Territory and traditions: Pesaro is one of the four main town of province of the region Marche: the northest one, at the border with Emilia Romagna.

The town is located between two hills: north San Bartolo and south Ardizio. In this territory the historical events created a particularly and interesting superimposition of artistic and cultural witnesses.
Among the other attractions, Fiorenzuola di Focara above the sea offers a wonderful landscape. In the first hilly zone, the intact village of Gradara with its castle, which is famous for the sad love between Paolo and Francesca, not far from the fortress of Mondavio in the valley of Metauro and Cesano. In the inland in the valley of the Foglia on the lake Mercatale there is the fortress of Sassocorvaro. In Piandimeleto there is the castle of the Counts Oliva, and in Carpegna there is the monumental Palazzo dei Principi.

There are other fortifications in Montecerignone, San Leo, Sant’Agata Feltria. Along the watercourse of the Metauro river, you can meet the Corti Ducali di Fossombrone, the medieval bridge and tower of Fermignano, the Palazzo Ducale and Barco of Urbania, the palace and the tower of Sant’Angelo in Vado.