Castelli del Verdicchio

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Point of interest

Numero di stanze/Rooms: 2 stanze

Prezzo/Price: da – from € 35

B & B 'Lo Sfizio' is located in the heart of Cupramontana at No. 3 Vicolo Leoni in the famous eighteenth-century palace, Palazzo Leone, built by Mattia Capponi. The accommodation consists of two bedrooms with tv, bathroom, living room and kitchen. A laundry service is also available. Adjacent to the entrance of the B & B you will find the International Wine Label Museum, brainchild of art critic Professor Armando Ginesi. The museum dates from 1987 and here you can see a collection of 60,000 local and international wine labels with related documentation from around the world. Cupramontana is famous for the local wine "Verdicchio", produced by our local vineyards and excellent Olive Oil produced in the olive groves in the surrounding countryside. Here too, you can taste typical dishes of Le Marche.
A perfect place to spend a relaxing holiday.

Municipality

Maiolati Spontini

Maiolati stands on a hill 412 meters above sea level.
It dates back to the Midddle Ages, like the other castles of the middle valley of the River Esino.
In the thirteenth century Maiolati and Villa Talliano, situated in the middle of the hill that slopes into the River Esino, were two small villages located at a short distance from one another.
Thanks to its position, Maiolati became soon a castrum; it was part of the County of Jesi from the first decades of the thirteenth century until its dissolution in 1808. Like many other villas in Vallesina, Villa Talliano was built after the eleventh century as an extension of a curtis, that is a complex of dispersed landed properties. It belonged to the bishop of Jesi and was contended from Jesi in 1262 which then acquired all rights.
Not far away, take a gander inside the church of Saint Sisto of Talliano with the attached cloister.
The church and monastery were probably founded by the monks coming from St. Elena Abbey; in fact they both belonged to it in 1199.
In 1305 they both suffered severe damages because of the struggle between Jesi and the inhabitants of Fabriano.
The church of St. Sisto now standing in place of the monastery was probably rebuilt in the XVIII-XIX centuries. Visit the remains from Neolithic and Roman ages found in this area, more exactly in Massarella Street on the east side of Maiolati.
In the period from the seventh to the ninth century, the whole ridge was the border area between the Longobard Duchy of Spoleto and Camerino and the Byzantine Pentapolis. Many of the “loci dominus” have a Longobard origin and they were later put to the head of the fortified villages and castles.

Itinerary

The route of the Black Crab

Distance: km 5

Time advised: 75 minutes to go up, 45 minutes to go down

Difficulty: easy

Explore the wet route of the Black Crab on foot or on the saddle of a mountain bike, starting from the museum of Castelplanio and going downhill along Caciampa Street until the ditch.

You can also leave your car in the square in front of the Church in Macine-Castelplanio, also called Castelplanio Stazione and follow Via Copparoni until you reach the entrance of the route.

The path is flat at first, but after 2 km it climbs up to Castelplanio and ends near the Town Hall Square (Palazzo Mancini).

Along the route, you can admire the river-wood located in the border area between Castelplanio and Rosora.

The vegetation boasts rare tree species such as the white alder, the narcissus and the wild orchid and you can also find butterbur and pennywort.

Fonte del Coppo, dating back to the XVIII century, is the first water supply in Castelpanio and the quality of the ditch’s waters have been better since 1995.

This small river with waterfalls and small lakes is the ideal spot to enjoy a strict contact with a natural world of profound beauty. Be careful: avoid it after rain!