Camerino
Camerino At the center of the mountainous area in the south-west of the province of Macerata, the city of Camerino dominates and extends over the great basin flanked by two mountain ranges, closed S by the Sibillini massif and N by the Apennine foothills culminating in Monte Catria. The tourist is struck by the typical […]
Ascoli Piceno and the Quintana
Ascoli Piceno and the Quintana Few cities evoke beautiful and lasting emotions as those that dispense Ascoli Piceno. The compact and well-preserved building structure, the suggestion of squares and streets (small streets), distinctive monuments, towers that dot the urban landscape make Acoli Piceno a “unicum” in the Marche. The “Quintana”, tenzone between knights in a […]
Visit Ancona
Visit Ancona Its origins date back to prehistoric times. Attracted by the safety of the landing, ancient peoples take land and settle (1400 BC). From Sabina the Piceni come, led by the sacred bird to Mars, the Woodpecker. Greek and Etruscan influences make the inhabitants more civilized. In the year 387 a.C. a colony of […]
Recanati and the house of Leopardi
Recanati and the house of Leopardi He lives in the cult of an excellent poet like Giacomo Leopardi, and in the less remote and perhaps more intimately affectionate memory of the tenor Beniamino Gigli. Recanati has had important moments of history in the Early Middle Ages and in the following centuries: the town was built […]
Macerata and the Sferisterio
Macerata and the Sferisterio Before England imposed as a universal pastime a game that soon became a real sport, in the old continent was practiced the sport of the ball with the hands. And in Italy the most appreciated game was that of the ball with the bracelet. Born in the Renaissance courts, this game […]
Loreto and the sanctuary
Loreto and the sanctuary The charm of true happiness. There are places where the sky bends over the world and the earth becomes a doorway to the threshold of paradise. Everything in Loreto vibrates with a divine force that restores the soul, recreates even the most daily gestures, places in the heart the memory of […]
Genga and “Le grotte di Frasassi”
Genga and “Le Grotte di Frasassi” FRASASSI, THE HIDDEN UNIVERSE by Gianluca Torelli How do you visit the “Niagara Falls” without crossing the ocean? The answer is just sixty kilometers from Ancona, in the hinterland of the Marche apennines.Near Genga, a small mountain municipality, there are the famous caves of Frasassi. In reality, what is […]
Fermo and “Il palio dell’Assunta”
Fermo and “Il Palio dell’Assunta” The re-enactment of the Palio dell’Assunta, on August 15, is an equestrian race among the city’s districts, preceded by a detailed and fascinating choreography, which dates back to the twelfth century. Fermo maintains a strong focus on authentic flavors, passing on a rich tradition of local gastronomy: the Vincisgrassi, a […]
Fabriano
Fabriano Fabriano was built in the year 409 after the barbarian invasions had caused the collapse of the Roman municipalities of Attidium and Tuficum.In the year 1160 it became a free commune. Its international renown is combined with the production of paper (sec. XIII) and the transformation of its manufacturing processes, including watermarks. In the […]
The master Crivelli
Crivelli around the Marche region Of Venetian origin, Carlo Crivelli moves away from the lagoon city, where he was born around 1430, as a young man, to never return. The painter left his first work signed and dated in Marche in 1468 at Massa Fermana, where he landed perhaps coming from Zadar in Dalmatia.Commissioned in […]