The town of Frontone is located in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino, at the foot of the massif of Mount Catria, and it borders with the Provinces of Ancona and Perugia. The historical-architectural memory of this town is entrusted to the fourteenth century church of Santa Maria dell'Acqua Nera (Saint Mary of the Balck Water), which houses a beautiful terracotta statue of the Virgin with Child, and the castle of the XIII century, which still retains parts of the fifteenth centuty reconstruction made by Francesco di Giorgio Martini.
To see: Frontone - Mouth of Val Canale, Frontone - Ditch of Balze della Porta, Frontone - The Fortress, Frontone - Snow Park Monte Catria
The Fortress is located in Frontone, just a few kilometres from Cagli. The building reminds of a vessel; the structure has changed several times over the...
Taking a steep path that leads to Mount Catria, you can reach the gorge. Going downhill you get to the stream. The massive limestone walls indicate the start of...
The Ditch of Balze della Porta is composed of a series of small-scale slides near Mount Catria, starting from the refuge of Gorghe. There are two fairly...
The library of the hermitage Fonte Avellana is one of the oldest ones as it was founded in the year 980 together with the monastery itself, which also includes...
The Monastery of Fonte Avellana is situated on the wooded slopes of Mount Catria (1701 m.) at 700 meters above sea level in Serra...
Within the area of Mount Catria, at 1400 m. a.s.l. and in a quiet area adjacent to the Refuge Cotaline, in 2015 it was opened the Kinderland Adventure Park, a...
The year 2021 marks the celebrations of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's death. In his Divine Comedy Dante described historical places and characters of the Marches, that are so important for the narration; he actually transformed them into icons and symbols of universal literature, by creating a special atmosphere, including myth and poetry
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