Montecosaro
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
In 1568 Enea Galizia and twelve fellow plotters were hanged from the grilles of the Teatro delle Logge after a failed revolt against the Cesarini, a grim episode in the square of this hilltop castle town. Montecosaro keeps its 14th-century walls and watchtowers above the Chienti valley, while in the lower town stands the Cluniac abbey church of Santa Maria a Piè di Chienti.
Highlights
- Santa Maria a Piè di Chienti, a Romanesque church rebuilt in 1125
- The Augustinian complex, now the town hall, with a Roman sarcophagus and Callido organ
- Il Cassero, the old fortress at the top of the town, now a park
- The Annunziata feast on 25 March, with streets decked in paper flowers
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Montecosaro (IT), Montecosaro (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 7,369
Things to see
Events through the year
- Festa e Fiera dell'AnnunziataProcession through streets decked with paper flowers, near Santa Maria a Piè di Chienti
- May DayOutdoor day with games and barbecues
- MIND FestivalMusic festival
- Feast of Saint Lawrence
- Autumn fairFair of local food products
- Calici d'Arte
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Montecosaro). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and adapted from open data: Eventi Marche, Regione Marche (CC BY 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
5 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 4
- Hotels 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Terme dell'Aspio · ~35 min by car
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Montelupone · 6.3 km
- Montecassiano · 17 km
- Torre di Palme · 24 km
- Treia · 26 km
- Moresco · 27 km