Città del Vino
Città del Vino in Marche
6 towns
Marche has 6 Città del Vino communes in our index. They cluster in the Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, and Macerata provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Ripatransone, Matelica, and Morro d'Alba. 3 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
Ripatransone
Province: Ascoli Piceno · 494 m
The Belvedere del Piceno at 494 meters, ridgetop borgo with views to the Adriatic and the narrowest alley in Italy at 43 centimeters.
Matelica
Province: Macerata · 354 m
A Verdicchio town at 354 meters in the upper Esino valley, with a Roman marble globe in its archaeological museum.
Morro d'Alba
Province: Ancona · 199 m
A walled Castello di Jesi at 199 meters above the Esino valley, ringed by La Scarpa, the 300-meter covered walkway unique in Italy.
Morrovalle
Province: Macerata · 247 m
A hilltop borgo at 247 meters above the Chienti valley, holding a 1560 Eucharistic Miracle from the burning of its Franciscan convent.
Offida
Province: Ascoli Piceno · 293 m
A hill borgo at 293 meters in the Piceno wine country, with a Romanesque-Gothic cliff church and women still working bobbin lace.
Staffolo
Province: Ancona · 442 m
The Verdicchio balcony at 442 meters above three valleys, with a near-circular medieval wall ring and a wine museum carved into the ramparts.
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Province: Pesaro e Urbino
A border borgo at 374 meters under Monte Catria on the old Via Flaminia, known for the Good Friday Turba and the sour-cherry visciola harvest.