Marche, Administrative region in central Italy.
Description
This administrative division sits between the Apennine ridge and the Adriatic shoreline, organized into five provinces. The landscape shifts from mountains in the west to gentle hills rolling toward the coast, with river valleys cutting through the middle ground.
History
The name comes from medieval frontier marks established under the Holy Roman Empire in the tenth century. Control later passed from papal territories into unified Italy during the nineteenth century.
Culture
Small family workshops still produce accordions in Castelfidardo and ceramics in Ascoli Piceno, keeping crafts alive that reach back through generations. Visitors can watch artisans at work in towns across the territory, where skills pass quietly from parent to child.
Practical
Ancona serves as the main transport hub, linking airport, seaport, and railways to other parts of the territory. Many smaller towns are easier to reach by bus or car than by rail.
Did you know?
The cave system at Frasassi near Genga ranks among Europe's largest underground networks. Visitors walk through chambers where limestone formations have grown over thousands of years.
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The Marche region in central Italy stretches between the Apennines and the Adriatic Sea. This collection brings together places that let you explore the area: towns of art like Urbino and Ascoli Piceno, natural parks in the mountains, underground caves at Frasassi, seaside resorts along the coast,...
Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi
41.8 km
Pontifical basilica of the Holy House of Loreto
51.3 km
Frasassi Caves
13.7 km
Portiuncula
44.6 km
Gradara Castle
72 km
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli
44.6 km
Upper Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi
41.8 km
Palazzo Ducale
54.1 km
Monte Conero
55.5 km
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
76.1 km
Monte Vettore
59.2 km
Furlo Pass
43.3 km
Basilica di Santa Chiara
41.6 km
Lower Basilica of San Francesco
41.8 km
Spoleto Cathedral
68.1 km
Eremo delle Carceri
39.9 km
Fortress of San Leo
83.3 km
San Damiano
42 km
Fontana Maggiore
54.6 km
Sferisterio di Macerata
37 km
Cathedral Basilica of St. Cyriacus
53.6 km
Monte Titano
81.5 km
Assisi Cathedral
41.4 km
Sibillini Mountains National Park
48.4 km
Monastery of St. Benedict
58.5 km
Guaita
81.9 km
Lago di Fiastra
32.7 km
Rocca Albornoziana
68.2 km
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