Petritoli
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
You enter Petritoli through the Tre Archi, three pointed arches set between two 15th-century bastions, on a line of seven hills above the Aso valley, some 15 km from the sea. The skyline is set by a 19th-century civic tower that turns from square to octagonal to round. Since 2012 couples from France, Germany and the Netherlands have chosen it for their weddings.
Highlights
- The civic tower, about 40 metres high, open with local guides
- Teatro dell'Iride (1877), modelled on the Teatro della Fortuna in Fano
- The former Poor Clares' convent, now the town hall, with civic gallery and cellars
- Sant'Andrea, a baroque church still fitted with the nuns' grilles
- Moregnano, a small fortified medieval hamlet on its own hill
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Petritoli (IT), Petritoli (EN)), Wikivoyage (Petritoli). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 2,160
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint John the Baptist
- Festa delle CoveHarvest thanksgiving: district floats, saltarello dancing, fried pizzette
- Festa della Madonna della MisericordiaSunday race of home-built wooden-wheeled carts down the village slopes
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Petritoli), Wikivoyage (Petritoli). 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
3 places to stay within 3 km
- Campsites 2
- Hotels 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Lu Vurghe · ~59 min by car
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Moresco · 6.5 km
- Montefiore dell'Aso · 7.9 km
- Ripatransone · 11 km
- Servigliano · 13 km
- Offida · 15 km