Cessapalombo - Visitors Center Vallenatura

 
Besides the Casa del Parco, the Visitor Center in Cessapalombo houses the Charcoal Pile Museum, dedicated to the art of charcoal-making: a traditional profession with ancient secrets. The House/Garden of the Butterflies is situated in Montalto di Cessapalombo country hamlet, and consists of three exhibit and didactic halls, as well as of a large garden reproducing the natural habitat for the reproduction of butterflies, with wetlands. Specific flower essences are documented in special descriptive and didactic panels situated along the way.
 

Cessapalombo - Visitors Center Vallenatura

Contrada Fonte Girata, 3
Cessapalombo (MC)
340 2522383

OPENING TIME: July and August every day (including holidays) 9.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.


Recommended for: Trekking - Family
 
 

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Cessapalombo things to Watch

Discover the attraction Cessapalombo - Visitors Center Vallenatura

Cessapalombo - Visitors Center Vallenatura

Besides the Casa del Parco, the Visitor Center in Cessapalombo houses the Charcoal Pile Museum, dedicated to the art of charcoal-making: a traditional...

Discover the attraction Caldarola - The fortified village of Vestignano

Caldarola - The fortified village of Vestignano

Ludwig II assigned the fortified village of Vestignano to the monastery of Casauria (Abruzzi region); over the centuries Vestignano was also under the Da...

Discover the attraction Valfornace - Poggio della Pagnotta - Chiesa Santa Maria Maddalena (Bread Hill – St. Mary Magdalene’s)

Valfornace - Poggio della Pagnotta - Chiesa Santa Maria Maddalena (Bread Hill – St. Mary Magdalene’s)

St. Mary Magdalene’s is one of the emblem churches on these mountains, and a reference point to four municipalities (Caldarola, Cessapalombo,...

Discover the attraction Caldarola - The fortified village of Croce

Caldarola - The fortified village of Croce

The thirteenth century fortified village of Croce was ruled by the Da Varano family. Its eastern curtain is very large; in the middle of the...

Discover the attraction Camporotondo sul Fiastrone – Church and Convent of Colfano

Camporotondo sul Fiastrone – Church and Convent of Colfano

The convent of Colfano is near the town of Camporotondo. According to tradition, S. Francesco, on the occasion of one of his trips in the Marche Region, set up...

Discover the attraction Cessapalombo – Abbey of S. Salvatore di Rio Sacro or Santa Maria in Insula

Cessapalombo – Abbey of S. Salvatore di Rio Sacro or Santa Maria in Insula

It  was probably founded in 1009 by St. Romualdo, according to a writing by St. Pier Damiani, his biographer. Saint Romuald was a monk from Ravenna who...