Montecassiano
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
A quarrelsome Ghibelline stronghold in the Middle Ages, Montecassiano was sacked more than once in its feuds with Osimo and Macerata, yet its late-medieval layout has survived intact. The hill town looks over the Potenza valley about 11 km from Macerata, and its name is traced to a Roman funerary altar raised for a woman of the Cassii family.
Highlights
- The 13th-century Palazzo dei Priori, its battlements restored from 1938
- Porta Cesare Battisti, an old gate that once had a drawbridge
- The 14th-century church of San Marco
- The collegiate church of Santa Maria Assunta in the old centre
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Montecassiano (IT), Montecassiano (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 6,822
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Joseph
- Gran Premio San GiuseppeUCI road cycling race on a 19 km circuit, ridden eight times
- SvicolandoStreet art, theatre, short films, concerts, craft stalls and food stands
- Palio dei TerzieriThree districts compete in games, ending with a knights' joust
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Montecassiano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Marche
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- Olive all'ascolanaDishLarge green olives stuffed with meat, breaded and fried
- CiauscoloCured meat
- VincisgrassiDish
- Maccheroncini di Campofilone (IT)Bread and pasta
- Casciotta d'UrbinoCheese
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina marchigiana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
1 place to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Terme dell'Aspio · ~32 min by car
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Nearby member villages
- Montelupone · 11 km
- Treia · 12 km
- Montecosaro · 17 km
- Cingoli · 18 km
- Offagna · 18 km