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The Marche region has long and quite undeservedly been overshadowed by the famous and popular destinations such as Rome, Tuscany and Venice. Marche is located in Italy on the Adriatic Sea in Umbria in the back. Marche, pronounced 'markets', is known for its beautiful rocky coastline on the Adriatic Sea, which offers magnificent vistas and quaint beaches. In fact, the beaches here are some of the cleanest beaches in Italy, the many blue flag demonstrates. But there are also impressive mountain scenery, medieval and renaissance villages with castles, selfservice palaces, museums, historic selfservice theaters and famous art treasures. In addition, a warm and friendly people who are eager to show visitors their lovely selfservice region and introduce their rustic country kitchen.
A detour Marche offers a wealth of wonderful ingredients and local cuisine is certainly worth a detour: Try for example ascolana, olives stuffed with meat and deep-fried, fish soup Brodetto with 13 kinds of seafood, roast rabbit with fennel, Ciauscolo -pølser of pork and figs, a large selection selfservice of Peccorino cheese - and lots of truffles. selfservice It is even possible to get on the truffle hunt. A sweet tooth can be put in leak Ministry Lonzetta the fico, dried figs with anise, almonds and chopped walnuts wrapped in fig leaves. The region's wines are not well known outside of Italy, but here also hiding selfservice delightful surprises. There are 13 DOC wines - Denominazione di Origine Controllata, but a host of smaller Azienda and cantinas produce local wines of high quality. Try the straw yellow Verdicchio dei Castelli Jesi, 'jewel' among Marche's wines, and some of the lovely red wines, such as Lacrima di Morro and Rosso Conero. Duke Frederico studiolo To visit Marche, it is obvious that fly to Bologna and rent a car. First stop could be the city of Urbino, where the family Montefeltro impressive Renaissance palace is the center of the well-preserved medieval town. The palace has 250 rooms and the famous studiolo. A studiolo is a meditation and kontemplationsværelse, and this splendid specimen was decorated by the great humanist Duke Federico of Montefeltro, f. 1422. It is famous for its trompe l'oeil decorations, made of marquetry, woodwork, inlaid with wood, bone and metal. Today it houses the Palace "Galleria Nazionale delle Marche" with arts and crafts from 1300 - 1500 painter Raffaello, whose early training was supported by Federico Montefeltro, was born in Urbino, and his childhood home, which is preserved largely as it was in 1483 when he was born, is now a museum.
18 km stalactite But Marche's nature offers selfservice wonders. As the famous Grotte di Frassassi near the town of Genga. They were unknown until a group of hikers and amateur speleologists in September 1971 it was aware of a hole on a hilltop, which came 'wind' selfservice out. The hoisting lamps, tape measure, and finally himself into the hole and discovered a magnificent scenario: Italy's largest system of caves that turned out to be 18 km long. Caves giant 'sale' is filled with stalactites and stalagmites - one of them 15 feet high. Hall Abisso Ancona is so great that the world's largest Gothic cathedral, the Duomo in Milan, could easily be accommodated there. You can visit the caves on guided tours, and it is advisable to have substantial footwear selfservice and bring a sweater as it is cool, about 14 degrees. On the wings of poetry The beautifully situated selfservice city Recanati is a dozen miles inland on the Apennine outpost, and in clear weather you can see the Adriatic as a silver stripe on the horizon. Recanati boasts two big men, namely selfservice tenor Beniamo Gigli and poet, philosopher and essayist Giacomo Leopardi. A football fan will probably mention a third, the Argentine footballer Lionel Messi's ancestors come from this 'poetry town'. selfservice The city's most famous son Beniamino Gigli, born in 1890, came from humble backgrounds. His father was a shoemaker and bells in the city's cathedral, and as little Beniamino seven years old, he began to sing in the cathedral's children's choir. In 1914 he won an international singing competition in Parma. The rest is history, Gigli was the world's most famous tenor. He died at 67 years of age and is buried in the family grave site in Recanati. The city has of course a Beniamino Gigli museum, which is housed in the Teatro Persiani.
Wild Helpful roads But there is much more to be had in Marche: Cultural experiences, museums and natural beauty, such as the Monti Sibillini mountain range that lies between the eastern Umbria and Marche, where the highest mountains as 2000 meters up. It is also here, Urbino is located. Since 1993, the area has been the national park, Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini and the trackless terrain offers spectacular selfservice views and amazing destinations. Visitors can hike, go on bjergebestigning, ride mountain bikes, ride or play handgliding, and in winter you can ski. Art lovers can also get lusts met in abundance. There are churches, museums and gal