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FANO
La ville ”Fanum Fortunae” des anciens Romains était un lieu sacré trés important, en fait le mot Fanum représente une référence claire à un lieu sacrée ou un temple dédié au culte de la díesse Fortuna.
Les principaux monuments de la ville sont: l’Arc d’Auguste, les murs romains qui maintiennent encore prés des deux tiers du circuit original, la forteresse des Malatesta.
Evénements:
Carnaval de l’Adriatique: le plus ancien en Italie, il a aussi la caractéristique d'être le seul carnaval du genre avec un lance de bonbons au cours de l’ívínement qui est composíí de masques, groupes musicaux et défilés de chars allígoriques.
Foire des Antiquaires: Le deuxiíme dimanche de chaque mois, ainsi que le prícídent samedi, Fano accueille des exposants de meubles, mobilier, círamique, bijoux, objets sacrés et profanes, tous strictement vieux.
Fano Yacht Festival: Today it·s the most important nautical showcase of the middle Adriatic. An event which brings together all the boating categories at the highest level, doing perfectly coexist tradition and innovation. Fano, one of the most important industrial centers in the shipbuilding world, has proved to be the ideal place to host Fano Yacht Festival.
Aujourd'hui c´est la plus importante vitrine nautique du moyen Adriatique. Un événement qui réunit, au niveau le plus ĺlevĺ, toutes le catĺgories associées à la navigation, faisant parfaitement coexister la tradition et l'innovation.
Fano, l·un des plus importants sites industriels dans le monde pour la construction navale, s'est révélé l·endroit idĺal pour accueillir Fano Yacht Festival.
”Fano Jazz By the Sea”: chaque été, en Juillet, dans la ville il y a beaucoup d¸amateurs de musique jazz et d'artistes célčbres qui jouent leur chansons dans les différents coins de la ville.
Chaque samedi, il y a le marché dans la vieille ville de Fano, à 50 mčtres de l¸hôtel: beaucoup de confort et une agréable promenade sont la toile de fond des beaux murs romains de Fano.
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PESARO
Pesaro, along with Urbino, is the chief town of the province of Pesaro and Urbino.
Important tourist center, it has given birth to the famous composer Gioacchino Rossini.
Among the monuments of the town you can admire: the Ducal Palace - now headquarters of the Prefecture; the Cathedral - erected on the ruins of a late-Roman building; the birthplace of G. Rossini.
Events:
Rossini Opera Festival is a lyric event which takes place every year in August from 1980.
The Festival has contributed to a substantial philological re-reading of a lot of works of Rossini, some of which under-represented in modern times and now returned to be - under the so-called Rossini renaissance - the repertoire of the main Italian theatres.
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URBINO
Urbino, along with Pesaro, is the chief town of the province of Pesaro and Urbino.
The Ducal Palace is really known and visited:its little towers surround the rear of the town.
Urbino is also important for its University and it is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Events:
August: Historical pageant in the sixteenth century dresses.
End July-September: National Craft Show.
September: kite festival (the first Sunday of the month).
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SAN LEO
On an imposing cliff rises the city of San Leo, whose first inhabitants
were the Umbro-Sabelli, the Gauls and the Romans.
In the sixth century St. Leo became a civilly organized village:Procopius of Caesarea marks the town among the fortresses of the region.
Since 1000, in homage to the patron saint Leone, the town was called San Leo.
In the impregnable fortress of San Leo, Berengar II, King of the Italic Kingdom, defeated in Pavia by Otto I of Germany, sought shelter in 961. The siege gave proof of the extraordinary defensive function covered by the small town. He gave way to Otto in December 963.
Cagliostro (his real name was Joseph Balsamo) was an alchemist of the century of enlightenment.
He openly challenged the Church founding a lodge of Egyptian Rite in London and assuming the title of "Great Cofto." The Holy Office sent out a death sentence for heresy and seditious activities. The sentence was commuted in prison for life by Pope Pius VI and he died in the fortress of San Leo in 1795, bringing with him all the secrets of a restless and adventurous life.
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MONDAVIO
Mondavio is located on a hill in a panoramic position a few kilometers from the Adriatic Sea.
The name of Mondavio appears for the first time in a document dated 1178 and subsequently in a Vatican register in 1289.
San Francesco liked the amenities of the place and the variety of birds that he discovered there:that's why the name Mons Avium as "Mount of Birds" (now there's a dove in the municipal coat of arms).
Mondavio went under several domains, including that of Malatesta, Alessandro Piccolomini, Giovanni della Rovere, Lorenzo de' Medici and the town of Fano.
Giovanni stayed for a long time in Mondavio and asked the genius architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini to build the fortress (built between 1482 and 1492),which, in all these centuries, has never undergone any siege nor fired a shot by its guns.
The interiors correspond at the original structures.
Currently, indoor spaces are for exhibition and museum, including an armory (collection of artillery and tools for military use).
Events:
Every year on the 15th August, a historic commemoration is celebrated (the Boar Hunt), which recalls the ancient glories of the fortress and it has a huge audience from all over Italy.
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GRADARA
The fortress of Gradara and its fortified village is one of the best preserved medieval structures of Italy and the two walls which protect the fortress, the outermost of which extends for almost 800 meters, also make it one of the most impressive.
The night view of the fortress and of the town is even more wonderful.
The position of Gradara, since ancient times, makes of the town a crossroads of traffic and people: during the Middle Ages the fortress was one of the main theaters of conflicts between militias loyal to the papacy and troubled families of Romagna and Marche.
According to the tradition, within these walls, a tragedy has been consumed: that of Paolo and Francesca, whom Dante has dedicated a chant of the Divine Comedy.
Gradara Castle is one of the most visited monuments in the Marche and in Italy.
The fortress is often the scene of musical and artistic events.
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GOLA DEL FURLO
The Gorge of Furlo is located along the original route of Flaminia road, where this coasts the river Metauro, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino.
To allow the passage of people and vehicles, , a deep tunnel into the rock was made dig by the Emperor Vespasian in 76 AD.This tunnel was said forulum ( "small hole"), from which "Furlo."
For its evocative landscape, for its wildlife and the presence of many trails which leave from here, the Furlo Gorge is a popular destination for hikers and nature lovers.
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