Mercatello sul Metauro

70 kilometers from the Excelsior, a small ancient dream world.

Mercatello sul Metauro, which was one of the most important villages of the ancient region of Massa Trabaria, has kept the medieval aspect of its historic core intact, characterized by an imposing walled enclosure between 2 streams of water: the Metauro and the Sant'Antonio.

Strolling through the streets of the village brings your mind back to its glorious past:

- the central Piazza Garibal of the Collegiate church, of Romanesque layout, with beautiful gothic windows and an ancient Byzantine icon depicting the Madonna delle Grazie, kept in a precious gilded and painted wooden case. The Collegiate Museum has a large collection of sacred furnishings;

- the Church of San Francesco, located in the square of the same name, is a beautiful building in Romanesque-Gothic style, a treasure chest of precious works of art: in the apse you can find the table of the crucifix by Giovanni da Rimini from the fourteenth-century and the sepulchral monument of Bartolomeo Brancaleoni, lord of Mercatello.

After such an immersion in art and history, a culinary stop is a must: the Mercatello area is renowned for its black and white truffles, the undisputed protagonists of the local gastronomy.