What is Sant'Agata Feltria known for?

The Fiera Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco Pregiato, running every Sunday in October since 1985, the main calendar event in the upper Valmarecchia. Fortress on the Sasso del Lupo rebuilt in 1474 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini for the Fregoso family of Genoese origin. Wooden theater opened in 1605 inside the Palazzo Comunale, named for conductor Angelo Mariani, born in Sant'Agata in 1821.

Where is Sant'Agata Feltria?

Sant'Agata Feltria is a comune in the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, about 48 kilometers from Rimini.

Emilia-Romagna · Rimini

Sant'Agata Feltria

A 607-meter Montefeltro borgo crowned by the Rocca Fregoso on the Sasso del Lupo, host of the national white truffle fair since 1985.

607m

Elevation

48 km / 30 mi

Nearest hub (Rimini)

1,949

Population

Apr–Oct

Best time to visit

Recognised as

Why come

Sant'Agata Feltria sits at 607 meters in the upper Valmarecchia, in the historic Montefeltro region eighty-five kilometers north of Perugia and twenty inland from the Adriatic. The Rocca Fregoso rises directly behind the centro on the Sasso del Lupo, a sandstone outcrop with overhanging walls on three quarters of its perimeter and a thirty-meter drop from summit to base. The fortress is tenth-century in origin; Francesco di Giorgio Martini rebuilt it in 1474 for the Fregoso family of Genoa, who gave it their name and held it until the seventeenth century. The town belonged in turn to the Malatesta of Rimini, the Montefeltro of Urbino, and the Fregoso. Inside the borgo, the Teatro Angelo Mariani, opened in 1605, is one of the oldest still-active theaters in Italy. Every Sunday in October the centro hosts the Fiera Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco Pregiato, running since 1985, the reason the town carries the Città del Tartufo designation.

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Known for

Rocca Fregoso
Sandstone fortress on the Sasso del Lupo, rebuilt by Francesco di Giorgio Martini in 1474, with overhanging walls on three sides and a thirty-meter drop.
Teatro Angelo Mariani
Wooden theater opened in 1605 inside the medieval Palazzo Comunale, one of the oldest active theaters in Italy, named for the conductor born here in 1821.
Chiesa Collegiata
Sixteenth-century collegiate church with a Baroque interior, housing relics of Sant'Agata and the venerated wooden image known as the Madonna del Soccorso.
Centro storico
Medieval borgo of stone houses below the Rocca, with the Palazzo Fregoso, the Teatro Mariani, and the convent of San Girolamo on the main street.
Sasso del Lupo
Sandstone outcrop that carries the Rocca Fregoso, named for the wolves once hunted on its slopes, with overhanging walls on three sides.

When to visit

Best months · Apr–Oct

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

April through June brings green hills and clear views over the Valmarecchia toward the San Marino ridge. July and August touch thirty-two degrees and the borgo empties between two and five, though evenings at six hundred meters cool quickly. September brings the porcini and the run-up to the truffle fair; the four Sundays in October are the busiest weekends of the year, with the centro full of stalls and trucks from the surrounding farms. November keeps the truffle hunters out in the forests. Winter is quiet, with snow possible above five hundred meters and most restaurants on the main street closed Monday to Wednesday. Mid-week stays in May and September give the Rocca and the Teatro Mariani room without the fair-day crowds.