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Map showing hikes.

Entrance to the church.

Detail on the church.

Looking out from the entrance.

Entrance.

Closed mid-day.

Walking above the monastery.

Away from towns, up in the mountains.

Founded in 10th century, built in 12th.

The Pergola Museum of the Gilded Bronzes (Pergola Museo Bronzi Dorati) has a life size group of gilded bronzes from ancient Rome. There are two female figures, cloaked and veiled, and two horsemen, wearing military outfits on decorated horses. This is the only group of gilded bronzes from...

Ascoli Piceno is a provincial capital in a pretty setting. Nestled at the foot of a few mountains which encompass two national parks, it has a picturesque valley location surrounded by hills, yet is just a short distance from the sea. Its medieval heart beats proudly and resonantly. View of...

Have you heard about Urbino or Le Marche but you are not sure that there will be enough to keep you happy for a whole holiday? Are you looking for an unspoilt part of Italy, but you want to be sure to have enough beautiful things to see and do during your holidays? Most people think of Urbino...

For this month's profile we talked to Giulia Savini whose family owns Valle Nuova, B&B and vacation rentals in Le Marche. Le Marche occupies an enviable position, kissed by the Adriatic Sea and cuddled up against three of Italy's most popular regions, Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio. It enjoys the...

A Renaissance bass relief carved on the front of the church shows what the gate looked like originally.

Via Flaminia reached the Adriatic at Fano. The Roman gate to the city, the Arch of Augustus (Archo d'Augusto), remains.

Forum Sempronii, near modern Fossombrone, was a Roman city founded in 2nd century BC.

Sign posted at the tunnels.

During the original construction in 220BC the road was built into the side of the gorge and a tunnel was created.

Marks on the walls of the tunnel.

In 76AD Emperor Vespasian built a longer second tunnel.