Easter in the unknown Marche – An Easter to enjoy in the heart of the Marche

Arrive in Fabriano. Visit the old town starting from the Duomo (rebuilt in 1617 and dedicated to San Venanzo) the Pojo, the Gentile Theatre, the Oratorio della Carità, Sant’Onofrio and the Crypt of San Romualdo. Then a walk through the medieval city visiting the Paper Museum and Watermark in which the historical phases of handmade paper are illustrated. Hotel accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel, departure for Genga and visit to the karst complex of the Frasassi Caves, a spectacle of exceptional beauty with a stop at the Abbey of San Vittore delle Chiuse, a small Romanesque jewel a few steps from the caves and the Temple of Valadier. Easter lunch typical of this part of the territory with appetizers rich in cold cuts, with Vincisgrassi and roasts. In the afternoon time to go into the many nature trails that run around the caves. Return to Fabriano for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel, departure for Jesi, city of Federico II, G. B Pergolesi and the Verdicchio. Visit the city, surrounded by one of the best preserved walls of the region that boasts the title of “exemplary city” UNESCO for the architectural integration of its various historical layers. Visit of the city walls with gates, square, polygonal and cylindrical towers, the main square of the city, where Emperor Frederick II of Swabia was born on 26 December 1194. In Piazza Federico II, which occupies the area of the ancient Roman forum, we find the Cathedral of San Settimio while in Piazza Colocci, there is the Palazzo della Signoria, the end of the XV century, masterpiece of Renaissance civil architecture that houses the Planettiana Library and the Municipal Historical Archive. In Piazza della Repubblica stands the Pergolesi Theatre, originally called “della Concordia”, built between 1790 and 1798 and dedicated to the famous composer Giovan Battista Pergolesi, born in Jesi in 1710. End of services.