper, including paper money. The watermark is larger or smaller amounts of fiber layered at the reliefs or grooves specially structured on a wire cloth.

The exhibition consists of a collection of artistic watermarks, watermarked paper, historical documents, equipment of different ages (mostly belonging to local paper mills Miliani Fabriano) testifying to the long evolution of papermaking from its origins to the present day. Opened on 1 May 1984 was made by Angelo Gagliardi, Gualtiero Barboni and Alfranco Capponi with material provided by the City, the Cartiere Miliani Fabriano Spa and family-Bartocci Mascambruni.

Municipality of Loro Piceno

Piazza G. Matteotti, 2-0733 509 112

Its origins are ancient, as evidenced by some findings of pottery dating back to Cività Piceno, while the Roman period are the ruins of the ancient Baths, disappeared in 1600 after a landslide caused by torrential rains that swept the country. During the Middle Ages Loro Piceno belonged to the Abbey of San Clemente in Casauria and in the twelfth century passed before under the feudal lords of Brunforte and then Gualtieri. The time remaining portions of the walls and the Castle of Brunforte. After being part of the March of Fermo, Loro Piceno followed the fate of the Papal States until its annexation to the Kingdom of Italy.

Castle Brunforte: above ancient defensive walls, stands the “Rocca” medieval, commonly called “round”, the name was still the town. Inside not only was the house of lords Brunforte, but also the Justice Palace, the prisons, the place of execution, a windmill and what is necessary for the performance of normal activities. lost fnzione the defensive because of the changes of the military, the fortress became lentamnte in place in the public domain and of civil room, while in the Castle of Brunforte settled the municipal authorities of the country.

City of Caldarola

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 13-0733 905529

Caldarola owes its name probably, to the Latin term “steam bath” with which indicated the “room with the hot tub” of the spa.

Local tradition traces the origins of the country to the fourth century AD when a group of Christians, fleeing persecution, he built a primitive urban center. Most likely the center Caldarola arose as rural village at the foot of a tower defense Lombard or Byzantine law prior to the IX-X century. At the end of the twelfth century the story Caldarola fits in the struggle between the Papacy and the Empire. The Pontiffs to ensure the loyalty of Camerino, in fact, granted in fief the territory of Caldarola state Camerino.

Only at the beginning of ‘400 the country managed to gain independence sanctioned by Pope Eugene IV. The big boom came, however, in full ‘500 at the hands of the Counts Pallotta and in particular the Cardinal Evangelista, who became prefect of the building of St Peter’s under Pope Sixtus V, enlarged and embellished the family castle and transformed radically urban center that, from modest medieval castrum became a spacious Renaissance town. The direct subjection to the Church of the town of Caldarola lasted until 1799, when the papal rule was overthrown by the French Revolution.

After the brackets “Napoleon”, the country returned to the Papal States until 1861, when the Marche land was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.

City of Treia

Piazza della Repubblica, 2-0733 218 705

The etymology of the name comes from chella goddess Trea-Jana, divinity of origin greek-Sicilian, who was worshiped here.

 

Turreted walls that evoke the thirteenth century, but also many neoclassical buildings that make Treia a village, even a town, rigorous and elegant, perched on a hill but rational in structure. The magic unfolds already in the spectacular Piazza della Repubblica, which welcomes visitors with a white railing Horseshoe and noble geometries on which lights up the color of the brick. This ocher present in all shades, in the sea of ​​green soft landscape of the Marche, is a bit ‘the figure of the place. The square is framed on three sides by the building of the Academy Georgica, work of Valadier, the City Palace (XVI-XVII sec.) That houses the Civic Museum and the Cathedral (XVIII sec.), One of the largest religious buildings in the region. Dedicated to the SS. Annunziata, was built to a design by Andrea Vici, a pupil of Vanvitelli, and houses several works of art including an altarpiece by Giacomo da Recanati. Under the beautiful square stands the wall of the arena, which opened in 1818 and later dedicated to ball player Charles Didim.

The “kick” of Treia

A tasty calzone dough soft baked, typical of the Easter period.

It encloses a center filled with flour, eggs, cheese, sugar and oil, making it valuable as a snack or as a dessert. It goes, in the latter case, with the famous Vernaccia di Serrapetrona. The peculiarity of the kick is the contrast between the sweet and savory pasta outside of the filling.

City of Pievebovigliana

Piazza Vittorio Veneto – 0737 44126

The signs of man date back to ancient times: settlements, pottery, clay material, show that primitive man he chose for his abode the Chienti valley and its tributaries, including the furnace, from which the country’s history.

The name “Pievebovigliana” encompasses centuries of history: in the Middle Ages, probably in the Carolingian period, the first name you plebs Antep ancient bovellianum to indicate a sparsely populated area in which someone reported to settlements of Gallic origin, which became Roman and pagus Christian plebs. Gallic civilization, linked to the cult of the ox, also refers to the second part of the name, as well as the Roman land refers to times when the areas were bred horse. During the period of the lords, Pievebovigliana was tributary of the nearby powerful family of the Da Varano, so that its history is closely tied to the vicissitudes of the dukedom. Become a part of the Kingdom of Italy, after being under papal rule.

Castle Beldiletto: Renaissance mansion turned into a desire for Giulio Cesare Varano. From this period dates the cycle of frescoes in profane decorating the largest room.

Nearby, the Romanesque bridge with foundations of the Roman and the Church of the Holy Crucifix, according to St. Francis because he wanted the transition to Pievebovigliana.

 

Gualdo

Viale Vittorio Veneto, 4-0733 668 122

The origins of Gualdo are lost in ancient times …

In all probability it was built after the destruction of Urbisaglia and Falerone, when the lords of these cities, to escape the massacre of barbarians, fled to nearby mountains and began to build their castles on high to defend themselves from the incursions of enemies. The name derives from the Lombard word Wald, ie wood, of which the entire area was covered. Castle Gualdo was the fortress of the ancient and powerful house of Brunforte, which decayed in 1319 sold it to the city of Fermo. For issues of border between San Gines Gualdo and there were long periods of conflict, until in 1484, through the intervention of Pope Sixtus IV, the two communities signed a judgment which set the boundaries of the river Salino. The importance of the castle of Gualdo was also determined by the fact that in his area were crossing the border between the diocese of Camerino and Fermo.

Parish Church of St. Savino: built in the ‘300 by Azzolini, from amateurs and Vittori of Fermo, was rebuilt in the early 800s. Restored in the 40’s, it is in neo-classic-ion, a Greek cross. Inside a beautiful painting attributed to De Magistris and a stone bas-relief of the ‘600.

House and Library of Romolo Murri: the ground floor are the library and archives of the illustrious character. E ‘can see thousands of volumes of great cultural interest.

Viale Vittorio Veneto: summer, with its majestic chestnut trees, is an oasis of freshness and the perfect place for walking, reading, conversations.

The park is the place where the dominant element is the green with a remarkable variety of plants and flowers. A skating rink and numerous games offer children the ideal environment to have fun.

Church of Our Lady of Grace (XII century) inside an elegant fresco by an unknown author. Adjacent is the Franciscan Monastery (XVI century) especially interesting for the cloister, formed by twelve large arches with a central well.

 

 

City of Bolognola

Via L. Maurizi, 20-0737 520225

Its name derives from Bona, originally from Umbria-Celtic deity, whose cult, even in this area, as in the rest of Europe, is lost in the mists of time. The origins of the country must therefore be placed in prehistory, and totally without foundation is the legend that wants Bolognola founded by exiles from Bologna. Although he has suffered two serious devastation because of the snow, the country still has the ruins of a fortress, built by the Varano of Camerino in the fifteenth century. The City is traditionally known as a summer resort and winter sports center.

 TO VISIT

 Villa to Feet interesting for the  original urban layout and many  elements of the thirteenth  century are still visible.

Villa Cape interesting, here too, the urban layout that is built around the recently restored church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (XVII century).

Casa Marchetti was the birthplace of the musician Filippo Marchetti, leading figure in the Italian art world of his time, the author of several operas and chamber music appreciated.

 

Municipality of Tolentino

Freedom Square – 0733 9011

Located 224 m of alt. in the valley of the Chienti, to the left of the river. Basic agricultural production and livestock breeding, especially pork and beef. Traditional leather manufacturing, developed both industrially and on the craft, in addition to the paper industry, metal industry, packaging and furniture. Spa tourist resort, especially for the pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Nicholas of Tolentine.

Of great historical and artistic interest, it has an old center still partially enclosed by medieval walls. Among the many monuments is particularly remarkable basilica-sanctuary of St. Nicholas, built in Gothic style in the buckets. XIII-XV, but partially rebuilt and decorated in the sixteenth century. and in the Baroque period; It preserves the valuable Gothic portal, the cloister and the chapel of St. Nicholas, with great vault, entirely decorated with remarkable frescoes of the fourteenth century Rimini school. I am attached to the basilica the Civic Museum and the Museum of ceramics, boasting valuable pieces.

Noteworthy also is the neoclassical cathedral with remnants of pre-existing medieval church, the church of San Francesco, Gothic and baroque, the former church of Charity, the Romanesque-Gothic, the medieval Devil’s Bridge and the theater, of the buckets. XVIII-XIX, the most notable of the Marches.

Pieve Torina

Via Roma, 126 – 0737 51202

In its people and in its inhabitants haunts the ancient characters of a border, crossed by peoples protoitalici direct from the valleys to the plains of Umbria Adriatic, nomadic shepherds and flocks, Etruscans and Romans chased by Hannibal after the battle of Trasimeno , by the Lombards of Spoleto and by Benedictine monks, the Franciscans and pilgrims of every age on the way to Loreto and Assisi. A discrete ground, shattered by armies of princes and dukes and calmed by the succession, with no way out, the sun and the moon. There are destinations like Pieve Torina, who are outside and not easily accessible. But it is as if they were inside, within every conscious traveler.

Church plebale: topped by the fourteenth-century bell tower, is one of the most important monuments. The thirteenth-century old structure of the polygonal apse was later lowered making three naves frescoed by the school of Camerino Cola di Pietro.

City of Gagliole

Piazza Matteotti, 1-0737 641184

Capital of the municipality of the same name, the center of artistic and historical interest and scenic. Already home to a medieval castle bloodily consteso between Sanseverinati Camerinesi and preserves the original urban structure with the surrounding wall, two towers and the door on the south side dating back to the fourteenth century. Inside the castle is the Church of St. Michael the Archangel Roman-Gothic with a major portal terracotta. The town includes some picturesque apesini and two beautiful monastic churches.

 

WHAT TO VISIT

Castle Gagliole (XIV century): preserves the ancient city wall with two towers and the door.

Church of St. Joseph: custudisce a polychrome wooden crucifix (XVI century) and a fresco of the sixteenth century by Andrea di Magistris.

Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel: the Roman-Gothic, has a beautiful doorway in brick and a polychrome wooden statue of the sixteenth century, all the interiors were restored in 1976.

Aqueous (mt. 438) is a very picturesque and scenic interest.

Ancagliano (mt. 500) with the Rock of Bisaccia in a spur of the mountain, in the thick vegetation you can see the foundations of a medieval fortress.

Our Lady of Stains (mt. 427) is a hermit’s church and convent, already dependence of the Parish of St. Zeno and the monastery of Domore. It ‘a very old complex (XI-XII century) and very striking; There are two churches, one older with terracotta decorations and more recently with paintings of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Madonna della Pieve (XI-XII century) already old parish church of St. Zeno, had as many as 14 churches under its jurisdiction. The facade is in tuff stone, the church was restored in 1971.

Prati di Gagliole (mt. 1000) places of great landscape which offers an excellent view of all the surrounding areas (Camerino, Sibillini, Monte San Vicino, etc.)

Dell’Elce valley is a beautiful nature trail through the rugged valley covered with thick vegetation of oak, where you can visit the Cave dell’Elce and stone Pozzo.

City of Belforte del Chienti

Piazza Umberto I, 13-0733 951011

 There is no evidence of prehistoric  settlements, but the presence of  population centers along the  Chienti and Potenza and finds of  Attic pottery with red figures,  they can not be explained only by  the location of centers along an old trade route towards’ Etruria.

The first documented Belforte is 1207, when the “castrum” submitted in Camerino, but the history of the area is much earlier because it was present on the court Benedictine Travenano, belonging to the Abbey of Farfa (Rieti ), attested at least the eleventh century. From the Roman period are the tombs found and the stone slab with the Fifth Plotius (I cent. BC – I century AD.). The medieval castle walls remain, largely preserved and recently renovated, but the doors and the quarterdeck. There were no reports of defensive ditches, probably unnecessary given the particularly prominent position of the “castrum”.

Serravalle del Chienti

C.so Giacomo Leopardi, 117 – 0737 53121

It is located at the mouth of the narrow valley of the Chienti, surrounded by mountains and forests. The origin of the country is linked to the union of three nuclei in the vicinity of fate castles of Serravalle, Tufo and Serramula.

The Barrel of Varano (sec. XV) is an important waterworks squared stone. It was commissioned by Giulio Cesare Varano design by Florentine hydraulic engineers to clear the plateau of Colfiorito. The drainage water leak upstream of Serravalle to give life to the river Chienti.

The Roman Tunnel (I cent. BC – I century AD.) Is an artifact along about 1km built for the most part in the gallery with travertine blocks laid on site in dry, inside is up almost 2 m and width 1 m approx. Work intended to ensure a controlled flow of the waters of the plain of Colfiorito, was discovered as a result of construction of the new spillway for the water of the plain, it made necessary due to the partial obstruction, due to the earthquake of 1997, the “barrel Varano “.

The Basilica of Plestia of extraordinary interest, is on early Christian crypt and on the ruins of the Roman temple of which were recovered building materials. Nearby numerous remains of the Roman city of Plestia which perhaps had its origin Serravalle. The name is also known for the battle of the Romans with Hannibal.

City of Petriolo

Piazza San Martino, from 1 to 0733 550 601

The oldest document about Petriolo you in “Liber Laergtorium” Gregory Catino, monaco lived between 1060 and 1130, that the documents gathered in several volumes of the Abbey of Farfa.

As early as 705 it is certain that there was the “Fundo Peturiolo” and the name derives from “Praetoriolum” and is short for praetorium meaning “home of the magistrate” first, then “building” or “manor house” and then “villa” and also “Roman camp with the captain’s tent.”

The old castle was probably built by the Benedictine monks of Farfa. Documents dating from the year 1000, the current territory of Petriolo was then owned by the Bishop of Fermo. In 1070 the bishop of Fermo sold it to a rich local, Grimaldo, son of Attone of the Nobles of the March is to him who is credited with founding the castle of Petriolo.

Piazzetta di San Martino: open like a balcony on an overhang of 15 meters. From here the view sweeps from the sea to the mountains, on a series of hills up to the mountains Sibillini, to see so much as to seem near, the massif of the Gran Sasso of Italy.

City of Fiuminata

Via Roma, 30-0737 54122

His story begins with the construction of the Roman road that connected the town of Nocera Umbra Pioraco continue for up to Osimo.

However, only with the Lombards began development of the valley, in fact the eleventh century by the Count of Nocera Umbra, dependent on the Duke of Spoleto, this territory was divided between the various feudal lords and were built well, the first fortified settlements. At the end of the thirteenth century it was administered by various feudal lords who followed the Da Varano and, after selling their land to the City of Camerino, formed two municipalities autonomous rural Poggio-Sorifa (of which there are traces of walls) and Fiuminata. This probably was built from scratch. In 1816 the two municipalities were united, and the town hall was transferred, in 1872, in the Palazzo Gasparri-Fornarini where he currently is.

Surface: 22.70 sq km
Altitude s.l.m .: 199 mt
Population: 4,307
 

Hill town of medieval foundation, whose economy relies heavily on industry and service sectors. Almost all Appignanesi, resides in the capital city and the rest of the community is distributed in some urban centers elementary (Calamante, Cerquetella, Foresi, Gauls, Giuliani, Giuliodori Lillini, Mancinelli, Marinsalta and Marzioni).

The town, located on a hill, consists of a medieval core, partially surrounded by the ancient defensive walls and overlooking the river Monocchia, and a newer area, lying on either side of the main road. The municipal area, crossed by various streams, is characterized by regular lines of cultivated fields, vineyards and fields used for grazing, including winding dusty dirt roads; the landscape retains the imprint of the traditional agricultural economy Marche, which for centuries has been supported by a myriad of small farms sharecropping intended for mixed crops.

HISTORY:

Mentioned in medieval documents, soon he came under the influence of Osimo, whose hegemony is subtracted, with the advent of the lordship of the family Gozzolini; the latter administered until its annexation to the Papal States, which took place in the fourteenth century after imposing political action of Cardinal Albornoz: the village was included among Civitates PARVAE but retained a significant degree of autonomy, demonstrated by publication in print the statutes in 1538.

City of Serrapetrona

Via G. Leopardi, 18-0733 908321

The origins of Serrapetrona totaled around the eleventh century, when the castrum appeared belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Farfa.

Although it is reasonable to think back to Lombard, the oldest artifacts lead to appropriations of Roman and even acquaintances Neolithic and Paleolithic age. With the privilege issued in 1270 Serra Filiorum Petroni (so the full name that is often read in the papers) passes under the rule of Camerino, from which you will emancipate only in the early nineteenth century. The name means “closing” or “locking a mountain valley” as it can be seen from the position that the country occupies on the right of Cesolone.

Dean Church: inside a Crucifixion on the table (the second half of the thirteenth century. Anonymous Marche); the “Marriage of St. Catherine” (fresco of the end ‘400); a cross stational (sec. XV); a painting attributed to Louis camerte Valeri and especially the “Resurrection of Christ”, eight figures fresco discovered during the removal of the Altarpiece (1961), dated to the second quarter of the fourteenth century.

Penna San Giovanni

Piazza Hall – 0733 669119

Shrouded in mystery is the origin of Penna San Giovanni. The first and oldest memory goes back to 1248, attested by the “Diplomatic Code”. This legal act is somewhat suggestive content. With it the notables of the Castle of Monte San Giovanni result in the sale of the fortress allowing that the population was erected precisely to community. In etymology, we trace the word “Fin” in the Hebrew language, meaning “corner”. Similarly we find in Latin, meaning space more appropriate than “offshore steep” which accurately represents the position of Penna. But the prevailing opinion wants to reconnect the pen name to Celtic: language spoken by populations Spanish-British. Several locations still called by the term pen are placed exactly in the steep hills, in Spain, in Britain and also in northern Italy. On the other hand the name of Apennins would derive from the same linguistic root. The reference to Saint John, made use to differentiate between other “pens”, born from the first temple that Pennesi erected on the height.

ONE OF THE MOST CONTRADE SUGGESTIVE: Villa Saline

It extends to the river itself. On the banks of the Saline spring water, mineral water salt, bromine and iodine-sulfur natural, whose healing properties were discovered as early as 1876. At the beginning of the twentieth century began to use the waters for therapeutic purposes, but the onset of the war ended exploitation. For several years, thanks to the city administration, is attempting a revival of the spa.

City of Fiordimonte

Via Roma, 21-0737 644115

In 1435 Nicolò Fortebraccio besieged castle Cornacuna that formed the core of the country, but is scared away from Camerino and Alessandro Sforza. Fiordimonte in 1528 was the subject of retaliation the Duchess Caterina Cibo, which however failed to conquer it as the troops were engaged in decision-Pievebovigliana that resisted the passage.

The town owes its fame to the eponymous company wildlife and hunting “Valley Fiordimonte” which covers an area of ​​3000 hectares, which the particular topography of the area and the ideal habitat for hunting, make it one of the best known and equipped of Italy.

CHURCHES, GUARDIAN OF ART …

Castle church: preserves an imposing Crucifixion attributed to Girolamo di Giovanni (1455).

Nemi Church (XIII century) has a number of images due to Paul from Visso (1447) and a table of Boccati considered his masterpiece.

Church of Alfi: preserves one of the few works dated (1513) and signed by Noble from Lucca.

Church of Villanova: inside a precious polychrome wooden statue of St. Sebastian of the fifteenth century.

Town of Apiro
Piazza Baldini, 1-0733 611 131

Originally, this small town in the Marches had different names: Pire, Piro, Lapiro. The current Apiro dates back to before the twelfth century, derived from greek PJR, pjros (fire).

Collegiate Church of St. Urban dedicated to the patron, was built in 1632 for the work of Giangiacomo Baldini. The church in the Baroque style, is divided into three naves: the main altar houses an  altarpiece of the seventeenth century,  depicting the coronation of the Virgin  and St. Urban I Pope with a majestic  wooden frame carved and gilded. Keep a  prestigious organ of Venetian Gaetano  Callido, built in 1771. The sacristy, with wooden furniture of the ‘700, is home to a valuable collection called “Treasure of the Collegiate” and consists of paintings, busts of saints in silver, vestments and sacred.

Municipal building massive quadrangular building, identified with the ancient Palazzo dei Priori, built in 1246. The council chamber preserves a work of great artistic value in the history of painting Gothic-friendly Marche: the “Altarpiece” Allegretto Nuzi of 1366.

City of Sefro

Piazza Bellanti, 1-0737 45118

The origin of Sefro is very old and dates back to ancient times, as witnessed by the numerous prehistoric settlements found in the mountains surrounding it.

It is not documented, on the contrary, any Roman settlement, while his story really begins thanks to the close relationship created with Camerino after the sacking of the city by the Ghibelline troops of Manfredi of Swabia in 1259. The fact Camerinesi found refuge in Sefro and hence they were able to return to their city dipo short time. In the same period, in a cave on Mount Crestaio, he found refuge Blessed Bernard of Quintavalle, one of the first companions of St. Francis of Assisi.

Throughout the Middle Ages Sefro was linked to the town of Camerino and then to the Da Varano, before passing directly under the papal state.

City of Muccia

Via Roma, 5-0737 646135

Founded as a center of passage of the road Flaminia and legend has it that it was founded by Muzio Scaevola.

During the lordship of Da Varano, Muccia was home to a major mill from which people drew sustenance. Also during the same lordship, the castle was expanded after numerous sacks. The castle of Jupiter has been totally destroyed, while the Massaprofoglio, which in those days was an important farm, is now being restructured. The first municipal charter believed to date back to the Napoleonic era; News about are not certain because of a fire that destroyed the archives of the City.

Hermitage Sanctuary of Blessed Rizzerio: favorite companion of St. Francis. Church built on the site of penance of Blessed, who is buried under the main altar of the parish church of Muccia. The hermitage is site of the Cenacle vocation with meeting room facilities and complementary accommodation ideally suited for tourists and religious groups and self-managed.

La Maddalena: Villa “La Maddalena”, surrounded by a park, was built in the seventeenth century by Cardinal Giori in the place where there was already a small church of the XIV century; It will keep a drawing on the wall of Bernini, “Portrait of Urban VIII.”

City of Fiastra

Via Roma, 1-0737 52112

The origins of Fiastra are remote. Archaeological finds unearthed at various times, testify human settlements since the Neolithic age.

Romanesque age dating the names of Poggio, Trebbio, Fiegni and perhaps Podalla. In the Middle Ages, there was a certain prosperity to the prosperity of pastoralism and the art of wool and being available on-site construction materials, land thickened solids castles. Breathe it soon became the center of scenic geographical and political. IlCastrum Fiastrae, whose origins are remote, however, before the eleventh century, stood on the hill of San Paolo. In the following years Fiastra passed under the rule of King Manfred (1259), the Da Varano (1262), the Sforza (1443) and finally in 1545 under the direct jurisdiction of the Papal States which followed the fortunes.

the landscape

Lake Fiastra, to almost 650 m. of altitude, it is a reservoir created for the production of electrical energy. Its narrow and elongated position, wedged between the Monte Fiegni and the Sibillini, makes it very attractive from the point of view of landscape. It helps make the whole environment lovable, popular with tourists and fishing enthusiasts. The best view of the lake can be enjoyed from the area Delmonte Coglia. In this case, in addition to a wonderful view you have the sensation of being in a wide expanse of meadows, grassy pastures in structure compact and rich in species from multicolored blooms. In particular stands out immediately in the eyes basil (Cachrys ferulacea) that dominates all others, Umbellifers by erect stem and striatum and the many fruits rounded with coasts extended into wings.

 

The name probably derives from the merger of two elements: the abundance of water in the territories and the clear reference to the dog to indicate the place to guard the valley of the High Fiastrone.

E ‘documented that Acquacanina was feud of the Count of Manardo Sigfredo, of which there is memory in a document of 977. It was subsequently submitted to the Benedictine monks, before these they built the Abbey of Rio Sacro, until sec. XV when freed free municipality while under the influence of Camerino.

Abbey Church of St. Mary in Rio Sacred built by the Benedictines, has the century bell tower. Frescoes, on the high altar a polychrome group of XVI century and a painting painted by Noble from Lucca and a dais of De Magistris (1555). Impressive Romanesque crypt dating from the original construction (ninth century).

 

City of Sarnano

Via Giacomo Leopardi, 1-0733 659 911

A 539 m of alt. Tennacola in the upper valley of the river (tributary of Tenna), on a steep hill subappenninico. Hydrothermal station (source San Giacomo: cold water, alkaline, radioactive), a holiday resort and winter sports (area Sasso Tetto, reachable by cable car and chairlift). Bottling mineral water. Fodder production; livestock (sausages).

Important center in the Middle Ages, retains the emblematic church of Santa Maria di Piazza, the thirteenth century. (frescoes, beautiful crypt), the church of San Francesco, of the buckets. -XIV XIII (Romanesque-ogival portal; inside, Madonna Adoring the Child by Vittore Crivelli), and in the Town Hall, rich library and interesting art gallery.

City of Morrovalle

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 1-0733 223101

The most striking lead us to the ancient Vallentia: MORROVALLE! The more realistic the Carolingian period as a defense in the fight against their enemies.

The first document, however, mentions that this territory is about Ministerium de Valle: the next one in 1335 in Murri de Valli and later Castrum de Murro: always in a fortification. It was the center of some importance, as to be between the civitates superiorem not cognoscentes: like a small sovereign state, with the right to coin money and to elect, since 1300, its official. It was among the first municipalities to think of a pawnbroker and since 1447 it was equipped with its own statutes. With ups and downs, in the struggles of the time, he found himself now with the Guelphs, now with the Ghibellines. Later he belonged to the Church and then to the Kingdom of Italy.

Villa Pace Leopardi Patrizi: neoclassical, has belonged to the Counts Grisei, noble morrovallesi who have donated to the fight for the unification of Italy youthful energies and intellectual contribution of great value. And ‘it situated on a hill in the center of the valleys of Chienti and the slot. The villa was originally a hunting lodge. Around: a small church, a dependence-habitation for the gardener and other buildings modest. The park is planted with trees everywhere.

Museo Civico Pinacoteca Palazzo Lazzarini: recently renovated the building belongs to the noble family of the counts Lazzarini who would descend from the dynasty Guarnieri. Particularly interesting is the magnificent facade, the portal and battlements impression Ghibellines, who returned to shine in their late Gothic style. The interior has large rooms which have been set up: a gallery-museum, the library and other spaces used for conferences and exhibitions.

City of Esanatoglia

Piazza Leopardi, 1-0737 889 132

The Castrum of Santa Anatolia, with its first walls, forms around the Thousand to defend the small agricultural village built near the Church plebale same name.

The first were the lords of Santa Anatolia Malcavalca of Fiuminata; these in 1211 succeeded the Ottoni of Matelica who reigned for only three years, driven by the Da Varano of Camerino. The powerful lords of the Guelph party retained power until 1502, when they were ousted by Pope Alexander VI Borgia. Only for a short time, around 1443, following a siege, Francesco Sforza, helped by Matelica.During he conquered and put to sack the castle of Santa Anatolia and its lands. After taking possession of the Church, the events of the country evolved in parallel with those of the Papal States.

 

Comune di Macerata

Piazza Libertà, 3 – 0733 2561

www.comune.macerata.it

comune.macerata@legalmail.it

Located 314 m of alt . on a hill of the ridge that rises between the valleys of Potenza and Chienti .

Home to universities and graduate school of the Air Force. The city’s economy is based on the marketing of agricultural products of the surrounding area , constituting the most important cereals market in central Italy , with some weight also with regard to the cattle . Industrial development is recent, but already has a lot of companies active in the construction, mechanics, food and furniture . There are significant cultural and folkloric shows in September Macerata .

Heritage preserved over the centuries :

The city retains part of the walls of the fourteenth century . , Door Montana , the church of Santa Maria della Porta, with the lower church of the eleventh century . , And Fonte Maggiore, aRTEmagicC_macerata360.jpg five arches in the center of 1326. nothing remarkable among the surviving monuments of the fifteenth century . , while the first five is testified by the elegant Loggia dei Mercanti, the remodeled Palazzo Maggiore (prefecture) , Torre Maggiore, and mid-century architecture , of Bramantesque , St. Mary the Virgin , Galeazzo da Carpi , a Greek cross inscribed in a square with a high dome.

Of buckets. XVI-XVII are also some remarkable buildings : Irons , Hubs , Carradori , Lazzarini , Consalvi , the last two attributed to Tibaldi. The seventeenth century is evidenced by the church of San Giovanni and that of St. Paul, both of Barnabite Rosato Rosati, and from the town hall ( rebuilt in 1820 ) .

Intense architectural activity eighteenth century :

the church of St. George and the cathedral , both of Cosimo Morelli, the theater ( Bibienas – Morelli ) , and the palaces Santafiora Bonaccorsi , nor should we forget the small basilica of RTEmagicC_sferisterio – macerata.jpgMadonna of Mercy, wedged between newer buildings , dating 1497 but completely rebuilt with balanced refinement, interior and facade , by Luigi Vanvitelli (1742 ) .

The nineteenth century . boasts the sferisterio Irenaeus Aleandri , perhaps the most famous neo-classical realization of central Italy. In the former Jesuit college home to the Library, the Museum and the Municipal Art Gallery (paintings by Allegretto Nuzi , Crivelli , Girolamo di Giovanni da Camerino , Pulzone ) .

 

Municipality of Sant’Angelo in Pontano

Via Roma, 49 to 0733 661 602

In Roman times it had to be a vicus or pagus and coaching.

With the advent of Christianity the cult of Mars, god of war, was replaced by that of the Archangel Michael, although it dressed as a warrior and bradente sword.

The first real community was structured in court and as it expanded to reach a certain importance at the time of the Lombards. During the raids of the Saracens, Sant’Angelo became a court farfense. The power of Farfa was replaced around the tenth century, the lords of noble lineage. Sant’Angelo in 1236 was proclaimed a free commune. Later he submits first in Tolentino, then in Fermo, becoming one of the largest castles state stop. In 1445, after a brief rule of the Da Varano of Camerino, Sant’Angelo was taken by force and looted with great destruction. Two years later it was fixed by the government and stop walls were built.

Piazza XX Settembre – 0733 660107

You can trace the origins of this town back to Roman times, when the land was already inhabited by a colony of Piceni who settled here after the defeat of Strafone.

During the barbarian invasions he became district Franci, changing the name of Ars Rubetana in Monte San Martino. Surrounded by walls in the Middle Ages he took part in the struggles between Guelfi and Ghibellines taking parts of the latter, which earned him, by the Popes, the granting of privileges, not least that of being ruled by their lords of the family of related Proponzi with Brunforte. Around 1250 he settled permanently his community independent of any Signoria, eg only run short period of time he was placed under the governorship of the Da Varano, lords and governors of Camerino.

Exclusivity is the exquisite gastronomic “spumetto” cake made with egg whites, sugar and toasted almonds.

City of Corridonia

Pizza F. Corridoni, 8-0733 439900

The territory of Corridonia in the year 713 of Rome, was assigned by the triumvirate Octavian, Lepidus and Mark Antony to its veterans returning from the war against Brutus and Cassius, thus becoming a Roman colony. Destroyed after the invasion of the Goths or Lombards was rebuilt by the survivors and called Castrum Pausuli, which is signaled in parchments 995-1229; after that date is no longer any news of the city name. Light cues, such as to assume the continuity of life in the new center of the ancient Pausula Montolmo, are found in the history of the latter.

Mons Ulmi, of which there are the first signs in the scrolls of 1115, owes its name to an elm tree planted by the monks of the Holy Cross near the Church of Santa Maria in Castello. Quickly for the many privileges granted by the popes and the transfer of rich families, the country became “considerable”. The town was chosen for decades as the headquarters of the General Curia of the same brand and was the only country of the papal province who supported with the blood of the reasons the Holy See against Francesco Sforza. The coming of the Sforza was the beginning of the decay of the country, plagued by many ills, it has never risen to its ancient splendor. In 1851, for his merits towards the Church, he came to St. Pope Pius IX erected in the city and was given back the name of Pausula. In 1931 he was named Corridonia, for giving the origins to Philip Corridoni, union interventionist.

Municipality of San Severino Marche

Piazza del Popolo, 45 – +39 07336411

It is located 344 m of alt. in the valley of the power, the right of the river. Built on the ruins of the ancient Roman colony Septempeda, it consists of two parts: the lower town and the upper town, or “castle”, of medieval appearance. While the high town is almost uninhabited, the lower town is a bustling center of trade, especially agricultural (wheat, grapes, tobacco, sugar beet, etc.); Active also livestock breeding and industry (engineering, building materials, chemicals, plastics, food).

Important is the complex of works medieval church of San Lorenzo in Doliolo (XI sec.), With notable bell tower and crypt, tower Smeducci, New Cathedral and Old Cathedral, both largely rebuilt, but which retain the primitive grandiose steeples. Remarkable was also the artistic activity during the Renaissance that saw a school work by local artists; in this period are numerous buildings and homes, Our Lady of Peace, by Pinturicchio, the New Cathedral, and the wooden choir of the Old Cathedral. Nearby is the sixteenth-century church of Santa Maria del Glorioso and picturesque gorge of Grilli, is to report the cave church of St. Eustace.

City of Monte San Giusto

Via Bonafede, 28-0733 839011

The probable ancient name of “Telusiano” betrays distant origins, while you have certain traces of a Roman settlement (96-98 AD). Already an integral part of the ecclesiastical district of Fermo, passes with the Lombards, under the Duchy of Spoleto, then until sec. XI, employed by Farfa. In the twelfth century is a free town. Urban VI in 1387 recognized its territory subject to the Church and exempt them from paying taxes. Boniface IX granted him the right to elect their own mayor.

The heyday for Monte San Giusto is undoubtedly the Cinquecento with Niccolò Bonafede Bishop of Chiusi and official of the Roman court in the years from Alexander VI to Clement VII. Very attached to his land makes you build a building by establishing a real Renaissance court.

Keep the Town Hall, former palace Bonafede (XVI sec., Restored) and the church of Santa Maria in Telusiano (XIV c.), With large Crucifixion by Lorenzo Lotto (1531).

City of Colmurano

Piazza Umberto I, 7-0733 508287

Formed perhaps as pagus the Roman Urbs Salvia, at that time still the origin of the name comes from the fusion of the “hill” with a personal name Roman, probably Muruis, used as an adjective and indicating the owner of the area.

Thanks to the greater defensibility of the place, high on the hill, in the Middle Ages constituted a refuge for the population of Urbs Salvia gave up accommodation in the plain in order to escape the invasions and raids, always disastrous, of the many armies that passed in Brand . It was then subjected to various centuries in Tolentino who controlled the election of the Priors and the Podesta. As evidence of the training they are still stretches of medieval castle walls dating back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, reinforced by bastions and by a tower in defense of the port of San Rocco, the last remaining of the old entrances citizens.

City of San Gines

Via Capocastello, 35-0733 656022

The historic center of San Gines is of Roman origin with the characteristic cross road layout (thistle and decumanus).

The name of the country has been subject to various and suggestive hypotheses, among which the most common is the one that leads directly to the saint of the same name. After becoming a free commune the discord caused her loss of autonomy and municipal delivery to the Dukes Da Varano of Camerino, who held political power until 1434. After their government, in 1450 a faction favorable to them tried the restoration, but the plot was discovered, and 300 components were exiled. They took refuge in Siena, where they held an exemplary behavior so as to induce some Sienese ambassadors to plead their cause with success at the judiciary ginesina, getting the coveted lose. The exiles returned to San Gines in the care of a wooden crucifix, he traveled as a sign of peace.

City of Montelupone

Piazza del Comune, 1-0733 224 911

A Montelupone life existed at least 2900 years ago at the time of the Piceno civilization.

The town’s name derives from the Roman family Lippia, whose descendants Lippo and Lupo settled on six hills that form the joint. Mons Lupia ran to Archbishop Wolf, then Montis Luponis and today Montelupone.

The territory suffered the fate of the Piceno, the Romans penetrated around 250 BC, the barbarians invaded and pillaged by 400 AD, the refugees fleeing from the destroyed Helvia Recina fled to the surrounding hills and gave rise to the current common. In 729 King Desiderio donated the land to the Church. In the feudal period the Grimaldi family began the construction of the Benedictine Abbey of San Firmano. With the draining of wetlands around the river Potenza began a golden age for Montelupone application of the rule “ora et labora”. In 1817 in the building Emiliani met the “Carbonari” of the district to organize the first uprising for the Italian Risorgimento. In 1860 the troops of the French generals and Lamorciére De Pimodansi settled in Montelupone that housed the headquarters of the illegal partisan command.

Town of Civitanova Marche

Piazza XX Settembre, 93-0733 8221

Located at 155 m of alt. north of the mouth of the Chienti, the city is composed of the villages Portocivitanova, town hall, and Civitanova Alta.

Important fishing center and seaside resort, with sites for fishing boats. Also present, shoe factories (National Exhibition of footwear, in July) and engineering industries. Agriculture provides vegetables and fruit. Portocivitanova counts the presence of the Romanesque church of Saint Maron, IX sec., Today almost entirely rebuilt.

Villa Conti is located in the beautiful park, rich in rare plants, completely destroyed during the Second World War and then rebuilt in the following years. Inside there is a neo-Gothic church and a crypt which houses the tombs of accounts Conti and the opera singer Francisca Solari. The complex also includes the fifteenth-century tower and the building of San Michele, a rare example of Macerata for the art-nouveau, perfectly preserved, built by architect Paolo Sironi in 1910.

Theatre Annibal Caro historical and cultural heritage of the city, was brought back to work in December 1997. The theater dates back to 1860 and has always been a place for citizenship proudly displayed a new “Cathedral Lay”, a temple where the ritual ancestral representation of what you can add all of the nineteenth century see and be seen.

 

City of Ripe San Ginesio

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 8-0733 500102

It ‘a characteristic village of medieval origin whose first settlement on the hill, probably belonged to the people of Piceno.

In Roman times it was the noble Urbisaglia Vicus. The bishops of Camerino there were a fief of border officials who assigned the accounts Prontaguerra. It was a possession of Prontaguerra until the sale of the castle in San Gines, despite the strong and long resistance from residents. After the fury Sforza, Ripe, with San Gines, was absorbed by the papal government. The Papal Bull “Cum iniuncta” issued by Pope Leo X, dated 1517, marked the end of each fight between ripani and Ginesini and established that the castle was owned by Ripe San Gines.

 

City of Montefano

Carradori course, 26-0733 852930

Venagra ancient city Picena and Roman military station along the consular road from Nocera Umbra in Ancona, was destroyed by the Goths in the early sixth century.

The fugitives took refuge on the hill where now it Montefano (etymology derives perhaps daFanno, name Sabine protect the colony Veregrana where there was also a temple.) It has flourished around the small town.

Church of St. Philip Benizi of the Servants of Mary and the convent: in the latter was set up a National Center for Biblical Studies dedicated to Giovanni Vannucci, great biblical scholar.

Collegiate Church of St. Donat: Baroque, has a brick façade with two orders. Inside, above the choir, there is a painting representing “San Donato and San Giovanni Napomuceno the sides of the Assumption”. Under the main altar are buried the remains of St. Honorius, below that of Sacramento the remains of St. Severus, martyr of English origin.

Town Hall: the second half of the nineteenth century. In the council are the arms of the cardinal protectors. In the same building there is the theater, of small proportions, but inspired by the elegant lines of the Fenice in Venice, with which he remade the architect Viginio Tombolini (technical director of the Phoenix). The painting is part of Domenico Bruschi (in ‘800) who frescoed the Synagogue of Rome. Well it preserved can be visited in the morning, addressing the staff of the Municipality.

Cingoli

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 1-0733 601911

It is located 631 m of alt., Between the valleys of the Musone and Potenza. Vineyards, olive groves and wine and oil companies, farming and industrial activity in the clothing and packaging, mechanical (agricultural machinery) and mining, are the city’s economy. Known ski resort, called “Balcony of the Marche” for the wide panorama that you can enjoy.

Worthy of attention:

the Town Hall of the thirteenth century. The cathedral (XVII sec.), the church of San Domenico, with a Madonna of the Rosary by Lorenzo Lotto and the Romanesque church of Sant’Esuperanzio, with frescoes from various periods and a Flagellation of Sebastiano Del lead. Homeland of Pope Pius VIII.

Local products and of economic:

High quality oil, both for the position of olive trees, placed between 300 and 500 meters above sea level, is the variety grown, the Mignola of tracks; also renowned pecorino, fragrant and slightly spicy, and wines, red Conero and Verdicchio that accompany the typical meats.

Comune di Recanati

Piazza Giacomo Leopardi, 26 – 071 75871

www.comune.recanati.mc.it

comune.recanati@emarche.it

Located 293 m of alt . on a hill to the left of the lower valley of power . Nucleus agriculture ( cereals , vineyards , vegetables ) and livestock (cattle, pigs , poultry ) , Recanati has a major factory of musical instruments and other industrial companies (wood, mechanics , clothing , plastics, etc. . ) . The typical craft is based on the processing of copper . His town has the characteristic appearance of the small towns of the Marche gathered on the hill ridges , with winding streets lined with noble buildings and beautiful squares .

RICH ARTISTIC HERITAGE

In addition to the churches of San Domenico , in the fourteenth century. , With marble portal of 1481 (inside , fresco by Lorenzo Lotto ) , St. Francis , of the fourteenth century . , Rebuilt in the eighteenth century . ( painting by Palma the Younger ) , the Cathedral of San Flaviano , the buckets. XIII- XIV, then rebuilt , and the former convent , now the church of Sant’Agostino , designed by Bibienas cloister with Gothic , Renaissance and preserved numerous valuable works of the Baroque era , among which the most important palace Leopardi, with staircase of rare monumentality and the Palace Carancini , also built on the design of Bibienas .

In the Town Hall there is a rich art gallery , with many works by Lorenzo Lotto . The Diocesan Museum is situated on the other hand , at the cathedral .

Recanati is famous as the birthplace of Giacomo Leopardi , which keeps many memories , in the family palace and places , and the opera singer Beniamino Gigli, which is dedicated to a small museum.

City of Montecosaro

Via Gatti, 3-0733 560711

Studies and excavations practiced since 1879 revealed traces of ancient settlements.

In the entrance of the municipal building is a walled Roman sarcophagus in white marble. The first documents date back to 936 and concern the Church of the Annunciation; after just eleven years are related to the Church of San Lorenzo around which grew the current center. In 1290 the Pope confirmed in Montecosaro all communal freedoms, including those to equip itself with its own statutes and freely elect the mayor and the Priors. Of these years they remain the walls, which were closed by three doors and defended by a castle with a high tower. In 1552 the town was sold to Cesarini that you establish a long feudal domination, ceased only at the beginning of the last century.

Church of St. Mary Footer Chienti also known as the Annunciation, a Romanesque (ninth century) rich awls, is located in the lower part is outside.

Collegiate Church with beautiful fourteenth-century walls.

City of Cessapalombo

Via Mazzini, 3-0733 907132

Of medieval origin, the ancient center is preserved almost only the urban layout because of the disastrous earthquake of 1799.

The name refers to a wood, used for cutting wood, owned by a certoPalumbo, rather common name in the Middle Ages. Origin was under the influence of the Abbey of Casauria Abruzzo, but later the territory passed into the hands of some influential local families until, following the granting of the Papal Legate Sinibaldo Fieschi, in 1240 became part of the town of Camerino which was united until the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.

Cave of the Friars of great interest, was the dormitory of the so-called “Fraticelli” persecuted as heretics. Within a unique church of the XIII century.

 

Town of Potenza Picena

Piazza Matteotti, 28-0733 6791

Until 1862 Monte Santo, it looks like a typical medieval village, perched on a hill and surrounded by walls, which make it an elegant appearance and sober.

A maze of narrow streets, which alternates with wide staircases and picturesque squares, takes the visitor to discover a place quiet and austere, where the ancient blends with the modern, giving anyone the wished settings. Its monumental appearance is strongly characterized by the presence of churches (once the country it counted well 27) and imposing towers. 60s the country has developed considerably even outside the city walls.

The industrial and economic growth in general has contributed significantly to the expansion of the urban area, which has flourished entire new neighborhoods, but without emptying suggestions. Enjoyable summer, the country offers a much cooler climate even during the hottest days. A visit in Potenza Picena is short, a dip in the wonders of the past and an immersion in the quiet of nature, here, very generous.

The Pincio belvedere and great space for a break throughout nature.

 

 

Monte Cavallo

Via Roma, 4-0737 519 618

The name was given by French soldiers of the Napoleonic occupation, the community that, in the Middle Ages, was built on the scattered hamlets of Monsampolo.

The castle, just above the current capital, was part of the feud of Basque in the first half of the thirteenth century stretched in some valleys of Chienti and black. Between 1231 and 1232 the Basque sold various castles in the town of Camerino in 1240, to expand, destroyed one of Jupiter, pin domain and defense. When in 1259 the Ghibellines attacked Camerino did not fail the betrayal of the Basques. But three years later the castle was reconquered Monsampolo.

The territory of Montecavallo has a mountain landscape of the most beautiful of the Province and numerous forest trees as the “Forest of Pianotte”, with trees of beech and yew. To enjoy the natural heritage of note is the “Valley of the Madonna”, it will go up by a road in the valley towards the little church of Our Lady at 721 m. share. It ‘was set up a “trail” to do exercises outdoors in a healthy environment. Interesting, near the church, some specimens adults dicarpino black.

City of Castelsantangelo sul Nera

Piazza Santo Spirito, 1-0737 970 039

Of probable prehistoric origins, its events are linked to those of Visso to whom in 1255, with the decline of the authority of the local feudal lords, it was given the Castle of Norcia from which depended Castelsantangelo, going to be, like Ussita, one of its five “guaite”, while maintaining with pride, their self-government and economic. Guaita Castelsantangelo was the most exposed to ongoing reprisals and threats of invasion of Norcia. The inevitable armed clash took place in July 1522, when the fort was heavily defeated by the army Norcia Visso in the battle of Pian Lost, thanks to the valor of the men of guaita Castelsantangelo.

Castle walls surround the ancient medieval urban structure and preserve the ancient gates, including Porta Sant’Angelo with bas-relief depicting St. Michael the Archangel, Protector of the town.

Municipality of Porto Recanati

Corso Matteotti, 230-071 759971

The story of Porto Recanati is intimately linked to that of the city of Recanati, who gave him the autonomy only in January 1893.

The Porto Recanati, between the rivers Musone and Potenza was donated to the Municipality of Recanati in 1229 by Frederick II, who also gave faculty to establish a port. The events of this portion of the territory since then were closely linked to the events of this port and the castle, built in sec. XII in defense of raids from the coast.

Deserve special attention the archaeological excavations of the ancient city of “Potentia” the Roman colony, of which there are important findings in a large area to the south of Porto Recanati, was founded, as attested by literary sources, in 184 BC Maritime center of considerable traffic, the 174 was equipped with walls and of important public works. It is one of the oldest Roman colonies in the region and is often mentioned by the historian Livy. The city took the road of the inevitable decay time of the fall of the Roman Empire and in the following centuries the great barbarian invasions.

City of Montecassiano

Via G. Rossini, 5-0733 299811

To secure medieval, the current center of Montecassiano stands on older structures dating back to the first post-Roman period.

The most accepted hypothesis today it traces the origin of the center to the period immediately following the fall of Helvia Recina. In the Middle Ages the town became the costs of the conflicts and struggles between the Guelph (which joined) and Ghibellina, among the most powerful neighbors Osimani and Macerata and between Malatesta and the Da Varano, undergoing looting and destruction. In the period after his story unfolds as part of the papal state and the unified Italian state.

Church of St. Nicholas: Romanesque. Inside there are only traces of the original fresco decoration. In it it houses the oldest bell in the Marche (merged in 1382) visited on request.

St Mark’s Church: now used for exhibitions and cultural activities, was originally used for the city council and during times of plague. It was restored in the eighteenth century and inside are visible paintings of 1600 and 1700.

City of Castelraimondo

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Due to its location, in a crossroads in the Valley of the Potenza, certainly Castelraimondo was important since ancient times.

Due to its location, in a crossroads in the Valley of the Potenza, certainly Castelraimondo was important since ancient times. The castle was built by permission of Raymond, a native of Aspello (France), son of Atto (or brass) and nephew of Pope Clement V, for the Guelph Camerino could defend against attacks of Ghibelline cities. The castle was owned by the Da Varano of Camerino.

Lanciano Castle was built in 1350-1418 and restored by the Da Varano at later dates. In 1621, he passed in rent to the Longing, then to the Rose in 1680, finally to Bandini who had as a fief by Pope Benedict XV. The interior is decorated in stucco, there are rooms for the collection of paintings, including portraits of famous women of the Da Varano. And ‘it surrounded by a large park. And ‘property of the Archbishop of Camerino.

The formwork powerful crenellated tower of 36 m. and symbol of the town, is the largest remnant of the ancient fortress.