San Ginesio
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
It is called the balcony of the Sibillini: from 680 metres the view runs from the Conero to the Sibillini peaks and on to the Gran Sasso. Also known as the town of a hundred churches, San Ginesio keeps its medieval walls with towers and arrow slits, and a Collegiata with a late-Gothic terracotta façade from 1421. Its patron, the Roman mime Genesius, is the patron saint of actors.
Highlights
- The Collegiata, with terracotta work by Enrico Alemanno; interior closed since 2016
- The late 13th-century pilgrims' hospital and its low-columned portico
- The 14th-century walls and Porta Picena, the main gate
- Ritorno degli esuli, a June re-enactment held every three years
- The Monti Sibillini National Park, which takes in the town
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Population: 3,089
Things to see
Events through the year
- Festa della Befana
- Ritorno degli EsuliRe-enacts the return of 300 exiles from Siena in the 1450s
- Feast of Saint Genesius
- Ginesio FestFestival awarding the national San Ginesio prize for acting
- MedievaliaOpens with the Battaglia della Fornarina; rioni compete, jousts on 13 and 15 August
- Antica fiera di Sant'AndreaChristmas stalls, street food and local produce
- Premio SelìfaInternational early music competition
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
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Local food & wine
- Polentone di San GinesioDishLarge polenta dish, typical of the Palio
- Christmas pizza with walnuts or figsSweetTraditional Christmas dessert
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Where to sleep
1 place to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 1
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Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Lu Vurghe · ~1 h 04 by car
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Nearby member villages
- Sarnano · 8.1 km
- Servigliano · 15 km
- Treia · 23 km
- Visso · 27 km
- Petritoli · 28 km