City of Tavoleto

Piazzale San Vincenzo, 2-0722 629 129

The crenellated castle from the gothic, which currently characterizes the cityscape of Tavoleto work is fairly recent as dates back to 1865, when the noble family Petrangolini commissioned its construction. But the foundation and part of the walls originally constituted the much older medieval fortress, built by Federico da Montefeltro, who was well aware of the strategic importance of this hill which dominates the entire valley, was built in 1462 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini .

As for the name of Tavoleto it seems to derive from the main economic activity once exercised in the area: the exploitation of the forest and wood processing by transformation of the logs into “tables”.

As evidence of the strategic importance of Tavoleto, scene of epic battles between the Montefeltro and Malatesta so that the inhabitants of the country were defined “burned” by the devastation suffered and the resulting fires.

In the pasture of Tavoleto are bred sheep whose milk is processed into fine cheeses, this is the home of a dairy tradition. In the undergrowth mushrooms, truffles and other small fruits are collected to be protagonists of tasty dishes on the table.

Town of Pian di Meleto

Via Matteotti, 11-0722 721121

Pian di Meleto rises on an orthogonal urban plan, promoted by the Rectors of Massa Trabaria. He was part of the county of the Counts Oliva and went to the church in 1574. The castle, with trap doors and battlements Ghibellines, was built on the ruins of a fortress erected under the Franks. Destroyed by Francesco Sforza in 1445, it was rebuilt perhaps by Simon George Ferrucci, in 1473 as home of counts of Oliva. Not far from Piandimeleto is the hamlet of San Sisto, ancient castle and home to one of the most famous exhibitions regional mycology. Monastery is located in the village of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary of the Mutino built (perhaps) in 1125 on the ruins of a pre-existing pagan temple dedicated to the god Mutino, which incorporated in 1462, the Abbey of the Sasso Simone. This is a complex that is an important piece of the history of Massa Trabaria and Montefeltro.

Castle of the Counts Oliva (XIV century) after a long and careful restoration, has returned to its former glory. The spacious lounges have been set up: the Museum of Earth Sciences and the Museum of Labour farmer among the most qualified of the Marches. Attached to the museum is the first library in earth sciences with over 1,000 specific works.

Monumental Parish Church (XIII century) inside a fresco of 1576 and some fragments of frescoes of the ‘400. On the walls of the Gothic tombstones of Oliva.

Home of the 7th work of mercy Ubaldiana houses the library (over 10,000 volumes) and a collection of art, archaeological finds, sculptures, ceramics, etc. that are part of a recent legacy.

Mushroom Museum in S. Sisto, home of the famous Mushroom Regional Exhibition, is the former parish and contains plaster casts of all mushrooms traceable in the region and in Italy.

Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary of the Mutino (XII century) in the village Monastery was a complex of great religious and political importance at the time of Massa Trabaria, now in sharp decline. It ‘was built on the ruins of a temple dedicated to the god Mutino and the abbey church preserves valuable oepre art.

 

City of Mondolfo
Via Garibaldi, 1-0721 9391

I Malatesta, with Jailbird, were the first Lords of Mondolfo and erected the first fortifications that were rearranged by Giovanni Della Rovere after the investiture by Pope Sixtus IV, his uncle (1474). Originated the oldest there is little news. Giovanni’s son, Francesco Maria Della Rovere, adopted by his uncle Guidobaldo da Montefeltro and became Duke of Urbino, he brought with him the town that took place in the duchy. Among uprisings and repression was conquered by Cesare Borgia “Valentino” and das Lorenzo De ‘Medici, to return to the Duchy with Guidobaldo II Della Rovere until 1631, the year of its devolution to the Church.

Church of San Sebastian is located in the village of the same name at the foot of the hill of Mondolfo. The original church was built in 1479 to vote during a plague, and was dedicated to the Roman martyr Sebastiano, it invoked precisely against this disease.

Castle walls that remains of the fortifications mondolfesi. Although they have suffered deterioration and tampering, it is still running a work, which still plays a precise static function.

Church of St. John the Beheaded (seventeenth century), an old town, was originally an oratory Death Company, open only to the functions of the Holy Week.

Church of Santa Maria del Soccorso (called St. Augustine) singular example of provincial architecture, with inside paintings of the period between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century.

 

City of Casteldelci

Piazza S. Nicolò, 2-0541 915423

 

Casteldelci was built around the church of St. Martin in Vivedo and was in ancient times under the jurisdiction of the bishops of Montefeltro. In 1290 it was under the rector of Massa Trabaria, then passed to the Della Faggiola, who exercised power until 1400 for the help given to the bishops against the Republic of Florence. It was then in 1433, of Nicholas of Perfetti ì, which escaped Guidantonio da Montefeltro. Subsequently belonged aCesare Borgia, Lorenzo de ‘Medici (1517) and to the Dukes of Urbino in 1522. It then followed the vicissitudes of the Duchy of Urbino. In the territory only the remains of the old castle and the Tower of Monte recall the echo of the warlike deeds of the native Uguccione Faggiola, sung as the “Greyhound ghibellino” in popular songs.

Church of St. Nicholas in the Gothic style with the impressive bell tower.

Roman bridge built over the river Senatello.

S. Maria in Sasseto preserves important frescoes by the Rimini school.

City of Talamello

Piazza Garibaldi, 2-0541 920 036

The first news about Talamello date from 800 AD :, received the Charter of the Ravenna 950, 999 of the Code Bavaro and Placido Feretrano.

The territory was then called “the Parish of St. Peter’s Worship”, was holding with its own laws and regulations and belonged to the church as a feud Montefeltro, who passed to the Malatesta in 1243. It was the seat of the Bishops of Montefeltro for over 100 years and the Cardinal Legate.

The feud over the centuries passed through various hands was Uguccione Faggiola, the Correr, the Venetian, the Montefeltro, the Church and even the Malatesta family, who sold it to the Pamphili in part and the rest of the Bentivoglio in the years 1621-1655. In 1797, Napoleon was in the Cisalpine Republic, department of Rubicon, district of Mercato Saraceno and then free municipality in 1861 with the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy.

 

Home of the aged cheese:

Known as “Amber Talamello”, it is a cheese that is aged in pits dug in the ground tuff where acquires particular flavor and aroma. The production is artisanal and often fails to meet the market demands. Particularly recommended after a meal, it can be served with honey and jams.

Town of Petriano

Via San Martino, 4-0722 52130

The first historical Petriano are given in a document dated 1069. Petriano known for its strategic position has played a major role in dominating territory and that is why in 1219 it became part of the State of Urbino. From that moment he followed all the events related to the history of the city Montefeltro.

Church of San Martino is the oldest, named in a document of 1069. On the main altar “St. Martin and St. John the Baptist “by Luigi Scorraro (1900); side altar “Madonna and Child, St. Joseph, St. Anne and Saint Lucia” by Antonio Rondelli (1759 to 1848).

Church of Santa Maria in Calafria is cited by 1290. It was rebuilt in 1700. Inside “The Assumption” (1714), painted by Domenico Urbino Giannotti.

Oratory of SS. Conception still existing but not officiated, it is the Oratory of SS. Conception of the Valley, established by family Crescentini.

Church of St. Gallen built in 1956. It hosts the painting “St. Bernardino “from Siena who loves the Lady of the Snows”, coming from the Church of San Bernardino; a crucifixion of the seventeenth century and an altarpiece depicting “The Assumption of St. John the Baptist and St. Julian Martyr” of the baroque school.

Church of San Bernardino Chapel of St. Bernard, once called Santa Maria ad Nives or Castel di Sajano, now has the features of a kiosk closed by a glass wall. There is the original image of the “Madonna dei Sodi”, a rare fresco of 1779.

Church of St. John the Baptist of Riceci of 1779, the design of the brick façade reminiscent of certain works carried out at that time in the ducal city of Urbino architect Giuseppe Tosi.

Shrine of Our Lady of Sodi where once stood the church of Santa Maria Assunta, is a newsstand today, renews ta in 1996, where it is venerated copy ceramic image of Our Lady of Sodi.

 

Piazza Matteotti, 2-0721 97101

After the destruction of the Roman city of Suasa by the hand of the king of the Goths, Alaric, the survivors fled to the surrounding hills, giving rise to the hill towns, including Mondavio. Another interpretation wants instead Mondavio originated when some families settled around the monastery that St. Francis had built.

As we see the origin is uncertain, but it is also uncertain derivation of the name Mondavio: some from “Monte Avio”, the local lord of the 1300s, for others from the Latin “Mons avium” or mountain birds of Franciscan flavor. In 1300 there is a castle, and it is stated on other nearby villages, creating the Vicariate of Mondavio. It was ecclesiastical fief of Malatesta of Rimini with the good governance of Pandolfo. Triumphal entry was in 1442 in Mondavio Sigismund Malatesta, whose wife Polyxena Sforza had brought a dowry of the Vicariate removed to the Church by Father Francis.

But trgica was their end, defeated first by King Alfonso of Aragon and then finally by Federico da Montefeltro, allies of the pope. In 1474, after a brief period of Principles Piccolomini, the Vicariate was granted by Pope Sixtus IV to his nephew Giovanni Della Rovere. A Mondavio born Francesco Maria I della Rovere, adopted by his uncle Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino in 1508 became head of the dynasty and Della Rovere. Extinct Della Rovere in 1631, the Vicariate went employed by the Apostolic See and remained there until its annexation to the Kingdom of Italy in 1860.

SIGHTS

mondavio

Rocca di Mondavio designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, was built between 1482 and 1492. And ‘considered the ultimate expression of the art of the early Renaissance fortified. La Rocca, fully restored houses inside some museums and exhibitions, is also used as a setting for events of art, food and wine and entertainment.

Museum of Historic Revival reconstruction of scenes of Renaissance life, banquet halls, the oven, the torture, the ammunition depot, etc.

Museo Civico Pinacoteca canvases School Warriors, Barocci, Ridolfi, majolica, staute, sculptures and antique books.

Armory exhibition of a large collection of weapons: swords, daggers, halberds, etc.

War machines-size reconstruction of war machines designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501): catapults, trebuchets, bombards, etc.

Artillery Park in Rivellino artillery originals are on display, including several rarities, from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.

Sanctuary Regina Pacis in the hamlet of San Michele al Fiume, is among the religious of the Cesano valley.

 

 

 

City of Cartoceto

Piazza Rusticucci 1-0721 898123

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Already it inhabited in Roman times, as documented by an inscription (49 BC) discovered near the Pieve. In the Middle Ages it acquired strategic importance as to be provided with fortress (1351) remained in operation until 1572, when it was destroyed by a violent earthquake that ruined a large part of the old town. The first were the lords Malatesta, who followed the city of Fano, which remained tied until the Unification of Italy.

Palace Rusticucci summer seat of the powerful cartinale Rusticucci Jerome (1537-1603), who Cartoceto gave birth and who became, very young, Secretary of State, before Pope Pius V and later of Pope Sixtus V.

Marcolini palace entrance of the village, the birthplace of Count Camillo Marcolini, singular figure of literary and historical.

Municipal Theatre of Triumph (1801) partially renovated, with all wooden boxes numbered and arranged in three rows, active since more than half of 1900. It looks forward to returning to its former glory with the curtain of Romolo Liverani. Among the theaters of the province is the third-oldest, after those of Pergola and Mondavio.

Parish Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul, the oldest evidence religious and civil, place of spiritual call and assembly meetings. Inside it is reported: an organ to seven registers from 1682, a wooden cross with scagliole miniature pearl depicting moments of the passion of Christ, the wooden statues of the patron saints of baroque art and a crucifixion of the eighteenth century. On the outside wall is a plaque Roman 79 BC

Santa Maria del Soccorso (XVIII sec.) Vanvitelliano austere style church built on the foundations of an ancient convent of the XVI century. Among the paintings there is the Madonna del Latte of 1500, a Blessed Conception and a Flagellation attributed to Bartolomeo Morganti, the Madonna del Soccorso scula Marche.

Santa Maria della Misericordia distinguished collegiate built in 1831 with a good part of the remains of the original church that was under the castle walls. Contains a kiosk at the end of ‘400, in a neo-classical chapel specially built, held dispenser of miracles and called “Our Lady of Grace”; a painting, a gift of Cardinal Rusticucci, from the workshop of Barocci, and another work of Morganti. Altar “Madonna della Misericordia” attributed to Simone Contarini. Particular mention deserves the organ of 1779.

 

 

City of Serrungarina

Serafini Square, 2-0721 896 129

The origin of Serrungarina is uncertain, among other things there is to clarify the fact that there are two Serrungarina: “the old”, also called Brisighella (now Borgo Bello) and “new”, called in time with different names: San Longarino, Serra Serra Ungarina or Longarina.

Always at the time of the ancient Romans “Tabernulae” (the village of Tavernelle) function was to place of rest for men and horses in transit on stradaconsolare Flaminia. During the Municipal a renewal movement did risolgere to life Pentapolis Fano Serrungarina which he belonged. In all probability it is precisely at this time that would be built the fortress of Brisighella, which was then granted in fief by the Malatesta family De Boccaccio of Meldon, long in the service of the House of Fano, and came to them held even when the ‘ extinction of lordship Malatesta.

 PEAR “Angelica”

Serrungarina boasts a typical product of his own: the pear “Angelica” in which each year is dedicated to a celebration. The Angelica, once widely cultivated throughout the province, here its ideal climate on the coast and at greater heights the fruit is spoiled by moisture and rain. The pear is juicy, sweet, with a characteristic smell and is suitable for all recipes.

City of Pergola

C.so Matteotti, 53-0721 73731

Established in 1234 by Eugubini in a borderland, it was long disputed between the lordships of Malatesta and Montefeltro. The territory of Pergola is still inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by findings of the Neolithic Age, the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Several also traces of successive inhabitants of Umbria, Etruscan and Celtic. The Roman period is rather well documented; the discovery of tombs, vases and various furnishings, in different locations in the city and witness a romanization widespread.

Pergola was born as a free city, but on it, with many twists and turns, gradually dominate the Malatesta, the Sforza, the Montefeltro and Della Rovere. Under the rule of the Montefeltro records a successful period of expansion that continues with the Della Rovere. With the passage of the Duchy of Urbino to the Papal State (1631) Pergola experienced a long period of demographic decline and economic difficulties, partially offset by the cyclical revival of the textile and leather.

Museum of the Gilded Bronzes of Cartoceto di Pergola and the city: great interest was the discovery (1946) of this group equestrian Roman gilded bronze, the only one in the world has reached us. Despite many years of study and restoration, it is not possible attribution of certain figures represented (certainly a royal family) and this mystery only adds to her charm. The group of the Gilded Bronzes, after a quarrel with Ancona over many decades has finally found its place in the town Cesanense, attracting every year thousands of tourists from around the world. For some time the same exhibition space has also become the City Museum with the collection and picture gallery.

Cabinet Geological and Botanical “Piccinini” museum of science and technology.

City of Mombaroccio

Piazza Barocci, 6-0721 471103

Castle Mombaroccio tradition is that it was built with the material of five ruins of castles already existing in its vicinity. Mombaroccio knew the rule of the Malatesta, the Sforza, the Della Rovere (under which invested the family became Marquis Del Monte), the Papacy and the occupation of General Napoleon Bonaparte. The Marquis Del Monte favored the recovery of the town and built the Palace of the family, some time in the middle of an action for recovery. Illustrious son of this land was Guidobaldo Del Monte, a contemporary of the last Duke of Urbino by which grew first true mathematician in history, was the instigator of the theories of Galileo Galilei with whom she had a long epistolary relationship. In 1849 the Austrians reintegrarono papal rule that ended in 1860.

Rural Heritage Museum of the evocative exhibition is on display in the basement of the seventeenth-century monastery of San Marco. Has hundreds of pieces, some of which are rare or have now disappeared. Farm tools, craftsmen, household exposure are a collection not easily found elsewhere. The museum is open all year. Visited are also the caves dug into the tuff and about 40 meters long.

Sacred art museum located in the old sacristy and the former Church of San Marco, is developed in seven rooms and includes: paintings, altarpieces, manuscripts, engravings, tapestries, furniture and objects dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. In the Church, also they make a prominent organ and a wooden walnut of the ‘700 and the ancient relic of St. Clement. The museum is open all year.

Museum embroidery embroidery is a traditional activity for women of Mombaroccio. The first historical references are from 1400, when it was used the technique of the tie. The exhibition is set up in two rooms at the base capable of civic tower (1608). The exhibition is open all year.

Photographic exhibition in the beautiful cloister of San Marco, consists of about 100 photographs that recall lifestyles, characters, environments and situations from the early twentieth century to World War II. The exhibition is open all year.

Sanctuary of Blessed Sante (2 km. From the center) beacon of spirituality and a treasure trove of art. Of particular interest to the Church and the Cloister of 1536/38 with the austere quadrangle with rounded arches. Inside a crucifix riferitto the “Sienese school” of the fifteenth century, paintings and frescoes. In an eighteenth-century gilded wooden chest it was placed the body of Blessed Sante Brancorsini. In the Sanctuary you can visit the Pinacoteca.

Museum of a blast from the past that many have lived and others have heard stories from parents or grandparents. The striking exhibit is in the basement of the seventeenth-century monastery of San Marco. It has hundreds of pieces, some of which are rare and almost disappeared forever. Farm tools, craftsmen, household exposure are a collection not easily found elsewhere. The visistatore remains enthusiastic for the place where it is located and for the wide variety of material collected. The rural museum is open all year. Adjacent to the exhibition of rural culture are the eighteenth-century caves, carved into the tufa, intact as it was then, about 40 meters long.

 

 

City of Carpegna

Piazza Conti, 18-0722 727065

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The family of the Carpegna was the founder of the history of all of central Italy overlooking the Mediterranean; Carpegna derive from the Della Faggiola, the Malatesta and the first accounts of Montefeltro. The Carpegna, noble family of the oldest lasting in Italy, already existed before 1000, exercised his power until 1749; over the rule, the town followed the fate of the Papal States.

Palazzo dei Principi still home to the family Carpegna Falconieri, was built in 1675 for Cardinal Gaspare. The dwelling, really princely, preserves the original furnishings, rich salt (such as the “throne”) and a family wealth contained in the library and in the collection of documents; just think that between the Carpegna have followed men at arms, clergy, ambassadors and other distinguished personalities.

Church of St. Sixtus with fine Romanesque crypt.

Romanesque church of San Giovanni (XII century) flanked by a Renaissance loggia.

Church of St. Nicholas (XVII century) famous because in 1970 there was the mysterious episode of the bells that rang remain securely.

For the natural environment surrounding the town, Carpegna is the ideal holiday destination “all natural” and those who love sports such as hiking, birdwach, etc.

The City of Carpegna is part of the Montefeltro region and the historic seat of the ancient mountain community, known in gastronomy, especially for the production of cheeses, such as the famous “Casciotta of Urbino” whose most noble admirer was Michelangelo. The woods are full of mushrooms and truffles; Good quality is the production of single-flower honey; acorns and pastures are food for pigs and cattle. The goodness of the meat and slaughter that here it is, has enabled us to raise awareness and appreciation Prosciutto di Carpegna worldwide, as among the best and most requested. Besides the famous ham, are products other sausages, real specialties, to be found in small workshops.

 

Carpegna offers a complete tourist accommodation organization thanks to a remarkable availability of hotels, houses and camping sites in an area of ​​unspoiled places ideal for exploration and for quality of life.

Town of Serra Sant’Abbondio

Forecourt of the City, from 1 to 0721 730 120

Founded by the free town of Gubbio in the thirteenth century, it had a strategic importance as a place of defense and control of increasingly inaccessible and hidden, but shorter, between Umbria and the Adriatic.

Serra Sant’Abbondio in 1384 became part of the Duchy of Urbino and so in 1481 the Duke Federico da Montefeltro said assignment to Francesco di Giorgio Martini to build a fortress to defend the valley, of which the architect himself has left a detailed description in one of his manuscripts. Nothing remains of this fortress destroyed by order of the Duke Guidubaldo to save it from the conquest of Cesare Borgia, the “Valentino”.

Not far from the center, on the left bank of the river Cesano, is preserved in its original structure of the early Christian crypt of San Biagio the fourth or fifth century Hotel, was built with Roman finds from a pagan temple; it is the oldest crypt of the Marches built at the time of the spread of Christianity in the valley of Cesano.

Monastery of the Holy Cross in Fonte Avellana (X century) religious complex of great importance saw the passage of S. Pierdamiani and St. Romuald who were also Priori, stayed there also Dante Alighieri who devoted a few lines to the monastery and “Gibbo named Catria2. In the guesthouse you can find some products of the ancient pharmacy of the Camaldolese Fathers and near the monastery, advancing to a small path, you can admire a centuries-old rate.

Early Christian crypt of San Biagio (IV / V century): the oldest of the Marche, located not far from the center. It ‘was built with Roman remains, from a pagan temple, at the beginning of the spread of Christianity in the valley of Cesano.

Pennabilli

Piazza Montefeltro, 3-0541 928 411

The Episcopal city of Pennabilli, the religious capital of the Montefeltro and the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro, is situated on the western slopes of Mount Carpegna sloping towards the river Marecchia, to 629 mt.
Built on the rocky cliff and Roccione is a characteristic village with medieval. It owes its urban layout to the union of two ancient castles of Billi on Rupe and Penna on the Great Rock.

The territory round about has been inhabited since ancient times, seeing succession Umbrians, Etruscans and Romans, which they increased the ancient road on the valley floor and Vico Mass. But it is with the phenomenon of, around the year one thousand, the town developed. It becomes feud of the Carpegna, then Malatesta of which is probably the “cradle”, before it came down to family Verucchio and Rimini.
During 1300 the two independent municipalities of Penna and Billi come together, resulting in a single municipal entity, as depicted in the coat of arms if you see two towers topped by the eagle Montefeltro. At that time also it began the construction of the walls and city gates that mark the boundaries of the town today. In the same century the community Maciano joins that of Pennabilli, while Soanne passes to be part of the municipality of Pennabilli during the fifteenth century, forming the nucleus of the town.

Membership in the Duchy of Urbino Marche marks the fate of the center, creating that bond constant community Penne with the Montefeltro family first and then the Della Rovere.
In 1572 Gregory XIII transferred to San Leo the seat of the Diocese of Montefeltro, now called San Marino Montefeltro. The presence of the diocese strongly characterizes the town from the urban point of view: the Cathedral, the Shrine of St. Augustine with the memorial of Our Lady of Grace, the Augustinian Convent, the Church and the Hospital of Mercy, are cultural assets that still today we can admire.

Mercatino Conca
Piazza Rossini, 12-0541 970145

Mercatino Conca, as the name suggests, boasts its miglire TRADITION in the activity of markets; Duke Guidobaldo I Feltrio, in 1508, recognized in Mercatino Conca the benefit of the markets every Friday and cattle fairs of Good Friday, Ubaldo and St. Peter.

Even today, in fact, every Friday morning there is the traditional market that fills the country especially in the summer with tourists and joy. Then the big cattle markets have given way to two major markets: Fair Friday eFiera Ubaldo (Sunday after May 16) that are certainly not regret the crowd of old, renewing a dear and beloved folk tradition.

The Apennine landscape is wonderful, full of dark green color of the land and the blue of the sky and the sea that you see on the horizon. The River Basin, crossed the bridge, is the more pronounced seng of nature, a gentle nature with its fresh waters, its bends and alcoves, but who knows also become furious with the winter rains.

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Cantiano

Piazza Luceoli, 3-0721 789 911

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In the seventh century. B.C. an offshoot of the people of the Italians, in migrating from the north to the south, off the Umbrian people Apennines freedom and lands. The discovery of a document of inestimable value as the “Tables of Gubbio,” allowed us to go back to the people who participated in the migration, Ikuvini. These, with the foundation of the ancient city of Luceoli, belong to the history of the origins of Cantiano. Subject to the Etruscans, were later attached peacefully in Rome. Suffered devastating invasions of Heruli and Goths, Luceoli increases its importance in becoming a cornerstone of the “Byzantine corridor”. Meanwhile, in the ninth century, it began the fortification of the two hills Colmatrano Cantiano and around which the supertiti of Luceoli, destroyed in 1137 by Emperor Lothair, ricpiegheranno to start the future community of Cantiano. Obedience to Barbarossa and Federico II, Cantiano passes in 1244 under the jurisdiction of the town of Gubbio and in 1250 under the government of the Church. Even the Malatesta of Rimini and the Counts of Montefeltro is faced to the Castle of Cantiano: dropped in 1393 under the rule of the latter, follow the story of the State of Urbino until 1631.

The Apennine Mountains are easy and hospitable, usually rich in easy tracks. The sharp shadows of the rocky spurs can hide the flight of the Aquila real living in the oasis of protection of Catria and dell’Acate. The meadows are home to a good population of hares and deer. Up the Burano, reach Bosco Tecchie now, the initiative of the municipal administration, with the park for scientific, educational, and recreational nature. It covers about 180 hectares including meadows and pasture-forest with beech trees ecerri; There are 5 varieties of woodpecker. Radiant, damp dead leaves, move: the spotted salamander, the cinghialie deer; the night is the kingdom of owls and tawny owls with their unmistakable call.

Rearing Horse represents traditions and perspectives, the pride of the people of Cantiano and the historical mission of the pastures of the Monte Catria. The origins of this activity date back to 1128 when the monks of the monastery of Fonte Avellana started with foresight and hard work of the first farms in the pastures of Catria. Activity that was made tenaciously prosper by all nations in the following centuries, and still practiced today and destined to increasing success. Origins less remote is the ” Cherry of Cantiano “. It developed into the model of family business typically Marche and while retaining the traits of craft, extended its knowledge of the whole country.

     

 

City of Sassofeltrio

Piazza Municipio, 3-0541 974 130

Sassofeltrio is one of the most important settlements of the Montefeltro in terms of strategic and military.

In 1200 Sassofeltrio was a feud of the Counts of Carpegna, who owned extensive territories in the valley of the Conca and Marecchia, in 1300 Sassofeltrio became a Malatesta fortress, which he remembers in the papal books a mighty tower. In June 1463 underwent a siege by the troops of Montefeltro, led by Count Frederick himself, which he subjected the area to make it a defensive outpost of extreme importance, since its destruction Federico commissioned Francesco di Giorgio Martini to build a fortress where the ancient fortification, on the foundations of gessite made from the hill where once stood the village of Sassofeltrio. It still shows clear signs of the medieval village and there are traces of caves and tunnels in a state of neglect, which were originally used for emergency exits in case of siege.

City of Peglio

Piazza Petrangolini, 6-0722 310100

Historically it was satisfied Roman indentificabile with the “Vicus Pilleus” Pentapolis where, towards 739, loyalists Lombards of King Liutprand were defeated by the Roman-Byzantine.

Was elevated land in the fortress and left the Holy See when Pepin the Short (died 768) he donated Massa Trabaria the patrimony of St. Peter.

Castle Peglio, already partly feud Benedictine in 1185, it was assigned by Pope Nicholas IV in 1291, to secure residence of the rector of Massa Trabaria during the fierce battles between the Montefeltro, Della Faggiola and Brancaleone, who were in feud 1334.

Cardinal Albornoz he claimed allegiance to the Holy See, finally passed, by permission of Pope Boniface IX, the ConteAntonio da Montefeltro.

It was officially called Castrum Pilei, castle of Peglio, dapileum = military cap.

Under the regime of Montefeltro-Della Rovere and as Vicariate of the earth Casteldurante, he remained until 1631, when the State of Urbino was donated to the Holy See.

Medieval tower destroyed during the war and rebuilt, retains the old bell of the sixteenth century.

City of Mercatello Metauro

Piazza Garibaldi, 5-0722 89114

The origin of Mercatello in the upper Metauro Valley and date back to the twelfth century BC. by the population of Umbria, in a border area between their own territory and that of ‘Etruria, is then inserted into Regio VI Umbria Emperor Augustus is then destroyed, as most of the towns in the area by the passage of the barbaric population . Rebuilt by the Lombards in the sixth century. Peter called Pieve d’Ico under the jurisdiction of the City of Castle. Under the papacy of Celestine II and Alexander III the village was declared independent in 1235 and the Pope Gregory IX decided to bring together the scattered population in seven neighboring castles in one parish church and later built the walls so that they form the municipality named which now it belongs to Mercatello due to the many markets that took place as a major center of trade Apennines.

In 1437la history of Mercatello it joins the destiny of the Duchy of Urbino, following the marriage of Gentile Brancaleoni with Federico da Montefeltro permanently leaving the “Massa Trabaria”; in 1636 of course it goes under the Papal States to the fall of the Duchy of Urbino to the lack male heir and become Diocese of Urbania.

 In the old village, which today still retains its medieval appearance, are centered around the city Piazza Garibaldi overlooked by the main buildings, a work that was part of the nineteenth-century project to modernize the city at the time, among the structures that we can we are here to admire the Collegiate Parish Church, a Romanesque structure of the tenth century. and rebuilt in 1363 originate from this period are its walls and Gothic windows of the sides, the ancient church of St. Peter today it houses the Museum where you store numnerosi furnishings and vestments of the XIII-XVII Sec. museum is open by appointment. Also on the square are two buildings of civil architecture such as the Town Hall and the oldest Palace Gasparini of the seventeenth century. in which by ‘April 2013 is housed in its basement a permanent Contemporary Show which includes 158 works, including sculptures and paintings of various national and foreign artists of high-value internationally. The exhibition is open to the public every weekend.

 Monumental Church of St. Francis (sec. XIII) early Gothic style is one of the oldest Franciscan constructions, we have the first news with Pope Innocent IV in 1215 granting the extraordinary indulgence to anyone who aid the friars in its construction, today The monastery is enriched inside the halls of the ‘former refectory of the friars, the Museum art gallery in which are preserved valuable paintings school Rimini and local Marche and Umbria regions, and even of Tuscan art as two splendid marble medallions awarded with 1474 figures Duke of Urbino Federico and Count of Mercatello both are attributed to Benedetto da Maiano and Francesco di Giorgio Martini.

 In the Church of St. Clare rebuilt in 1646 with a single nave barrel it is decorated with the figures of St. Francis and St. Clare on canvas by Felice Damiani of the ‘600, other paintings depicting always St. Francis and St. Philip Blacks the same artist, noteworthy instead in the sacristy is preserved a collection of documents and iconographic relics of Saint Veronica Giuliani compatriot

In front of the Church of the Holy Cross built in the ‘300 we find the Monastery of the Capuchin in which we can visit the small sanctuary of St. Veronica in which are kept the relics and writings of Santa.L anoint the course Bencivenni can admire unfortunately only outside the Palazzo Ducale commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro, designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and unfinished, has undergone renovations over the centuries due to the many changes of ownership .I always along the other hand we can visit for free and no appointment is the “Saletta Pawnshop” to Mercatello founded in 1500 by Francesco di Simone, and in this particular area we can admire the ancient original furniture under a spectacular coffered ceiling.

The sixteenth century Palazzo Fabbri ancient home of the aristocratic family called the “Palazzaccio” also not visited, has a characteristic shape of a ship that goes up over the creek.

Parish of St. Peter of Ico or Pieve Collegiate of strategic importance in the twelfth century, within a valuable Romanesque-Byzantine icon of the eleventh century, objects and utensils to form the Museum of the Collegiate.

Castello della Pieve ancient manor, now completely deserted, with a tower. Here it was decided the exile of Dante Alighieri.

Palazzo Gasparini (XVII cent.), Now owned by the city hall for exhibitions and conferences.

Palazzo Ducale (sec. XV) by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Mercatello Metauro is the city of St. Veronica Giuliani, Capuchin Poor Clare, of which it preserves the birthplace of the saint.

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Popolazione	8.889 abitanti(01/01/2013 – Istat)
Superficie	226,46 km²
Densità	39,25 ab./km²

 

Just 276 m of alt., On a spur of Mount Petrano, at the confluence of the rivers Bosso and Burano. The main crops are cereals, vines, fruits and fodder. Significant also raising cattle. Industrial activities are mainly in construction, furniture, glass. Craft mainly the production of wrought iron.

Founded in the twelfth century, the free town of Cagli, among which include the mayor Orsini, the Colonna, the Baglioni, the Gabrielli, and iMontefeltro Tarlati had subjected over 52 castles snidando facing the rural nobility and the abbots, without escape a aggressive policy that led to the weapons of his militia early in the cloisters of the powerful abbeys.

Town of Sassocorvaro

Via Roma, 2-0722 769 011

The origin of the town is to ask around the tenth century. In the thirteenth century it was subject to the dominion of Brancaleoni who ruled for over 100 years; after six years of war, in 1424, Guidantonio Da Montefeltro managed to scalzarne rule. The continuous wars between the Montefeltro and Malatesta caused the domination of one hour, now of the other, until the final victory of Frederick Feltrio Duke of Urbino (1463). Frederick granted a fief in Sassocorvaro Of Ottaviano Ubaldini, who built the fortress designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini.

 With the extinction of the Ubaldini, he returned to Montefeltro again granted a fief to the Doria family of Genoa, who ruled it, in turn, until the end of the house (1626). After several years of domination by the Della Rovere, with the end of the dynasty of the Dukes of Urbino (1631) he passed to the Papal States and from these to the Kingdom of Italy.

From the top of the old town, the eye can sweep over the valley below where the river Leaf stands a gem set, Lake Mercatale, reservoir to collect water that feed on various aqueducts in the province; It has become tourist attraction for the sport of rowing and canoeing competitions that take place throughout the year. Above the village stretches, like a balcony on the lake, the large stain the pine forest of the Colle Hygeia, ideal for picnics and relaxing walks.

Rocca Ubaldinesca it houses the Municipal Art Gallery, a charming small Tetro and the Ark of Art: an exhibition of life-size copies of the great masterpieces of painting in 1940 saved from the dangers of war.

Walls and towers are visible Gate of Coste, ancient entrance with pointed arch, the Portaccia, access Voltone and the North and South Towers.

Valle Avellana another medieval town that still has the perimeter structure with the front door to pointed arch.

City of Orciano di Pesaro

Piazzale della Ripa, 1-0721 97424

Where today is located Orciano, there was a very extensive forest in the middle of which stood a small temple dedicated to the pagan god Janus who predicted the future. In that church went all the surrounding people, to implore the oracle, that is the answer they thought they receive from God himself to their demands and, at the same time, they placed in a vase shaped like a pitcher on the altar their offers in coins. Therefore there is to believe that the name derives from the urn of Janus Orciano, from the Latin “Urceanus”. From the seventh to the twelfth century Orciano, like many others in the countryside of Fano, he was swept up in the terrible events of war. After ups and downs in 1339 Galeotto Malatesta, the lordship of Rimini, came into possession of the lands of Orciano and weighed by high taxes its inhabitants who, exasperated, rebelled. Once suppressed the wrath of Orcianesi, Jailbird Malatesta to earn the goodwill of the people bestowed to it gifts, and honors for his care was built in 1348 the port called “below” and raised the Tower, and superb high, dominates the inner city. A period of calm Orciano lived it with Giovanni della Rovere who became lord of Orciano also brought improvements to the town. With the demise of the dynasty Rovere, the lands of the Duchy of Urbino passed to be part of the Papal States.

Santa Maria Novella erected in 1492 and designed dell’archittetto Florentine Baccio Pontelli. The entrance is framed and embellished with a beautiful stone portal carved in bas-relief, which popular tradition attributed to Raphael of Urbino.

Malatesta tower built by Galeotto Malatesta in 1348. Brought in new shape by the Florentine Baccio Pontelli, is one with the beautiful church of Santa Maria Novella.

In Orciano they are jealously guarded two valuable works of art: the first is a painting by Morganti, 1500, representing the mystical marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The second is a wooden statue of the Venetian school depicting the Dead Christ. On the entrance wall of the bell tower, you can see a coat of arms “in quartered” sandstone. E ‘attributed to the Duke of Urbino Francesco Maria I della Rovere, prefect appointed by the Pope of Rome.

 

 

Marotta (towns of Fano and Mondolfo)

Tourist information center: Viale G. Carducci

 

Marotta is a relatively young town that of past ages preserves only the name, derived from the Latin “Mala Rupta”, in memory of the battle of the Metauro, which took place in 207 BC, in which the Romans inflicted a heavy defeat Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal , brother of Hannibal.

In the Middle Ages Marotta was a postal station used to change horses to stagecoaches games from Ancona and direct in Bologna.

Today Marotta has a special, perhaps unique in Italy, which long has been debated; In fact, its territory is the responsibility of two municipal administrations: half figure comefrazione of Fano and the other half as a fraction of Mondolfo. This creates some discomfort the people who, nevertheless managed to turn a small “group of houses” in a well-served resort.

The “Garagoi”

As mentioned, Marotta is a seaside resort, but the people here, before tourism entrepreneurs, is a seafarer, small fishermen in the early morning along the shore in search of the good fish from the Adriatic. So the fish, as well as having been the source of labor and economy for decades, is the main ingredient of the local cuisine. The garagoi in particular, a snail little regarded by others, became a delicious dish which is dedicated each year an ancient festival.

Borgo Pace
Piazza del Pino, 3-0722 816 048

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Borgo Pace is the capital of a joint extended in the ancient territory of Massa Trabariafino the pass of Bocca Trabaria (m. 1044).

village paceIn a charming sun, balmy air, the picturesque landscape, tells the story of its medieval castles: Lamoli, Sompiano, Castel di Bavia that in sec. XV gives way in the plan to Borgopace, Castel dei Fabbri, Figgiano, Palazzo Mucci, Parchiule.

Among forests of firs, cedars, of fustaglie, enlivened by fresh water springs (source of the Firs) and streams (Meta and Auro) they have ruled ancient peoples (by the Umbrians to the Romans, to the Lombards), to domination of powerful families (from Massani Feltrechi to the Della Rovere), who left various traces of their civilization: the frescoes of the fourteenth and fifteenth, tables and oil paintings, ceramics and sculptures, architecture and rustic mighty high grace sandstone.

Hospitable to all, he received in 1818 Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother, helped Giuseppe Garibaldi, became “partisan” in the resistance and suffered the devastation of Germany; resources renewing and widening, creating equipment tourist accommodation.

In Borgo Pace in the Cloister of the Benedictine Abbey of Lamoli it houses the “Museum of Natural Colors” to guide us through a journey in which the protagonists are the colors and all the uses that man has done since ancient times .

Lamoli: A m. 600 above sea level. until the establishment of the City of Borgo Pace (1872), it was the most important castle of the upper valley of Metauro. The foundation is due to the Benedictine monks in sec. VII, who built the vast and powerful Abbey of St. Michael the Archangel. Until sec. XIX was the seat of the Vicariate civil and had its statutes from 1412.

Abbey church with three naves and a crypt (Sec. VII and VIII), has remained intact with the monastery and the guest, when you created the hospitable “Oasis St. Benedict.” It ‘a great monument of art, also rich in frescoes and sculpture Brunellesca.

In the upper valley of Metauro rises S. Angelo in Vado, the city founded by the Romans of which there are many traces in the municipal area, which have resulted in numerous studies and archaeological excavations promoted by the Superintendence of Urbino by identifying and bringing to light in 1999 an area of ​​1000 square meters in the area called “Campo della Pieve”, which was called DOMUS THE MYTH;

The ancient Roman settlement of Tifernum Mataurense of the first century AD named after the mythological decorations featuring flooring mosaicali, polychrome and monochrome, also floral decorations, scenes of hunting, marine and fantastic rich.

In this Apennine section also it stands an artery of the ancient Via Flaminia commissioned in 220 BC by Gaius Flaminio which linked ancient Rome with the Adriatic areas and the Po Valley, visible today with its impressive infrastructure, adapted to the rugged mountain territory, such as bridges, tunnels, substructures that characterize the area of ​​the upper valley of Metauro and then through the Red Gorge, these journeys made up the various “Itineraria” that allowed travelers to plan the trip considering the times and lengths ahead and possible stops.

In the Archaeological Museum “Tifernum Mataurense” collected the testimonies of prehistoric settlements found in areas terraced river, also in a path that is developed in three large rooms is reconstructed the ancient Roman city plan, together with the exhibits and artifacts of everyday life, nellultima hall hand picking the last excavation in 1999 of Domus in Campo della Pieve.

 Apart from its prehistoric origins and Roman S. Angelo in Vado I testify through its history and its vicissitudes urban architecture over the centuries. Destroyed during the war between the Byzantines and Ostrogoths VI sec.e later rebuilt by the Lombards that they named the Archangel Gabriel from which the current name. He became part of the Duchy of Urbino when Brancaleoni Dear, daughter of the Lords of the city, was married to Federico da Montefeltro (1437) and the city since then followed the vicissitudes and the destiny of the city Ducal, only in 1631 Pope Urban VIII I raise to the rank of town.

Like many towns in the region also present here the Papal left great testimony of his power, resulted in a large number of churches and works of art preserved in them, some below are worth a visit.

 The CHURCH CATHEDRAL dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel in Piazza Pio XII, on the facade bears the coat of arms of Pope Clement XIV. Entirely rebuilt in 700 following a devastating earthquake that caused the destruction of many structures in the city which was followed by reconstruction works.

The Basilica houses a painting on wood dated the first of the ‘400 and attributed to the Late Gothic school of Gentile da Fabriano or Zanino of Peter, the “Adoration of the Magi” Veronese Claudio Ridolfi.

The wooden door of the Church of San Bernardino with depicted the stories of the saint and of San Francesco is an outstanding example of local wood.

The Church of St. Philip is characterized by octagonal result of rebuilding the former oratory of which remains a trace of the entrance dates back to the ‘500. It was built as a vote by the Community following the birth of Federico Ubaldo della Rovere in 1605 and dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. Ghiberti here signing his “Virgin of the Annunciation” but adapted to the present day and Immaculate oraorio. In 1700 it was renamed to St. Joseph and then to the current St. Philip. Inside frescoes and decorations of Nordic taste and a “Lady of the Angels” by Taddeo Zuccari. The roof has been decorated by an artist Tempera knight Nordic August Albrecht von Wallenstein, the subject of recent historical studies, noted the language used in Nordic style despite the use of tempera, foreign material to the painters of northern Europe, more accustomed to oil painting for obvious climatic reasons.

In the Church of St. Clare along the Corso Garibaldi single nave preserves the remains of an altar in white glazed earthenware by Luca della Robbia.

The Church of St. Mary of the Servants of Mary Extra Muros is the first complex at the entrance of the village, built in 1331 in Romanesque style in the centuries was remodeled and the result is a richly decorated and gilded with numerous altars. It is the custodian of valuable works such as a bronze of Lorenzo Ghiberti (1400 AC) depicting the Virgin, placed in the altar of the Griffin family. Woodworks including a wardrobe and un’inginocchiatoio Zuccari Giovanpietro and Cantora decorated by the painter Nordic Wallenstein dated 1627.

The Convent of St. Catherine of course, so named to distinguish it from the one called the Bastard always entitled to the Holy Site in Piazza UmberoI and so called because it was the destination of the orphan city. It has a wooden door with sculpted elements in 1500.

 In the city there is also the presence of a theater reopened in 1983 with a large dining room and a gallery with two orders of boxes and a gallery named after Federico and Taddeo Zuccari.costruito after 1618 in the current Square of Pope Clement XIV, where it has its statue. A building with arcade seicentesta colonnade and an upper floor.

The house of the Brothers Zuccari known personalities remained a private residence and not open to visitors, a building of the sixteenth sec.al inside which is a part of the original fresco.

In S. Angelo in Vado you can visit by appointment Mill Matteucci, along the Via Nazionale north. An old building for the processing and tanning in 1926 it was transformed to the mill and today retains its old structure with millstones.

Another interesting town is the Museum Demoantropologico “The old crafts” that houses the laboratories of ancient crafts typical of ancient rural economy, it is located in Piazza Umberto and is open every day

 

 

 

 

City of Novafeltria

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 2-0541 845611

The municipality of Novafeltria, known as Mercatino Marecchia until 1941, was established in 1907 by the union of fractions separated from the town of Talamello. Chosen as a dwelling by the Counts Segni of Bologna in the first half of the seventeenth century they built a sumptuous villa, today the town hall, Novafeltria divene agricultural, commercial and theater of great fairs.

Secchiano, ancient feud of the Carpegna, then passed to the Montefeltro in 1290 was the ghibellino Galasso known for his cruelty. Dead Count Galasso, Secchiano came to the church to which he removed Malatesta Malatesta in 1334. There followed various owners, until in 1404 the castle was returned to the Montefeltro. In 1458 Sigismondo Malatesta besieged and destroyed it completely. Sartiano, Torricella and Libiano were three ancient castles. They also were fiefdoms of Carpegna, then the Holy See, then Uguccione Faggiola. In 1410 Pope Gregory XII ceded it to his nephew Paul Correr, who took them off Sigismund Malatesta, who in turn had to sell them to the enemy Federico da Montefeltro, his winner. These then passed them on to feud son Agostino Fregoso of Genoa. Fregoso from the three castles returned to the Church. Of them have only a few leftovers. Perticara is a big village of ancient origin. There were the Umbrians, the Etruscans, the Romans (they were found imperial coins); In the Middle Ages they held the Carpegna, alternating with the Municipality of Rimini and the Church, the Malatesta, Venetians and even the Church. The castle, which you can still see the ruins, was built on a rocky outcrop in the oldest part of the village. Perticara was known for its sulfur mines, which served to the Romans, the Byzantines (to manufacture the “fire graco” terrible weapon of war), and finally to all manufacturers of guns.

Mining History Museum of Perticara from sulfur mines, the miners, a journey through a work that has lasted for centuries.

Villa Signs sumptuous home of the seventeenth century, now the Town Hall.

Novafeltria theater built in 1925 in Art Deco style, has been recently restored, hosts theater seasons.

 

Pieve di S. Maria di Vico in Secchiano near were found gravestones and Roman inscriptions.

Parish church of Torricella and in the thick of a forest just outside the center, an area with prehistoric sacrificial hollows for collecting the blood of the victims.

Town of Macerata Feltria
Via C. Belli, 7-0722 74244

The first settlements of the barbarian tribes – perhaps Gothic and Lombard – were built on the remains of a Roman town named “Pitinum Pisaurense”. Later the castle was built. Disputed between the Malatesta and Montefeltro, it was long possession of the Duchy of Urbino. Leaving the old town of Macerata Feltria, we find the Romanesque church of San Cassiano in Pitino (sec. XI), one of the oldest churches of Montefeltro. In this place and in the area surrounding the church stood the Roman city of Pitinum Pisaurense. The church was built using the existing facilities of an ancient pagan temple to Saturn.

Church of St. Francis within the perimeter of the castle with Gothic portal-fourteenth century.

Palazzo del Podesta (sec. XI-XII) with Gothic portal sandstone and coats of various dynasties that succeeded. The building houses the Archaeological Museum.

Romanesque tower (sec. XII) on top of the belfry was built in the last century tower houses the Museum of Paleontology.

Church of St. Joseph (sec. XIV) in Gothic style, has inside a “Madonna del Rosario” of the baroque school.

St. Michael’s Church from neoclassical, with a precious crucifix by Carlo da Camerino signed and dated 1396.

Parish of St. Cassiano in Pitino (sec. XI), one of the oldest churches of Montefeltro, in Romanesque style, stands on the site of Roman Pitinum Pisaurense and was built with materials of a pagan temple dedicated to the god Saturn. In archaeological excavations have unearthed inscriptions and fragments period.

 

WONDERLAND …

 On 7 and 8 December 2008, the medieval town of Macerata Feltria becomes the “Wonderland”.

Thanks to special sets “fairytale”: houses in chocolate, a street dedicated to the ‘greedy’ where to find all the goodies, a full pub in chocolate, a chocolate messaging, angels, nativity scenes and many statues all made of chocolate.

 

The Museum of Antique Radio, born thanks to the gift of Charles Chiuselli the town of Macerata Feltria, traces, through the numerous devices, the radio history: the early days of radio, from the early ‘900 to the’ 60s.

The exhibition is the result of a painstaking restoration, research and study the technology of the past such devices made of original publications (unfortunately rare) and years of research equipment recovered from the inevitable destruction or forgotten in some attic.

The collection includes about 100 and more original equipment restored and working, plus various accessories: speakers, headphones, valves, microphones, documents, advertising and various. Several Italian and foreign brands, among others some no longer exist.

Via Rossini, 1-0722 721 101
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His role in history is witnessed by the ancient Church of St. Lawrence, whose origins are the eighth century AD Castle Belforte (now completely restored) stands, as if to protect the country. It not by chance was considered in past centuries, the first bulwark in defense of Massa Trabaria. Its origins are traced by historians to the VI – VII century AD; You have testimonies of many remakes, but the final impression, a little bizarre but picturesque, you must know the fantasy of architettoFrancesco Di Giorgio Martini, who rebuilt it at the behest of the Duke Federico da Montefeltro. In 1874 a Prussian nobleman, Hermann De Tenneret – Baron of Beaufort, convinced that in the past the castle had belonged to its Avi, bought it and then donate it permanently to the City of Belforte all’Isauro.

The area of ​​Belforte all’Isauro has developed a good economy linked to the mountain, which is surrounded, with productions of tartuficommercializzati on site, in the famous fairs of the province and around the world. Also significant is the production of truffle products such as pickles, creams and dressings.

The tree blooms and spontaneous give a small but valuable, production of honey. These and other products are reserved the Exhibition which is held every year in October.

 

Municipality of Sant’Angelo in Lizzola

Piazza IV Novembre, 4-0721 489 711

The name of the center derives from the old Family Liciola, whose fortified residence dominated the village in the thirteenth century. The origin of the castle is certainly earlier, a document of 1047 reports it granted the Abbey of St. Thomas in Foglia on the orders of Pope Clement II. He then passed to the Lords of Pesaro (Sforza and Della Rovere) and Francesco Maria II della Rovere is granted a fief to Count Giulio Cesare Mamiani and from these to his family that held until 1885. Sant’Angelo in Lizzola was the house Counts Perticari Cacciaguerra that hosted in his villa known writers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, making the town a small capital of culture.

Owned by Count Perticari Cacciaguerra is also the beautiful church of Sant’Egidio (1628), which still keeps the paintings of altar and precious antique furniture perfectly preserved.

In Sant’Angelo in Lizzola is born architect, mathematician and physicist John Branca, inventor of the first steam vapor.

City of Monte Porzio

Viale Cante Montevecchio, 10-0721 956000

The town of Monte Porzio, in whose territory the presence of men is certain since the Stone Age, saw the subsequent immigraizoni of pregallici, the Senones, Romans, Lombards and Bulgarians; Finally, the work of Christian civilization and agricultural Benedictine monks. Starts its development with the Counts of Montevecchio, who rule the territory of Monteporzio 1428 to 1816, participants to the historical events from the rule of the Malatesta, Della Rovere, Sforza until the advent diNapoleone and Restoration. Despite having lost the feud, the Montevecchio remain in Monte Porzio, often the main charge of the town, also striving for a united Italy. Their family crest becomes emblem of the town.

 Even the village of Castelvecchio has a long history, for the first time we find his name in a document of 1143 among the papers of Fonte Avellana. The site is identical to the current. The country until the sixteenth century has a story similar to that of Porzio, from which it differs when it is granted by the abbot of San Lorenzo in Campo, in 1534, alDuca of Urbino. With the death of the last Duke, Francesco Maria II della Rovere, passes to the direct rule of the Papal States, but the vast land ownership remains to eredeVittoria Della Rovere, wife of Grand Duke Ferdinando II De ‘Medici. Victory Oak sells Principles Barberinila estate of Castelvecchio in 1649.

Similarly in Monteporzio around the castle of Montevecchio, it develops Castelvecchio around the castle of the Della Rovere and Barberini.

Already with Della Rovere Castelvecchio it depends legally from Mondolfo and then ends up be annexed (Castelvecchio “enfeoffed” Mondolfo). The remoteness of the country from Mondolfo causes serious inconvenience, for which it will seek to break away and, while remaining in, join in Monte Porzio.

City of Lunano

Square of freedom, 11-0722 700016

Lunano, ancient garrison belonging to the Committee of Montefeltro, was placed in the control of several roads along the valley. Inhabited at first by free men, it was subject to the dominion of Brancaleoni and was later recaptured by Guidantonio da Montefeltro in 1242 and from there followed the events of Urbino. Currently there are still some remains of the original structure composed of a medieval tower with surrounding military fortification, according to historians due to the great military architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini.

In acidic soil pads Lunano grew chestnut generous and one of the few in the province. Chestnut is dedicated the annual Festival that brings together the entire town, hence the recovery of the culinary specialties like main courses “chestnuts” or “chestnut”, a cake made with chestnut flour.

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 6 – from 0,721 to 97,152
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Barchi has ancient origins. The first documented settlements date back alTerzo Millennium BC It was certainly a flourishing center throughout the Roman era; They were found many artifacts that testify to the presence of villas, farms and temples (especially a temple dedicated to the god Apollo).

In the Middle Ages, after the barbarian invasions, it was a village agglomeratosi around the Church of St. Martin, and then built a castle on the hill since the twelfth century., Which became very strong, so as to constitute for centuries the bulwark of the defensive vast territory called ecclesiastical Vicariate.

In the Renaissance, in fact there was the establishment of the “Vicariate of Barchi”, a real small state with jurisdiction over capital Barchi and five other castles, which ended, however, in the orbit of the Duchy of Urbino. The great urban revolution desired by Duke Guidobaldo II della Rovere completely changed the role of the Castle. The Duke gave the work to his trusted architect Filippo Terzi from Bologna, this great architect designed a true “Renaissance town”, turning the castle into a remarkable example of urban design renaissance. After centuries of glory in 1860 joined the Kingdom of Italy.

City of San Lorenzo in Campo
Piazza Umberto I, 17-0721 774211

San Lorenzo is located on the left bank of the river Cesano, at the edge of the rich archaeological area is returning the relics of the ancient Suasa Senonum, founded by the Gauls, subjugated by the Romans and finally destroyed by the Goths of Alaric in 409.

The origin of the country is linked to the founding of the famous monastery of the Benedictines, who built it between the seventh and ninth centuries, using also the abundant archaeological site. In 1141 San Lorenzo in Campo is emancipated from the abbey to pass under the jurisdiction of Fano; in 1231 it was the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate and equipped with rock; during the bitter struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines, it suffered heavy devastation from Ancona and Senigallia, until towards the end of the fourteenth century there was established the rule of the Counts of Montevecchio which was a feud despite the temporary occupation of Francesco Sforza, of Sigismondo Malatesta and the annexation to the Duchy of Urbino.

City of Montemaggiore al Metauro

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Unaware of the origin of the name: a time the country, respecting the etymology, it was called Monte Maior, and also Monte Muaro. It rises before the eighth century. Its castle and, therefore, the village, always for the enviable strategic position, participates to the same historical Fano and Mondavio, as well as disputes Malatesta and Feltreschi, in the fifteenth century. E ‘of 1631 its membership to the Papal States, and in 1860 the Kingdom of Italy. Also for the skilled position, in World War II, the Allied command made it a point of basic observation against the Gothic Line.

Marfoi palace summer home of the noble family, now the Town Hall.

Opera OND (1929) recently restored, will host events and theatrical performances.

Civic Tower dominates the entire valley, is accessed by a feature staircase.

 Parish church on the top of the hill, is the fifteenth century, restored several times a canvas attributed to Barocci. For the location of the old town, it recommends a walk around the city walls from where you can admire a beautiful landscape and a small and picturesque pine forest where the monument was erected at Churchill and the Allied Command.

Montemaggiore al Metauro is at the center of the production area of ​​Bianchello Metauro, here houses the cellar, among the first built in the province, which are conferred on the grape vine Biancame (Bianchello) produced in the territory. From the same grapes also a small production of sparkling wine and Vin Santo. Another typical product is cheese, in this case by a cooperative dairy, which collects the milk producers and turns it into fine cheeses marketed outside the provincial borders. Finally in the hamlets of Villanova and Fior di Piano is traditional cultivation of chrysanthemums, famori autumn flowers, reaching good prices and are distributed and sold in stores across Italy.

Isola del Piano

Piazza Umberto I, 1-0721 720127

Before news of this insediamneto clubby, it has in 1140 in a donation to the Bishop of the Duke Guarnieri Fossombrone. Soon he had a great importance as a center abitatto as the act of confederation between Fano and Rimini in 1207, to the detriment of the nearby city of Pesaro and Urbino, are remembered alliances already concluded between Fano and Massari Island Plan ( Insula de Planensium). Ghibelline castle was burned by Rimini called to the rescue by opponents Guelfs. The fact is documented in an inscription carved in Gothic capital, now preserved in the multi-cultural center “in the year 1284, indiction XII, during the pontificate of Pope Martin IV, it took place on Saturday, July 8 total fire of Castle Island “.

Subsequently Island Plantation was under the jurisdiction of Urbino until 1574 when it was given in fief by Duke Guidobaldo II of Mantua Castiglioni accounts, including to remember is Baldassarre Castiglioni, the famous author of “The Courtier” wrote the court of Duke Frederick.

Former Church of the recently restored and used as an auditorium. Inside there are two frescoes of the XV century, including one by Giovanni Santi.

“In the Footsteps of Our Fathers” museum of society and traditional country set up at the former Monastery of Montebello.

The municipality was among the first in Italy to convert to organic farming. Here the pioneering adventure began in the ’70s and has since become a strong national reality with the production of a brand distributed throughout the Italian and European. Cereals, which are produced pastas, vegetables and many other products that meet more and more favor with the public, are the basis of the agricultural economy of the Island Plantation.

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In the fourteenth century, the castle was subject to the lords of “Lauditorio” whose family ended, however, disrupted due to a policy of alliances and definitely wrong that led to the domination of the Malatesta place until 1463 and then the Montefeltro that aggregated to Duchy of Urbino until its devolution to the Papal States. The name of Auditore (Latin Auditorium) goes back to the fact that the town served, both Malatesta Montefeltro, which where were discussed the causes and controversies.

The Castle of the fifteenth century, still retains the antique walls, two towers and the municipal tower with a circular base and hexagonal cell.

Parish Church just outside the walls of houses “Pentecost” a painting executed by Marino Medici in 1772.

Casinina developed in recent years, it has become the most populous village. In 1944 during the retreat of the German troops, after the breaking of the “Gothic Line”, it was the scene of violence and bloody fighting. To these facts it is dedicated a small but interesting museum.

SAN LEO
A 539 m of alt. Montefeltro, is located on a rocky plateau of the right slope of the valley of Marecchia, last northern foothills of Mount Carpegna. Holiday resort and tourism linked to the production of cereals, grapes (wine), fodder, livestock (cheese, sausage), woodworking and footwear are the other activities.

She is quoted by Dante (Purgatory., IV, 25). The country has maintained the original medieval structure, with a single access road and the village gathered around the central square. On the square facing the Palazzo Della Rovere, now City Hall, taste tardomanieristico (early seventeenth century.), The Medici palace, Renaissance, extensively remodeled, and the apse of the church, an interesting example of pre-Romanesque architecture, with three naves and crypt (IX sec.). In a secluded, supported by robust Romanesque bell tower, is the cathedral (1173), with three naves and large crypt, where the Lombard Romanesque style is enriched with Gothic accents.

On the highest point of the cliff stands the mighty fortress, one of the most remarkable examples of military architecture in Italian; of ancient origin, it was remodeled several times, and in the Renaissance Francesco di Giorgio Martini he added the angular towers and the curtain bulwark; used as a prison by the papal government, they were imprisoned, among other things, Cagliostro (who died there), and Felice Orsini A. Saffi. In the territory, striking the convent of Sant ‘Igne (in the cloister, frescoes of the fifteenth century.). and fraction Pietracuta the medieval fortress.

City of Montelabbate

Via Roma, 2-0721 4731

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Located at the foot of the hill where the ancient castle owned vicinaAbbadia of St. Thomas in Foglia, Montelabbate “Monte dell’Abbate” sees his name and his history intimately linked to this presence. During the ages aroused the interest of the noble families and the castle passed to the various lords who governed until the arrival of Napoleon of 1808. The castle, built around the twelfth century, it was built by the monks of the Abbey of St. Thomas to defend themselves from the incursions of soldiers and marauders, frequent in the valley after the disintegration of the feudal world. The Abbot of St. Thomas will make his habitual residence administering many offices in the lee of strong walls. For the strategic importance illustrious families fought over the castle: the Malatesta, lords of Pesaro, raised the Rocca; Sforza restored the walls and built the small eastern tower, built by young Costanzo who loved to stay here and who died there in 1483. A fascinating walk in the thick vegetation allow you to discover the ancient ruins and the restored tower from which there is a splendid panorama.

The municipality of Montelabbate is one of the most industrialized of the province; here they are located the “cooks” the most famous of Italy. For the typical productions are worth mentioning peaches; this fruit has found here the microclimate and soil ideal for high quality production and good organoleptic characteristics. At this fruit is dedicated the “Peach Fair” held in July for over 50 years, with an unusual feature: the auction of peaches, that is a real auction of the best fruits open to the public. The vines of the area produce Colli Pesaresi Rosso and Bianco, DOC wines to be drunk young and not later than the first year.

City of Gradara

Via Mancini, 23-0541 823904

You can trace the origins of Gradara to the Romans. “Curte Gradarieae” was the ancient name. From 1032 to 1363 it was under Pesaro. The family of De Griffo was responsible for the construction of the fortress. From the second half of the thirteenth century were the Malatesta to complete the fortress. In 1435 he went to Galeotto Malatesta, Prince of Rimini and then Sigismund Malatesta, lord of Fano. Resistetto the long siege of Francesco Sforza in 1446, in favor of whom Galeazzo Malatesta, had given up his domain of Pesaro. He returned to Sigismund in 1450, then passed to the Sforza until 1512. For more than a hundred years was the Della Rovere, then the Church. It is thought that the castle has consumed the tragedy of Paolo and Francesca described by Dante.

 La Rocca Demaniale is a rare example of military architecture come down to us. Built in the thirteenth century, it was remodeled several times until it reached its present appearance. In the castle which now houses a museum, as well as furniture, a terracotta altarpiece by Della Robbia and frescoes of the ‘400. And ‘one of the most visited monuments of the Regions (more than 30,000 tourists a year).

The theater built in the twenties, is a small structure that welcomes film forums, exhibitions and debates.

The municipality of Gradare is included in the area of ​​the DOC Colli Pesaresi Colli Pesaresi Red and White; These lands provide a good production of olives and olive oil. Both products are sold by small farmers-craftsmen, lacking structures such as cellars or oil mills. National fame has earned the contest that is organized here, to reward the best local and national wines.

 

APECCHIO THE CITY ‘BEER:

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The City of Apecchio, with its 103.12 square kilometers of territory is the seventh extension of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, with its mountains, pastures and wooded expanses retains a natural heritage almost intact. Crystalline streams, sulphurous water and trace minerals, herbs, and then fallow deer, roe deer, wild boars and the majestic golden eagle, are the Municipality of Apecchio an ideal destination for alternative tourism that practiced by environmentalists and naturalists in general to live a more intimate contact the nature. The Monte Nerone, by this landscape offers great opportunities for recreation winter skiers, and suggests tours caving enthusiasts or more quiet walks to discover colorful flowers. This mountain also preserves interesting fossils as the Ammonites, telling us of the early history of the planet.

W HAT TO SEE APECCHIO:

Palazzo Ubaldini – Fossil Museum Minerals of Monte Nerone: of great value is Palazzo Ubaldini, recently renovated site in the underground part of the fifteenth century Palazzo Ubaldini, in which a vast collection of fossils, dinosaur claws, skulls and other important archaeological sites of the territory.

Pieve di San Martino: XI century, its interior preserves the SS. Crucifix, particularly revered, paintings and two altars of sandstone of the seventeenth century.

Medieval Bridge “in the back of a donkey”, double span, was the primary access to the castle at the turn of the river Biscubio.

Clock Tower: The imposing structure was the main entrance of the castle; above the arch stands the coat of arms of the family Ubaldini della Carda.

Church of Our Lady of Life: with paintings of the seventeenth century, built in the area occupied by the former synagogue and Jewish community, which still contains important architectural elements.

Globe of Peace, built entirely of wood can hold 600 people and with appropriate mechanisms to simulate the Earth’s rotation. The work is included in the Guinness Book of Records.

Municipality of San Giorgio di Pesaro

Via G. Garibaldi, 62-0721 970102

There are two historical centers of the area: the castle of Poggio and the Castle SanGiorgio. The first in the turn of time has been reduced to a more modest center almost unpopulated. The second, however, is taken to the capital of the entire town to which he gave the name. Later the castle of St. George had other areas of expansion, to take the current configuration that does extend the country east of the historic core. The origins of the population are to be found in those of the inhabitants of the northern Marche. Among the oldest we have to put the Pelagie, the Sicilians, the Liburnians, the Umbrians, the Celts or Gauls from which the name “Ager Gallicus” the territory that runs from Rimini to the river Esino and finally the Romans. In the latter, the historical events of the late Roman Empire are added presence of Goths, Byzantines, Lombards, Franks and Bulgarians.

St. George was a young soldier martyred in Lydda, Palestine, in the fourth century with the comrade S. Teodoro, which immediately spread the devotion in the Near East and then throughout the Byzantine Empire. Only in the West it was shelved S. Teodoro and, after the Crusaders identified in St. George, which was initially shown standing with his sword to fight the enemies of the faith, became a knight with a lance and the horse.

Church and convent of S. Pasquale also called St. Mary of Mercy, has built a valuable wooden choir and an ancient painting of St. George slaying the dragon of the Fano painter Emilio Antonioni.

City of Monte Grimano

Piazzale Matteotti, 1-0541 970 105

In the valley of Conca on the border with the Republic of San Marino, perched on a spur overlooking the valley, rises Monte Grimano, the old “Mons Grimanus” castle after various dominations, now Malatesta now Montefeltro, became part of the Papal States until 1860. at the edge of the old town stands the Palazzo Massajoli, now the Town Hall, but once home to one of the wealthiest families of Montefeltro. The ancient castle walls have been recently restored: with a simple walk you can do a suggestive dive into the past.

Parish Church of St. Mary in the church is a Madonna delle Grazie (1607) of the baroque school.

Church of San Silvestro in altar paintings of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that testify to the religious life of the community.

City of Gabicce Mare
Via C. Battisti, 66-0541 820615

Today the village of Gabicce comes as the result of recent events linked to transformations started after World War II. Once it existed only Gabicce Monte (Castrum Ligabitij), whose name was derived from the ancient feudal lord who in the tenth century it controlled the territory. They followed the rule of the Malatesta, Sforza and Della Rovere.

Near Gabicce Monte are the remains of Roman activity at the “marina” Vallugola; although the fisheries true were practiced at the nearby port of Catholic; gabiccesi sailors began to specialize from the beginning of the twentieth century when fishing for clams, sardines and mackerel.
On the border with Romagna is the first coastal town of north of the Marche and a brilliant “business card” for the entire region. A sinuous coastline, full of small beaches and the promontory of Gabicce Monte overlooking the sea, are the natural features of the landscape, enhanced by the presence of an excellent hotel services. Nature lovers will not be disappointed for sure, they will find a little paradise, where the Colle San Bartolo, protected by the homonymous Regional Park, offers a number of routes for simple walks, both to grapple with the trek. The quality of life and attention to the environment have earned in Gabicce Mare several times over the years the “European Blue Flag” recognition reserved for places that favor the environmental quality and the ability to offer valuable services to tourist.

Little old has been preserved in Gabicce, today the town is known internationally as a beautiful and organized “beach resort”.

Church Sant’Ermete (775 AD): now completely transformed. Inside you can admire an ancient fragment of a fresco of the “Madonna del Latte” and a valuable wooden crucifix (XIV c.).

Pesaro – Located on the Adriatic coast , in the alluvial plain at the mouth of the Leaf . Towards the sea , the city lies between the hills of San Bartolo Ardizio northwest and southeast , including the historic old town , protected to the east by the imposing Rocca Costanza , and the modern garden city , lined up along the coast, with long tree-lined avenues and straights.

The industrial area has developed since by the loop formed by the Leaf and San Pietro in Caliban . The continued expansion of tourism in orderly rows and regular services to and from Gabicce Fano, even at the growth of tourism. Shopping center and market agricultural products ( fruits, vegetables, cereals, grapes , fodder , cattle for meat and milk, cheese ) , Pesaro is home to several industries : engineering (motorcycles , machine tools and agricultural ) , food , furniture ( particularly important in the recent times ) , knitting and curtain tapes , carpets ; bricks ; ancient fame of the processing of ceramics and pottery ; processing of straw; shipbuilding ( small boats and fishing vessels ) . The commercial activity is favored by the presence of the port – channel , dug in 1614 along the end region of the Leaf, and then partly buried , it was finally settled in 1857 with the departure of the last stretch of the Leaf .

Great impetus has had in recent years, beach tourism , with some good hotels . Birthplace of Gioacchino Rossini , the city has considerable artistic and musical traditions : the theater Rossini, Rossini Museum , Conservatory of Music , Art Institute , etc. . There is a music festival held annually Rossini and a film show . Pesaro is also home of the explorer A. Cecchi . Very few artifacts related to the Roman city , which extended to the right of the river, and the early Middle Ages . The first artistic documents of a certain interest consist of a remarkable group of Romanesque-Gothic churches of which there are several elements: the facade of the cathedral ( the end of the thirteenth century. )  The beautiful portals of St. Augustine ( 1413 ) , San Francis (1356-1373) and St. Dominic ( 1395 ), the latter on the side of the building of the post office, neo-classical building made ​​from the body of the church by L. Poletti (1848) . Until the advent of the Renaissance, the artistic environment of Pesaro has several contacts with the Venetian art , confirmed by some Venetian paintings of the Museum ( Jacobello del Fiore) . The Renaissance is represented by the harmonic Ducal Palace, built at the behest of Alessandro Sforza in the second half of the fifteenth century . , Rebuilt after a fire by Bartholomew and Girolamo Genga. Laurana , present in the city in 1476 , contributed to the construction of the fortress Constance, important example of military architecture , which began in 1474.

Near the town , on the hill of San Bartolo, is the Villa Imperiale , which owes its name to the Emperor Frederick III of Hapsburg who , as a guest of the Sforza family in 1452 , attended the foundation. It was largely rebuilt under the Della Rovere from 1530 by Girolamo Genga , who also wrote most of the interesting decoration fresh , attended Menzocchi , Dossi, Bronzino and Perin del Vaga. In the Municipal Museum , housed in the palace Moscow (GA Lazzarini , XVIII cent.) , Is to report the Coronation of the Virgin altarpiece by Giovanni Bellini and a valuable collection of majolica. The Library Oliveriana , full of manuscripts and incunabula, has an adjoining archaeological museum, which consists primarily of the Iron Age finds from the necropolis of Novilara .

City of San Costanzo

Piazza Perticari, 20-0721 951211

San Costanzo is a beautiful town of our region that includes about 5,000 inhabitants; This village is a village full of beauty but also of history witnessed by the beautiful fortified village.

The history of San Costanzo, dates from the eighth-seventh century BC In the fifteenth century it hears some of the presence of Malatesta who would build the castle walls. The castle of San Costanzo was of great strategic importance, so much so that in 1429 the Fano it settled the walls for use in the feared invasion of the Visconti. After various historical events, in 1520, with Pope Urban VIII, St. Costanzo came under the rule of the Papal States.

The municipality of San Costanzo is composed of two fractions: Cerasa, whose name seems to date from the name of its mountain Ceregia, on which the castle was built on the ashes of the oldest castle of Querciafissa. The other fraction of Stacciola, ancient building, in 1412 was given in fief to Pandolfo Malatesta in Maurizi Nicholas of Tolentino. Even Stacciola is fortified and as such helps to enrich the heritage of this beautiful town.

The village of San Costanzo is a village rich in history and tradition also documented also by the century-old Polentara Festival, the oldest festival of the Marches, which takes place both in March than in July and where you can enjoy delicious polenta with numerous varieties of sauces prepared according to a recipe handed down over the years and jealously guarded. The Festival represents an appointment Polentara tradizionaleper the surrounding territory, and for this event will gather in San Costanzo polentari teachers from all over Italy. This event is so perfect for every visitor because it allows you to savor that which is the true tradition of our region made of genuine care and love for our beautiful land.

Visitors to San Costanzo will be completely immersed in an atmosphere of culture, tradition and history, a unique atmosphere that distinguishes our magnificent Region.

 

City of Montefelcino

Piazza Francesca da Rimini, 1-0721 743 039

Built in medieval times, it was long disputed between the centers of Fano and Fossombrone ending, in Malatesta era, under the latter. With the passage of Fossombrone under the rule of the Montefeltro she followed its fate, experiencing a period of great luck when between 150 and 1591, it was given in fief to Count Fabio Landriani. Is due to Count the construction, within the walls, the building now used for cultural purposes. Long-dead beautiful castle built by Federico da Montefeltro, designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini.

Feudatario palace built by Count Landriani (1578), with its mass dominates the unusual pleasant historic center of town. It ‘was returned to his dignity with a restoration in the late 80s. And ‘the Town Hall.

Church of Saints Peter and Paul, the first document is that the concerns of 1290. It preserves a tombstone dated 1299, depicting the two saints, the work of such a Master Christopher.

Church of San Severo is questioning whether in ancient times there was a monastery on the site where later, in 700, the present church was built on the ruins of a previous.

Scala S. Maria Celi there are two frescoes. One of them, the end of the fifteenth century, representing the Madonna and Child enthroned is perhaps attributable to the school of Perugino.

City of Frontino
C.so John XXIII, 16-0722 71131

The history of Frontino is that of a long dispute between the Malatesta from Rimini and Montefeltro for the madman of this “sentinel” in the territory of Massa Trabaria. The Montefeltro finally managed to keep it to pass a fief Oliva of Piandimeleto their vassals. Frontino, important part of the Duchy of Urbino, where he remained until the end of the dynasty of the Della Rovere – Montefeltro (1631). But the character of the town is about Malatesta who fortified, who raised the Palace of the family and that they provided the mill and religious buildings.

The towers and the mighty walls are reminiscent of the origins of this embattled castle, advanced sentinel of Montefeltro.

Palazzo Malatesta with basements in cross vaults which branches an underground road that leads “extramural” and a time until the Mill, which is also defended by a high tower, as old as the castle, which from here was stocked flour and bread.

The monumental fountain water sculpture by Franco Assetto, named after Catherine Remies Forlani as symbolic figure of teacher much loved by the people of Frontino.

Museum works of Franco Assetto in the city center you can visit the “Museum F. Trim”, a gallery of his works donated by the painter to the City of Turin.

Hermitage of St. Jerome (sec. XV) former home of the monks Girolami, after careful and laborious restoration is now a period residence open to tourists.

Monumental Montefiorentino pride of the City and a must for lovers of art and history; Franciscan place echoing names of great artists like Alvise Vivarini, Giovanni Santi, Francesco Ferrucci from Fiesole, master Zecchino, etc.. Inside you can admire the Chapel Oliva, a work of great Renaissance purity (1484), which makes the magnificent structure of the monastery founded by St. Francis (1213).

Comune di Urbino

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Located at 485 m of alt . in the sub-Apennine internal , between the valleys of the Leaf and the Metaurus . Located on two hills and is mostly surrounded by walls and ramparts.

Home to Free University founded in 1506 , Academy of Fine Arts and Institute for decoration and book illustration . The city, for its historical , artistic and cultural Pesaro is associated with the name of the province.

Birthplace of Raphael , Baroccio and Brandani . Poor are the remains of Romanesque , Gothic and age belong the churches of San Domenico (front from 1365 ) , with a Renaissance portal and the interior redone by Luigi Vanvitelli ( 1727-1732 ) , and that of St. Francis, the second half of the fourteenth century. , also transformed the interior by Vanvitelli (1740 ) . Gothic style is also the oratory of St. John the Baptist , where there are frescoes ( 1416 ) by the Salimbeni brothers .

THE DUCAL PALACE

The greatest monument of Urbino , was begun shortly after 1450, on the initiative of Duke Federico da Montefeltro , on the ruins of the ancient fortress and its realization RTEmagicC_Palazzo_20Ducale.jpgparteciparono to an extent completely definable , Luciano Laurana ( 1468-1472 ) and Francesco di Giorgio Martini and , much later (1563) , Girolamo Genga , who added a floor to the building. The interior of the building retains only part of the works carried out by the many artists who worked for the Duke Federico: remains the Communion of the Apostles of Justus of Ghent and some of the portraits of illustrious men who performed the Flemish painter , Pedro Berruguete , for Duke ‘s study that still retains the famous inlaid decoration , probably executed by B. Pontelli on drawings by Botticelli and Francesco di Giorgio Martini .

Symbol of the Italian Renaissance and birthplace of Bramante and Raphael, with its original urban structure and most of the buildings of its golden age .
Every year in August with Urbino celebrates the Feast of the Duke : a re-enactment in costume through the streets of downtown involving acrobats and fire eaters , culminating in the battle between counties in the presence of the Ducal Court .

DO NOT MISS

Museo – Albani Diocesan maintains a collection of ceramics, religious artifacts and the painting of the Last Supper by Federico Barocci (XVI century )

Church of St. Dominic by the magnificent travertine portal on which set bezel is a work of Luca della Robbia ;

St. Joseph’s Oratory , famous for the stucco crib in 1522. Guidantonio In 1416 the Count summoned the brothers Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni sanseverinati to fresco the chapel , followed by Ottaviano Nelli and the Ferrara Antonio Alberti ;

Oratory of St. John the Baptist (XIV century ) whose interior is decorated with frescoes of the fifteenth century , including the crucifixion of the fifteenth century. and the life of the saint , the work of Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni ;

The Cathedral , which stands between the intricate medieval alleys , made by Laurana , and rebuilt by Valadier in 1784 after an earthquake and was rebuilt in the following century Palladian RTEmagicC_duomo_urb_01.jpgforme . It contains works by Timoteo Viti and Federico Barocci ;

Church of St. Francis, c. XIV , with its beautiful Gothic tower with spire and the great altarpiece of Federico Barocci. It was rebuilt by Vanvitelli (first half of 700) , is home to the tombs of the dukes (there are sarcophagi of Antonio and Oddantonio ) ;

Church of San Bernardino Zoccolanti , (built by Francesco di Giorgio Martini ) is home to the Museum of the Dukes , out of town (you will be buried with his wife Elizabeth and his son Guidobaldo ) . Housed until the last century “Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints ” and the ” Duke Federico on your knees” by Piero della Francesca ( now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan);

Raphael’s house home to the Academy , founded in 1869 ;

The Albornoz Fortress , the fifteenth century. , Located in Viale B. Buozzi and is the emblem of the city’s defense of the sixteenth century .

NATIONAL GALLERY OF BRANDS

RTEmagicC_piero_della_fr.jpgOspitata in the Ducal Palace , contains masterpieces such as the ” Flagellation ” and the “Madonna of Senigallia ” by Piero della Francesca , the ” Muta ” by Raphael Sanzi , and other major artists: Domenico Rosselli, Allegretto Nunzi , John Baronzio , Peter da Rimini, Antonio da Fabriano, Giovanni Santi , Melozzo from Forlì, Carlo Crivelli , Alvise Vivarini , Titian, Taddeo Zuccari . Some works , dispersed in 1623 , have returned to Urbino allowing the construction of the tunnel .

And again, down to the valley , the beautiful urban landscape that is enjoyed by Borgo Mercatale with the looming semi-cylindrical volume that encloses the fifteenth-century spiral ramp to Francesco di Giorgio Martini .

City of Saltara

Piazza B. Buozzi, 5-0721 892 901

Curious etymology of the name of Saltara that, according to the most common version, derived from the Latin “Saltus area” in memory of an altar (“ara” fact) innalcato by the ancient inhabitants to appease with sacrifices a winged dragon that lived in the woods area.

The town experienced its heyday in the Middle Ages. In this period Saltara contracted an alliance with neighboring Fano, a city with which it came under the rule of the Malatesta of Rimini. Governed until 1805 by a captain general elected by the community of Fano, was annesa later as all the Papal States, which in the meantime belonged to the Kingdom of Italy. The advent of Reupubblica confirmed its role as the common. Saltara is essentially divided into four parts: the old town that bears the old name, the populous and large fraction of Calcinelli and the two peripheral areas of Borgaccio and Postavecchia.

Saltara medieval castle is accessed by a characteristic staircase of 106 steps, it has recently been restored.

Palazzo del Bali with large park that welcomes summer events, the palace is from a few years in the middle of a careful restoration to be able to obtain museum spaces and multipurpose.

There are many churches that valuable works of art, to remember: Peter Celestine, Blessed Sacrament, St. Francis, the Holy Cross and the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Villa.

 

City of Montecopiolo

Piazza San Michele Arcangelo, 7-0722 78106

“First of notable et antiquity is the Castle of Monte Cuppiolo, about the year of the Lord 1140 … was inhabited by Count Antonio, who was named Count of Monte Cuppiolo and the year 1159 dall’estesso Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa had … San Leo with other places of Montefeltro. And from that time he was called Earl of Montefeltro, so his successors were surnamed from which they provennero the Dukes of Urbino. Likewise in 1448 Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta besieged Monte Cuppiolo and gl’abrugiò the village and many houses … It was not destroyed this castle and Rocca … the year 1520 in order to spread the gl’abitatori homes in Low and the rubble … they increased in gl’edifici Plan around, et maximum where it says the Grande Villa (Villagrande). “

 

A millennial Fair Pugliano (every Monday in September) has now a high historical and traditional. In addition to the purchase of many kinds of goods, the awards of the leaders horses and cattle (the second and third week) still collect interest among farmers Romagna, Emilia, Veneto and Tuscany. The landscape is characterized by forested peaks of Mount Ram (d. 1108), dalPalazzolo (d. 1194), from San Marco (d. 1123) and the Roccaccia (m. 1033). In Villagrande, in addition to numerous excursions easily workable, there are three modern ski lifts with vast ski slopes, including one in the village of Hermitage Montecopiolo, the north-east of Mount Carpegna, and two in the capital, as well as a lake where guests can fish .

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City of Fratterosa
Piazza Matteotti, 11-0722 777113

Fratterosa (Castrum Fractarum) in 1138 was the capital of Ravignana, antique been owned by the monks of St. Apollinaris in Classe in Ravenna. The domain extended to the territory comprising the castles of San Vito, Fano Island (Island Gueltresca), Tower Ravignana, Montevecchio and Monterolo.

From the capital rises the majestic Convent of Santa Vittoria which tradition says was founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1287, within which stayed St. Charles Borromeo and St. John of Cupertino. Recently restored houses the Museum Demoethnoanthropological crockery, of classrooms and a laboratory for research and experimentation of terracotta.

In this small piece of land, once covered with woods and forests, it has rooted for centuries, making of pottery. Considered for a long time “the poor sister” of ceramics which make everyday objects, has recovered in recent years scholars and admirers, so common objects (pots, jars, bowls, pitchers, vases, etc.) Have become objects ‘furniture and design.

A Fratterosa are still operating two workshops heirs of families at the expense of the times and fashions, they have persevered in this art from the colors and unique shapes. These skilled craftsmen are in great demand all over Europe and their shops worth visiting.

The town of Sant’Agata Feltria

Piazza Garibaldi, 35-0541 929613

Sant’Agata Feltria has ancient origins: already inhabited by the Umbrian Samnites, in later centuries it belonged to various feudal lords including the Malatesta, the Montefeltro and Fregoso. The latter gave the name to the fortress built around the tenth century. and restored by Francesco di Giorgio Martini in 1474. St. Agatha it preserves a beautiful and well mantenutocentro town with important monuments, including the theater “A. Mariani “that, with structures made of wood, is the oldest theater in the Marches and one of the oldest in Italy. Of great importance is the Fair of the White Truffle and of agro-forestry-pastoral; event held annually during the month of October for four consecutive Sundays.

Rocca Fregoso (XV century): primordial rock, restored to house the lordship of the Fregoso, Genoese origin and captains of the Dukes of Urbino. It houses some interesting colezioni civic and an exhibition of movie memorabilia; room of the stables; Church of the Poor Clares; collegiate church; Sanctuary of the Madonna of the Capuchins; Church of St. Jerome; Teatro Angelo Mariani.

Petrella Guidi still intact medieval village where time seems to stand still.

Church of the Madonna del Soccorso; bed’s Eve.

Sant’Agata Feltria is one of the three capitals of the nose of the province diPesaro Urbino. Every year, on the Sundays of October, it is the Fair which attracts a large audience from Marche, Romagna and from all over Italy. Truffles, of course, is prized white being “gouged” by marl-limestone soils of the area. Around the fair rolls largely del’economia Tourism and the scent of the precious tuber drowns the whole valley. The cheeses are delicious, just think of the casciotta of Urbino, which is produced here, or pecorino “pit”, all to be enjoyed with honey industrious bees who visit millefiori of heights.

 

 

City of Piobbico

Viale dei Caduti , 2-0722 986 225

The town was built at the dawn of the year 1000 on a more ancient settlement romanodenominato Publicum and from the twelfth century it became a feud of Brancaleoni powerful family that later extended his domination over the entire mass Trabaria.

Towards the beginning of their dominion the Brancaleoni abandoned their former residence and began the construction of today’s residential building who completed after seven centuries. In full Renaissance, certainly also for the wonderful influence of Urbino, which also was part Piobbico, the Brancaleoni wanted to transform their fortress-residence, taking away the character grim and stern of the fort. Thus, the architect Girolamo Genga from Urbino and his son Bartolomeo, while not completely solve the footprint of the old castle complex conferred to the air of beautiful home Renaissance civil.

To underline, in the interior façade of the Clock Tower, the dial reversed with the movement of the hands counterclockwise, almost unique.

Castle Brancaleoni (sec. XII – XVIII) with more than 130 rooms, stucco Brandani, a Deposition, a Nativity and the Temple of St. Charles. Inside the Museum Geopaleontologico – Nature – Anthropic.

Museum Geopaleontologico – Nature – Anthropic displays over 5,000 fossils of Monte Nerone including the only prehistoric bear (Ursus Spalaesus) found in central Italy. The fossils are dated between 2 and 200 million years.

The picturesque town assembly of buildings around the castle, a few years given a new life with a careful restoration.

Sanctuary of S. Maria in Val d’Abyss inside “The Assumption” of Raffellin Del Collee other valuable paintings of the ‘500.

St. Stephen’s Church inside with “The rest of the S: Family” and works by Federico Barocci Barocci and Zuccari school.

City of Monteciccardo

Via Roma, 33 to 0721 910 189

The first news about the castle Monteciccardo date back to 1283: they speak of a Castrum “Monti Sicardi”. The name derives, according to some, from the greek “sykon” (fig), others from sicariorum (murderers, bandits), or the name of an unknown person or Lombard franc fell in Italy. The castle was ruled by dynasties that succeeded in Urbino and Pesaro, with Urban VIII became after the end of the house of the Della Rovere, property of the Papal States.

Among the noteworthy monuments in Monteciccardo there Lachiesa of San Sebastiano, of ancient origin, renovated in the ‘700, which has a valuable painting of the sixteenth century Bartolomeo Gentile da Urbino, on the high altar. Outside the village, along the road that goes towards the Arzilla, it is “The Convent”, recently restored, built in ‘500, now a Museum of Contemporary Art and home to several cultural events. Among the buildings suburban worth mentioning include the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie and San Michele Arcangelo of Montegaudio.

The walled towns are Monte Gaudio and Monte Santa Maria. The castle of Monte Santa Maria remain the walls and houses, as well as the Church of St. Agatha, which was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1930. Outstanding panorama from the walls, the view extends from the coast to the Sibillini Mountains. On the road between the Convent and Sant’Angelo in Lizzola, it makes a fine show Villa Monti surrounded by his park. Going before the town there is the forest, where the family Perticari, which hosted, as well as Rossini, also important figures of Italian literature.

City of Fossombrone

Corso G. Garibaldi, 8-0721 7231

Situated 115 m of alt., On the left of the Metauro, downstream of the throat of the Furlo. Agricultural and commercial center (viticulture, vegetables, beets, olives). At one time there was a flourishing rearing (mills), now virtually disappeared. Industrial activity in the furniture, engineering, cement.

Ancient name Forum Semproni because perhaps it was founded between 133 and 126 BC the tribune Caius Sempronius Gracchus, had a huge development in the imperial period as an important center of trade along the ancient Via Flaminia. A first archaeological site has unearthed the remains of the Roman city, the consular road Flaminia, also remains of the city walls, this around the church of St. Martin of the Plan. Statues and other remains of furniture a second site where it was found a thermal building are today at the Archaeological Museum.

The war of the Goths and then the Lombards caused the destruction of the ancient center and the subsequent reconstruction in the site where today is located in the valley of Metauro to over 100 mt. s.l.m.

From 999 Fossombrone saw the papal rule in 1292 and passed to the family Malatesta of Rimini who subsequently ceded to the family of Montefeltro of Urbino, under whose Duchy experienced a prosperous period following the events of the family, and especially with the arts of wool, paper and silk for the country also meant a building renewal. The ancient Fossombrone was for the Lords of Urbino the country house and the only son of Federico, Guidobaldo the country became their habitual residence where he lived with his wife Elisabetta Gonzaga.

The Dukes were living in the former house now called High Court built in the thirteenth century. and then rebuilt and expanded over the centuries by Frederick in 1464, expanded by Guidobaldo then with a body open gallery, a reception hall and a theater, but with time and the subsequent fall of the Duchy of Urbino structure underwent the stripping of the furnishings and today remain visible wooden ceilings, richly decorated with floral motifs and the coat of arms of Montefeltro. Today the High Court is the seat of the Archaeological Museum and the Art Gallery named “A. Vernarecci “which contains a valuable collection of paintings and ceramics. For those interested to visit the center of the town can start from the main street of the city where you overlook the mansions monumental facade with rusticated including Cattabeni Palace of ‘500 said pawnbroker and Dedi palace of the fifteenth century.

The Town Hall of the sixteenth century. built by Filippo Terzi. And citadel on the hill outside the town the remains of Malatesta of the XIII-XV century always the impression given by the Court of Francesco di Giorgio Martini, a typical pentagonal, the Keep, the Towers corner.

After the High Court or the Doge’s Palace is to show where the Lower Court, a sixteenth-century building opposite the Church of St. Augustine, this was the residence of the ducal family and inside there is the private chapel of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere grouted by brandani.

Has visited the House Museum, an outstanding example of “home educated bourgeois” of the 30s and 40s of the twentieth century, richly decorated with precious curtains and porcelain, drawing rooms and refined, sumptuous dining rooms, bay windows overlook the “Garden Narcissus “; gift of Notary Cesarini addition to this house, a rich collection of Italian paintings of the period between the wars with big names such as Carpi, Marini, Morandi, Severini. Also visited the predetermined times.

As each municipality Marche This important center of Val Metauro has a rich heritage of ecclesiastical architecture, a church vote of the citizens for the birth of male Francesco Maria Della Rovere as we also find in Senigallia, built between 1608-13 named after S. Filippo.

In the church of St. Augustine built in the fourteenth century. It contains a canvas on the birth of Federico Zuccari. In front of Piazza Dante the church of St. Francis of the eighteenth century, internally neoclassical was damaged in the last war preserves a wooden crucifix of the seventeenth century.

The Bishop’s Palace, near the town erected in 1479 on the behest of Bishop in which, despite the many changes there is a large hall onorecon friezes and coats decoration of all citizens bishops passed.

The church of St. Aldebrando in the courtyard of the old fortress of the eighteenth century. Baroque it houses a chapel frescoed by Antonio Alberti from Ferrara with stories of Sango, but from this place you can enjoy an exceptional view over the valley of Metauro.

Opposite the town at 329 meters above sea level Colle dei Cappuccini where we find the Church of St. John the Baptist and the adjoining Convent of the Franciscan Friars Capuchin founded one of the first orders, this hill also called Hill of the Saints has seen the passing of many figures which St. Benedict, St. Joseph of Cupertino, St. Seraphim Capradosso, just get here to understand why this was chosen as a place of meditation and contemplation, surrounded by immense peace between nature and spirituality convent.

 

 

Town of Urbania

Liberty Square, 1-0722 313111

In the valley rich in oak river squeezes Urbania, the ancient Casteldurante of the Duchy of Urbino.

Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke next to the Montefeltro, he established the fact of his residence, attracted by the quiet magic of the place: here he died and with him ended the duchy. The current name of the town dates back to 1636, renamed in honor of Pope Urban VIII Barberini. First it was called Castel delle Ripe, when the Ghibellines destroyed Urbino in 1277, was then the Provencal Monsignor Guillaume During a rebuild in 1284 and became Casteldurante. This name was known throughout Europe for leceramiche in the sixteenth century, when along with Pesaro and Urbino experienced a flowering of the highest level fueled by “Raphaelism” and suggestions of the humanists of the ducal court. At the time were running over 40 and surveyed 150 gave maiolicari producing extraordinary pots and stained dishes rich in decoration. The Dukes Montefeltro-Della Rovere course privileged Castedurante as “place of delights” and built a special road which was used to reach it, from Urbino, in three hours of litter.

Among the major monuments the Barco Ducale, former hunting ground of the dukes, connected to the Ducal Palace by a mile of the river that the nobles went back in boat.

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Jan. great feast of the Epiphany, games, parades, entertainment;

Easter and Easter Monday “point and cul” old popular game with hard-boiled eggs;

April, “a flower in the city”, the traditional spring fairs, exhibitions of flowers, potted plants, cattle, agricultural vehicles;

July-August Summer evenings in Casteldurante, music, theater and exhibitions throughout the summer, the summer of Scaffe, ethnic music;

July to September exhibitions at Palazzo Ducale, drawings and engravings, ceramics duratine, globes of Gerardus Mercator;

July celebration of the Patron Saint Christopher and traditional blessing of the cars;

Aug. great opera concert of August;

October national poetry prize “Metauro”, an exhibition of contemporary poets, national review of polyphonic choirs, ancient fair of St. Luke and women, shows mycological and collecting;

Christmas events in December, Santa Claus goes down from the bell tower.

City of Montecerignone

Piazza Clementina, 10-0541 978522

Carpegna already in possession of the family 962, in 1448 it fell under the power of Malatesta. When in 1463 he returned to the Montefeltro. Montecerignone was an important administrative center, and is the work of Antonio Conte happened consolidation of the walls. Subsequently, with the Duke Frederick he had a renovation of the fortress by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. In 1358 Cardinal Albornozriorganizzando all lands recaptured the church placed in the fortress home to the “Commissioner Feretrano” judge of the ancient tribunal of Montefeltro, which remains in the historical testimony of the City. In Fonte Good, towards the end of ‘400 the friar Domenico Spadafora raised a small monastery, named “the Convent” where he retired with a few other confreres. Currently the remains of Blessed Dominic are intact for over three hundred years, in the Parish Church of Santa Maria in Reclauso, built on the ruins of a temple dedicated to Juno, dating back to the sixteenth century.

Palace of Begni beautifully crafted Renaissance building opposite the stairs leading to the castle.

Church of St. Catherine was built by order of the Knights of the Sovereign Order of Malta.

Church of Santa Maria del Soccorso in 1600, in which we find a “Madonna Enthroned” and two paintings attributed to Vivarini lancet.

Church of St. Blaise from the XVII century where a valuable Latin cross of the twelfth century that the tradition brought by crusaders returning from the Holy Land.

City of Fermignano
Via Mazzini, 3-0722 332142

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Tradition has it that Fermignano arose around 200 BC through the work of a Roman legionary this Firmidio, from which it took its name (first and Firmidianus poiFermignano). Nearby, in the plain of San Silvestro, it is believed that was fought the battle of the Metaurus in 207 BC between Romans and Carthaginians. Fermignano was always part of the dominions of the lords of Urbino. The old center (the Pianello) still has its narrow streets.

Here is the parish church of St. Veneranda which replaced the ancient church of San Giovanni Battista. Other churches were those of San Silvestro in Iscleto (towards Urbania) and St. John of Silvano.

Also worth mentioning is the beautiful aristocratic villa that stands about a kilometer from the inhabited called Island, so named because it was built on land surrounded on three sides by the Metauro.

Fermignano birthplace of Donato Bramante, the great Renaissance architect (1444-1514) trained at the court of Urbino.

In the municipal area it includes the Passo del Furlo (shared with Acqualagna). Latin forulus = hole, the name is due to the tunnel hewn by the Emperor Vespasian to overcome a spur in the deep river gorge Candigliano; this gallery it replaced another, believed built by the Etruscans, it becomes insecure because of frequent landslides. The canyon that we admire today is due to the dam that blocks water Candigliano that here form a beautiful reservoir, used for the production of electricity, about three kilometers long.

Adjacent to the gallery of Roman origin, is the church of Furlo open during the summer months.

Town of Tavullia

Via Roma, 81 to 0721 477 911

Originally the name of the village was “Tomb of Pesaro”, changed in Tavullia in 1938, named after the nearby river Tavollo.

The origins of the site date back to the Middle Ages; you can still see the city walls and the keep of the castle, the historical events are closely linked to political and military vicissitudes of the city of Pesaro and the struggles of the families of Malatesta and Montefeltro. The castle remains today a memory in the Church of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Mercy, with a cell built to save a fresco depicting sacred figures. There are also the walls of two other important castles, and to what diMontelevecchie Monteluro, both very highly sought after for their strategic position. Castle Montelevecchie (now Belvedere Fogliense) so named because it housed the “old” courtesans, are drawings made in the seventeenth century and the nineteenth century by dalMingucci Liverani. Even the castle Monteluro little remains, only the ruins of the Tower of Piran, a small but important tasks fortress with lookout on the road that led from Urbino in Romagna, passed hands several times between the Montefeltro and Malatesta.
Nevertheless, we Tavullia has become famous throughout the world for being the birthplace of the legendary Valentino Rossi, MotoGP world champion and one of the most popular sports in the world.

The municipal area, there are also several churches, some intact, while the other remained only ruins. The most important and popular is certainly that of “St. Lawrence Martyr,” which it houses the relics.

 

Municipality of Pietrarubbia

Piazza Municipio, 3-0722 75110

The castle dates back to Petra Rubea Mille. Since 1200, from families incastellate warrior, emerged the lineage of the Counts of Montefeltro, faced for the investiture granted by Frederick Barbarossa. From this impregnable eagle’s nest, the Counts of Montefeltro expanded their domains to the low and high Romagna Brand. In 1250 the branch of Urbino Ghibelline Guelph fell off the branch of the Counts of Pietrarubbia, while continuing both to bring the prestigious title of Counts of Montefeltro.

 Church of St. Sylvester Parish Pietrarubbia, his dedication recalls the cult of Pope Sylvester II (990-1003), the pope of the fateful year Mille. And ‘This is the time when the castle was founded by Petra Rubea, Arnaldo Pomodoro has carved a new marble altar and the great sun bronze. CENTER TAM (Centre for artistic treatment of metals) is a training and further education for young people, founded by the Municipality in collaboration with the sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro as chairman, it is now directed by Eliseo Mattiacci. In ancient noble palace owned by the Pomodoro Foundation you can visit the permanent exhibition of objects and sculptures created annually by the students of TAM.

Permanent exhibition ceramics – Multimedia Museum – Medieval forge steel

Inside the restored village of Pietrarubbia you can visit an exhibition of ceramic fragments painstakingly restored, highlighting the richness and variety of forms of plates and mugs in different historical periods. Still, you can admire a rare medieval steel complex that once again the entire production cycle of the fierce; and to make it even more interesting visit there is the opportunity to access the multimedia museum.

City of Montecalvo in Foglia

Piazza Municipio, 1-0722 58113

Montecalvo in Foglia belongs geographically to Montefeltro. Located in a panoramic position to reach, the route climbs up on the edge of the ridge, where you can see a peculiar characteristic: they are huge gullies that have eroded hills vast tracts constituting a “natural monument” to the bleakness of the landscape.

Montecalvo in Foglia dates back probably to the tenth century. It seems certain that the etymology of the name comes from the fact that this place, being the soil mostly clay and therefore subject to depressions and landslides, was extremely bare of vegetation, hence the name of Montecalvo, that is bare.

In 1224 for recognition of Pope Honorius III, Montecalvo depended on the Bishop of Fossombrone who yielded to nipoe Raniero Taddeo, of Pesaro. At that time there was a fortress that was destroyed then. Continually disputed between the Malatesta and the Dukes of Urbino, in 1460, the year that marks the final defeat Malatesta, finally passed under the Dukes of Urbino and followed its fortunes until the devolution of the duchy to the Church.

In the area of ​​Montecalvo in addition to admire the ravines typical of the slopes that rise to the historical center you can immerse yourself nelal intact nature’s fauna of the “Badia”. Of natural interest is a stopping point for many species of migratory birds. Further downstream are the villages of Cà Gallo Borgomassano and where, over the years, have developed industrial and craft activities, as well as sports facilities and facilities for tourist accommodation.

 

Comune di Colbordolo

P.zza del Popolo, 5 – 0721 49621

www.comune.colbordolo.pu.it

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Le origini di Colbordolo sono ignote. Per quanto si può risalire nella storia, pare che i primi abitatori della zona siano stati gli Umbri. Presso l’antica Badia di S. Tommaso in Foglia tuttora esistente, furono rinvenuti avanzi di un’ara dedicata a Silvano, dio dell’agricoltura, difensore dei campi e delle greggi. Si sa di certo che le terre erano dell’Abbazia di S. Tommaso in Foglia. Fondatore di questa abbazia benedettina, di cui rimane solo la chiesa, fu Alberto Vescovo di Pesaro, che nel 998 intervenne al Sinodo Romano tenuto da Papa Gregorio V. Abbaimo notizia che Raffaello apprese dal padre, Giovanni Santi, all’età di 11 anni, che la sua famiglia proveniva da Colbordolo. Del padre Giovanni Santi, figura artistica ampiamente rivalutata negli anni più recenti, nato a Colbordolo tra il 1440-1445 e morto a Urbino il 1° agosto 1494, è stato celebrato il 5° centenario nell’agosto 1994.

Giovanni Santi “El paternal mio nido” mostra visivo-documentaria con esposizione di opere e di documenti legati al padre di Raffaello che qui nacque.

Monte di Colbordolo piccola vetta a due passi dal centro storico, dagli anni ’60 al centro di un recupero ambientale e abitativo. Offre occasioni di svago e servizi.

Montefabbri minuscolo castello fortificato  dalla storia secolare. Qui nacque il Beato Sante Brancorsini e sua sorella Santa Marcellina.

Produzioni tipiche ed economiche il Comune di Colbordolo ha conosciuto in tempi recenti una forte industrializzazione, specie nella piana di Talacchio con piccole e medie imprese mobiliere e meccaniche. Nella zona viene ancora praticata un’agricoltura tradizionale dalla quale provengono oli di oliva di buona qualità e vini DOC come il Colli Pesaresi Rosso e Bianco i cui vitigni dominanti sono il Sangiovese e il Trebbiano. Dai forni a legna vengono sfornate le “Cresce di Pasqua” (nella versione salata) a cui viene dedicata  una sagra tipica annuale nella frazione di Talacchio. Alcune aziende agricole si sono convertite da tempo al biologico ottenendo ottimi risultati.

Acqualagna
Piazza Mattei, 9-0721 79671
www.comune.acqualagna.ps.it
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Mentioned for the first time in a document in 1292 as “burg aqualania”, he was born as a small valley of the ancient castle of Monfalcone (now deceased). The municipal area coincides roughly with the ancient Roman town of Pitinum Mergens whose remains are still unexplored, apart from the discovery of a “villae” which provided household materials exposed in the antiquarium of town. His story of a small village is not marked by special events; He was part of the Duchy of Urbino and followed the fate of these.

ART AND HISTORY OF THE CITY ‘:

It is a municipality in the middle basin of the Metauro where the river flows into the river Candigliano Burano, near of the fantastic fauna called Furlo Gorge. Probably the first settlement dates back to the Roman town of Pitinum Mergens of the second century BC

In 500 suffers the same fate as all other neighboring towns destroyed by the Goths and then the various and subsequently rebuilt and changed to conquest by the Lombards, the Franks, then the same King Pepin the Short that gift ‘754 in the town to the Pope .

During the Middle Ages Aqualagna sees the domination of the Montefeltro lords of Urbino and after the fall of the dynasty pef the lack of an heir male dj juovo becomes part of the territories of the Papal States.

Aqualagna the name is thought to derive from the Latin “Aqua Línea” that ‘”water battle” probably in reference to the past war in the period of wars barbariche.Acqualagna contains in its circuit but also in many villages throughout the territory foothills, numerous witnesses of its troubled history that sees the passage of the barbarians, of Saints, of famous people.

The ancient abbey of San Vincenzo al Furlo dating in its first building at the eighth century. It was rebuilt in 1271 in Romanesque style by the will of the abbot Bonaventure. During the summer and ‘you can visit the various exhibitions that are hosted on its premises.

In the locality ‘Colombara we find the archaeological excavations in the years 1995/96 have unearthed an ancient Roman farm of whether II. B.C. whose findings were collected and can be seen in the Antiquarium Pitinum Mergens the Archaeological Museum founded in 2002 and housed in the rooms of the City of Aqualagna. On the slope of Mount Pietralta there are ruins, ancient castle complex Pietralata of XI century. including the male, the perimeter wall and a church still consecrated. On the slopes of the same mountain there is the Marian shrine of Pelingo 1859 to 218 meters above sea level

The step Furlo, a path of extraordinary beauty, not only for its natural morphology, but still packs the historical signs of taste Roman times the Via Flaminia, even with an ancient tunnel dating back more than 2,000 years ago, yet today viable. An ancient passage dating from the 220 BC and secured permanently in 76/77 in. C. by Vespasian. The population of Petriccio always on the road towards Cagli you can admire a recently restored Romanesque building. Following the river Candigliano territory of Cagli we can see two storied building on two opposing fronts mountain one includes the ruins of the castle of Frontino (504 mt. Above sea level) and the Castle of Naro (417 m. Above sea level). Legend has it that the opposing factions faced off with one hand the nobles Guelph Castle Noro and other Ghibellines of Montefeltro.

Also in the territory of Cagli it is to admire a splendid example of Romanesque architecture in the Marche ‘abbey of Naro. Worthy of emphasis in the scientific international is the Mining Museum in the basement of Palazzo Ubaldini Apecchio which houses 2,500 pieces of Ammon among them rare species, finds unique in Europe.

Of course you can not visit Aqualagna without tasting its famous product truffles that collecting great success and prestige in the world culinary scene, while one can not mention an illustrious citizen that here was born here Enrico Mattei.

The Sanctuary of Pelingo recently built (1820), is a place of worship and religion in the countryside with wide avenues surrounded by magnificent lime trees. La Casa del Pellegrino is located next door is designed for conferences and holidays.

Church of SS. Annunziata in Petriccio resort, 2 km from the capital, in Roman-Gothic frescoes of the fourteenth century.

Acqualagna nature, history and gastronomy …:

The Truffle? And where to go and enjoy if not Acqualagna, town of Marche, known just as “truffle capital”?

Town of 4,000 inhabitants near the Furlo Gorge in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, is characterized by a centuries-old tradition of research, production and marketing of truffles. Here today are based in or conduct most of their activities gatherers and traders working in all world markets. The truffle market of Acqualagna has established itself as the privileged seat of wholesale: here are sold a total of about 2/3 of national production.

Behind the stands Acqualagna Furlo Gorge rock Apennine characterized by the enchantment of white limestone and pink. From the mountains of Furlo, Catria and Nero, it is a network of trails with a guide free and without reservation. Inside the wildlife: red deer, the Apennine wolf, deer, Crag, Rock Thrush, the woodpecker and the golden eagle. Lovers of nature and the outdoors can make beautiful walks in the mountains around the Furlo, as the Catria and Nero, who have an important path network with apartments and shelters. More travel opportunities are given to destinations such as the nearby Urino, Fano, Gubbio.

Comune di Fano

Via Nolfi, 170 – 0721 801672

www.comune.fano.ps.it

The city is mentioned for the first time in ” De bello civilians” Gaius Julius Caesar (49 BC) ; ” Fanum Fortunae ” refers to the Temple of the Goddess Fortuna around which the village would be developed , although there are remains of prehistoric settlements and preceded the pre-Roman . The city stood where the Flaminia touched the sea to continue north ( = Ariminum Rimini ) . Under Augustus , the city becomes “Colonia Julia Fanestris ” and is provided with walls , still partially preserved, and a triumphal arch dedicated to the Emperor himself .

Destroyed and burned by the Goths , after the reconstruction was part of the Maritime Pentapolis under the Exarchate of Ravenna. At the end of the tenth century was the Free City in 1357 and became a fiefdom of the Malatesta of Rimini until 1463 . A mid-sixteenth century , the so-called ” Libertas Ecclesiastica ” (ie with the control of a governor – prelate appointed by the Pope ) was able to reach a sufficient state of tranquility . Although geographically within the Duchy of Urbino there was never part with its independence and came up to the Unitary State (1860).

Fair – monthly Antiques Market is an appointment with the concrete and actionable evidence of the past : antique furniture, old lace , furnishings and sacred and profane objects . Established in 1980, the Fair-Market Antiques unfolds regularly the second weekend of each month in the historic center of the city. Each year the fair in July is accompanied by the ” National Exhibition of Book and Print Ancients .”

Carnival is one of the popular events, folklore and cultural oldest and most important of the Marche Region . It takes place in the month of February with a parade of floats of remarkable proportions and with representations of various organized groups disguised expressions of a culture of great artisan tradition . Recreational and historical flavor , is the Fano dei Cesari in July that commemorates the Roman origins of the city in a whole week of events ranging from cultural events to actions involving shopkeepers and restaurateurs in town , parties and themed games , with the conclusion in the big parade in Roman costumes and chariot race .

” Fano Jazz by the Sea” Fano Jazz Festival was born in 1993 and since then has played with growing success . And ‘ by far the most important of the Marche Region , which recognizes this primacy , and has built a solid international reputation. In the course of a week (in 2009, 24 to 31 July ) proposes every year the big stars of American and European art according to a schedule that is distinguished from others by the rigor of the cultural approach . The shows are held in the Malatesta Court and in the suggestive part of the marina Marina dei Cesari , where the concerts will take place in a “stage on the water .”

International Meetings Polyphonic reached this year its 36th edition , will take place in the Basilica of St. Paterniano and the Fortune Theatre . The exhibition presents vocal and instrumental ensembles of various countries, who travel the polyphonic culture in geography and history.

Fano International Film Festival, founded in 1989 is the event that handles the event in October of film production , ranking in the cinematic landscape in the context of short and medium-length film . The two sections free theme ( digital video and 35mm film ) participate each year Italian and foreign authors , doing it this way grow in prestige and international interest in the festival that in 2009, arrives at the 21st edition .

Arch of Augustus and the Roman walls remains of a Roman colony , in the historic center .

Court Malatesta Fortress and was the first fort for the defense of the sea and , more recently , also state prison , now a place for meetings and events. The Court is located on the main square and was the residence of the lords of Fano, for decades home to the Art Gallery and the Archaeological Museum .

Fortune Theatre reopened a few years ago and restored in an exemplary manner is at the center of many cultural events.

Cathedral Church with the Nolfi chapel frescoed by Domenichino and the Diocesan Museum.

Church of San Pietro in Valle exceptional among the most beautiful baroque structure of the Marches .

Church of St. Paterniano dedicated to the patron saint of Fano is also a Franciscan convent .

Church of Santa Maria Nuova with interesting paintings signed , among others, by Domenichino and Giovanni Santi , Raphael’s father .

Hermitage of Monte Giove officiated by the Fathers of Camaldoli , a few miles from the historic centor , is a place of prayer and study days .

Museum of Marine Biology joined the institute that studies the ecosystem in the Adriatic and has aquarium.