Attractions and Places To See around Peglio - Top 20

Urbino is a city in the Marche region, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site for its Renaissance-era historic center. It is located in a hilly area and is characterized by uphill streets, squares, and brick buildings. Among the main sites is the Ducal Palace of Urbino, home to the National Gallery of the Marche. Urbino is also the birthplace of Raffaello Sanzio, with a house-museum that can be visited. The city is home to the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, which contributes to the presence of students throughout the year.

The Palazzo Ducale in Urbino is a Renaissance palace and houses the famous Renaissance picture gallery of the Marche.

The city of Urbino is located on the highest part of a hill which, seen from afar, takes your breath away with such beauty.

The church of Santa Maria Assunta is the main Catholic place of worship in Urbino and cathedral of the archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado.

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The history of Piobbico is connected to the history of the Brancaleoni count family, which dominated these districts for seven centuries, in fact the Brancaleoni Castle developed in successive periods, from 1200 to 1700. Its construction began as a fortress and then assumed, over the years, the appearance and grace of a Renaissance palace, full of frescoes, stuccos, fireplaces, writings in Latin, Greek and vernacular, dates and names, which allowed to reconstruct the architectural history of this large container (135 rooms). Going up the medieval village you arrive at the square where the clock tower stands. The tower rests on a pointed arch vault dating back to the 1200s, therefore prior to the construction of the first nucleus of the building, evidence of an old watchtower. Towards the end of the 16th century, a tower was erected above the vault on which two clocks were placed, one on the facade facing the town and one on the facade facing the San Carlo courtyard. On the entrance facade, next to the tower, you can admire an elegant loggia which, together with the balustrade, make the facade less massive, giving the whole complex a refinement that is more suited to a Palace than a Castle. In fact, this immense building (135 rooms) has developed over the centuries, through a series of interventions, expansions, until reaching the current structure in which the Renaissance features prevail, but also presents evident defensive and military security elements typical of the late Middle Ages.

Walking through the narrow streets of Urbino, a visit to this authentic masterpiece of miniature reproductions is absolutely not to be missed. Free visit and explanations on the reproduction techniques of the Dear Luciano. Every year Luciano Biagiotti adds a piece to his Urbino of polystyrene and das. He began in 2006 with a reproduction of the arched staircase at the back of the Doge's Palace and has finished, for now, with the Mausoleum of the Dukes. At the center of his miniature city is the Nativity. It is the crib model that the artist from Urbino shares with the public in the church of San Domenico, one of the 44 stages of the Via dei Presepi. The review, organized by the Pro Urbino, extends throughout the historic center, with displays in shop windows, palaces, churches, courtyards and alleys. In Luciano Biagiotti's nativity scene, the city's monuments do not respond to a pre-established order: they are positioned differently from reality and not all the details between the original and the model are faithful. So we find the obelisk in piazza Rinascimento in place of the statue of Raphael and the Renaissance painter is in front of the botanical garden in via Bramante. “I wanted to create my own Urbino,” explains the artist. In 26 meters of perimeter the most important points of the city are all there. Some you recognize immediately, others you have to look for. At first glance, the effect is a bit alienating. There is also a hidden part that can only be seen by inserting the camera into a hole in the crib: it is a reproduction of one of the chapels in the crypt of the Cathedral, with an altar, chalice and crucifix.