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Things to see in Marche

40 places in Marche you should see at least once in your life.

Faith

Ancona and the Cathedral of San Ciriaco

The cathedral on the Colle Guasco

Sea

Portonovo

The bay, the Romanesque church and the moscioli

Villages

Corinaldo

The walls and the Polenta Well

Food & wine

Cupramontana and Verdicchio

The capital of Verdicchio and its cellar-caves

Curiosities

Fabriano and paper

The Museum of Paper and Watermark

Nature

The Frasassi Caves

One of the largest caves in Europe

Faith

The Valadier Temple

The little temple inside the cave

Art

Jesi and Frederick II

The town of Stupor Mundi and Verdicchio

Faith

The Holy House of Loreto

The sanctuary of the house of Mary

Sea

Numana

The seaside village of the Conero

Sea

Senigallia and the Rotonda

The velvet beach

Sea

The Conero Riviera and Sirolo

The Due Sorelle beach

Villages

Arquata del Tronto

The fortress and the two parks

Art

Ascoli Piceno and Piazza del Popolo

The travertine drawing room

Food & wine

Olive all'ascolana

The fried olives stuffed with meat

Curiosities

The Quintana of Ascoli

The knights' joust

Villages

Grottammare

The old upper town and the Riviera of Palms

Nature

The Monti Sibillini and Lake Pilato

The lake of the chirocephalus and the Sibyl's cave

Villages

Offida and its lace

Bobbin lace and Santa Maria della Rocca

Sea

San Benedetto del Tronto

The palm-lined seafront

Archaeology

Fermo and the Roman cisterns

Thirty underground rooms

Villages

Torre di Palme

The balcony on the Adriatic

Nature

The Gole dell'Infernaccio

The canyon of the Sibillini

Sea

Porto San Giorgio

The harbour and the Rocca Tiepolo

Art

Camerino

The city of the Da Varano

Lakes

Lake Fiastra

The Sibillini lake and the Lame Rosse

Art

Macerata and the Sferisterio

Opera under the stars

Art

Recanati and Leopardi

The hill of the Infinite

Villages

San Severino Marche

The elliptical square

Faith

The Abbey of Chiaravalle di Fiastra

A Cistercian abbey in a nature reserve

Archaeology

Urbisaglia

The Roman amphitheatre and the fortress

Food & wine

Acqualagna and the truffle

The truffle capital

Nature

The Furlo Gorge

The Roman tunnel in the gorge

Archaeology

Fano and the Arch of Augustus

The Roman gate of the Via Flaminia

Villages

Frontino

A tiny village of the Montefeltro

Castles

Gradara

The castle of Paolo and Francesca

Castles

Mondavio

The Rovere fortress by Francesco di Giorgio

Art

Pesaro and Rossini

The city of music and the festival

Art · UNESCO

Raphael's birthplace

The house where the painter was born

Art · UNESCO

Urbino and the Ducal Palace

The ideal city of the Renaissance