Comuni Virtuosi
Comuni Virtuosi in Marche
4 towns
Marche has 4 Comuni Virtuosi communes in our index. They cluster in the Pesaro e Urbino and Ancona provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Cantiano, Corinaldo, and Monte Grimano Terme. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
Cantiano
Province: Pesaro e Urbino · 374 m
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.
Corinaldo
Province: Ancona · 203 m
A walled hill borgo at 203 meters with 912 meters of intact medieval walls, the birthplace of Saint Maria Goretti and the Pozzo della Polenta.
Monte Grimano Terme
Province: Pesaro e Urbino · 536 m
A small Montefeltro borgo at 536 meters on the Marche-Romagna border, with alkaline sulphur springs Andrea Bacci documented in his 1571 De Thermis.
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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