Città della Ceramica
Città della Ceramica in Marche
3 towns
Marche has 3 Città della Ceramica communes in our index. They cluster in the Pesaro e Urbino and Ascoli Piceno provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Pesaro, Ascoli Piceno, and Urbania.
Pesaro
Province: Pesaro e Urbino · 11 m
The Adriatic port at the mouth of the Foglia, founded as Roman Pisaurum in 184 BC and given to the world by Rossini in 1792.
Ascoli Piceno
Province: Ascoli Piceno · 154 m
The travertine city at 154 meters where the Tronto meets the Castellano, capital of the Piceni and host of the Quintana joust.
Urbania
Province: Pesaro e Urbino · 273 m
The Montefeltro ceramics town on the upper Metauro, known as Casteldurante until Pope Urban VIII gave it his name in 1636.
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