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Amber of Talamello

Sara Mantovani October 22, 2012

The town of Talamello once belonged to the della Faggiola family, enfeoffed by the Pope, before returning to the Church and the Malatesta. The site of numerous battles between the Malatesta and Montefeltro, an unusual event took place here in 1296; the Ghibelline Maghinardo Pagani led both the Riminese and Montefeltro together into battle against… Continue Reading »

Art and culture, Wine and Food

A short break in Talamello and its “amber”

Sara Mantovani October 14, 2011

Talamello is a pearl of a town in many ways: there is a small historical centre on the top of a mountain that overlooks the valley, there are chestnut tree-lined roads where one can go for wonderful walks, there are many valuable works of art, and there is the formaggio di fossa, a pit cheese. And… Continue Reading »

Art and culture

Palio del Daino in Mondaino

Sara Mantovani July 22, 2011

The approach to the village of Mondaino in the mid-Conca valley is both surprising and thrilling; a village with an elegant semi-circular square, the setting for films and exciting historical re-enactments, within its walls. It is surrounded by unspoilt scrubland and fields where deer once pastured; indeed, they can still be seen near here and… Continue Reading »