Let’s start with Senigallia, a city with Roman origins, linked to the Ravenna Pentapolis, flourishing and lively thanks in particular to the efforts and enterprises of Sigismondo Malatesta and Giovanni Della Rovere...
From Senigallia, we move on to Fano, a Roman city that developed around the goddess of fortune, “Fanum Fortunae”, which marked the end of the Via Flaminia. Part of the Pentapolis in the 5th century...
We arrive in Pesaro, where the Franciscan friars had their first location in the place of the Abbey of Saint Peter, near Porta Fanese. This convent was demolished for the defense of the city in the ...
Continuing into the inland area of Pesaro, we arrive in Mombaroccio, a small yet charming municipality. Overlooking and towering above the historic center, there is a hill formerly known as S. Maria di Scotaneto...
Cartoceto also had a Franciscan Convent, which is now the location of the cemetery, called The Parish of Saints Peter and Paul, founded in 1620 (A. TALAMONTI, Cronistoria dei Frati Minori della Provincia lauretana delle Marche...
Saltara boasts a very ancient presence of the Franciscans, dating back to a passage by Saint Francis himself. The Convent and the Church, now recently restored, are called S. Francesco in Rovereto. Expanded by the Malatesta family...
Continuing towards Fossombrone, we arrive at a city that has given rise to a rich and varied Franciscan presence in its expressions. The first Franciscan Convent, located under the Citadel, dates back to...
The city of Cagli, home to an ancient Diocese, has a deep and extensive connection to the history of Franciscan presence in its territory. Among other things, following internal conflicts and a fire in 1287, ...
Continuing to Pergola, you’ll find another city rich in Franciscan history and presence. The Church of San Francesco, built in 1255 and consecrated in 1325, is a three-aisled church with a strombated pointed portal...
Our itinerary leads us to focus our attention on the incomparable city of Urbino, the palace-city of the Dukes of Montefeltro, the vibrant heart of 15th-century humanistic culture. Urbino boasts many works of art housed in the National Gallery, ...
In Urbania, formerly known as Castel Durante, the Franciscan presence is quite significant. The oldest structure dates back to the 13th century, a hermitage on Monte S. Pietro, just over a kilometer from the city, towards Fermignano...
The itinerary continues to Sant’Angelo in Vado with the Church and former Convent of San Francesco. Located near the Porta del Cavallo, the Church of San Francesco was consecrated in 1308, but only the...
Arriving in Mercatello sul Metauro, formerly known as Pieve d’Ico, you can first admire the restored Church of San Francesco, a gem of Franciscan Gothic art. The Franciscans, after having lived...
Leaving the Metauro Valley and heading towards the Foglia Valley, which leads to San Leo in Romagna, you come across another area rich in various and ancient Franciscan sites. According to tradition...
The Convent and the Church of San Francesco in Montefiorentino di Frontino (PU), were built in 1248 on the site of an ancient hermitage where, according to tradition, Saint Francis had passed through. The church and the convent have recently been restored...
The Franciscan Friars began to settle in Carpegna in 1491, in the area of Santa Maria di Paterno, to establish a Church with the title of the Annunciation and of Saint Francis. They remained there until 1599...
The Capuchin Convent in Pietrarubbia was founded in 1531, next to a Church dedicated to Saint Lazarus, which served as a hospice for caring for plague victims. It was one of the first Convents of the Capuchin reform...
We now arrive at S. Leo, the ancient Montefeltro, which is the religious and political center of this entire region in the highlands of Montefeltro. Here, above all else, we recall the story...
We then arrive at the Republic of San Marino, the “ancient land of liberty,” where the Franciscan presence has accompanied the history of this small state and indomitable...
To conclude the journey in the footsteps of St. Francis in Montefeltro, with our gaze fixed on La Verna, we move to the hamlet of Maciano, in the Municipality of Pennabilli, where the Friars Minor...
Thus, the pilgrim can continue their journey, heading decisively towards Monte della Verna, in Casentino, in the Municipality of Chiusi, where, like eagles, Francis and his companions could devote themselves and lose themselves...