Monte Cerignone is located at the beginning of the upper valley of the River Conca, it’s dramatically perched on a rocky spur which juts out unexpectedly into valley from the slopes of Monte Faggiola.

The village is made up of a small old centre near the river and of a castle which has been built above it on an outcrop of tufa stone. The castle is worth visiting due to the typical paved narrow paths taking you to the old castle, which was built in the 12^th century by the dukes of Montefeltro and partly remade by Francesco di Giorgio Martini at the end of the 14^th century.

The Church of San Caterina was built by knights of the Order of Malta, while Santa Maria del Soccorso is worth visiting to see the early painting of "The Madonna Enthroned" and also two paintings attributed to Bartolomeo Vivarini. The painting of "Ecce Homo" in the church of San Biagio is also by Vivarini.

Montecerignone was an important place already during the Malatesta period. After the defeat of the Malatesta family in 1464, the fortress was conquered by the Montefeltro family.  The Fortress is located over the castle and arranged on three floors. The basement consists of a large hall with barrel vault, made of bricks and terracotta paving. The first floor is accessible through an internal or external stone staircase. From the loggia, it is possible to reach the conference room covered by cross vaults. The hanging garden is topped by the statue of Uguccione della Faggiola. The main floor includes a conference hall, illuminated by Renaissance windows during the day, and visitors can enjoy an impressive view of the Mount Carpegna, Begni Square and the Valley of the Conca River. The Fortress of Montecerignone can be rented for different types of events.

The Ubaldinesca Fortress is an impressive masterpiece of the 15th-century military architecture by Giorgio Martini. The fortress is made of stones and bricks, strongly banked in order to make the attacks difficult. The fortress hosts the Pasquale Rotondi Award, who moved 10,000 Italian art masterpieces into the building to preserve them during the Second World War.

Urbino is situated between the valleys of the Metauro and Foglia rivers. Its historic centre now boasts the honour of being included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. It is  birthplace of two great artists, Bramante and Raphael, and it is home to one of the oldest and most important universities in Europe, founded in 1506. For the second half of the 15th century its windy hill was the setting for one of the most illustrious courts in Europe. Duke Federico da Montefeltro gathered around him the greatest painters, poets and scholars of his day and housed them in one of Italy's most beautiful Renaissance palaces, a palace that still stands as an eloquent memorial to this quintessential Renaissance man.
The Palazzo Ducale is a splendid late XV century residence, one of Italy's most beautiful Renaissance palaces, defined as "a city in the form of a palace", by humanist Baldesar. It was built by Luciano Laurana (1464-1472), who designed and carried out the main part of the building, like the Torricini façade, the Cortile D'Onore and the monumental series of steps. Francesco di Giorgio Martini, who built the most important fortresses in the Montefeltro area, finished the works started by Laurana. None of the rooms of the palace were designed to oppress with grandeur but were built on a human scale and decorated with glad-hearted sobriety. Nowadays they house the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche - a remarkable collection of paintings including one of the world's greatest and most enigmatic images, Piero della Francesca's Flagellation of Christ. Other great pictures here are Piero's Madonna di Senigallia , Raphael's La Muta, the Silent One, an anonymous portrait of a gentlewoman who we feel might talk to us if she only wished to, and a famous vision of the Ideal City by an unknown hand and much used by art designers to illustrate books on the Renaissance. The Duke's Studiolo is the most unusual room in the palace. His tiny study is entirely decorated in exquisite trompe l'oeil inlaid woodwork panels, some based on designs by Botticelli.
Urbino is the birthplace of Raphael, one of the most remarkable Renaissance artists. The house where he was born is now a delightful little museum. Further tourist attractions are: Oratorio S. Giovanni Battista entirely decorated in 1416 with wall-to-ceiling frescoes by the Marchegiani painters Jacopo and Lorenzo Salimbeni; Presepio or nativity scene of the Oratory of San Giuseppe by Federico Brandani; the elegant Cathedral with the nearby Albani Diocesan Museum; the Sanzio Theatre, built in the 19th century;  the rarely visited but nevertheless delightful Orto Botanico. You can't miss: the Collegio Raffaello, founded  by Pope Clement XI in the early eighteenth century, housing the town council hall, some offices of the Prefecture and the Cabinet Museum of Physics; the Albornoz Fortress, built in the second half of the fourteenth century by Cardinal Egidio Alvares de Albornoz. As you leave Urbino you can’t miss the tombs of Duke Federico and his son, Guidobaldo, in the fine church of San Bernardino. It was built in 1491 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and stands on the hill above the junction for the Pesaro road.
The famous local specialty is "Casciotta of Urbino", one of the region's handful of officially protected DOP regional food; is a delicate pale cheese made from both ewe and cow's milk  across Pesaro and Urbino province. Crescia of Urbino is another popular specialty; it is a sort of focaccia (italian bread), filled with wiith sausage, wild herbs, ham or cheese. The most remarkable events  taking place in Urbino during the year are: Festival of Ancient Music (July), the Festival of the Duke (August) and the Kite Festival (September).

In Urbania, there was a fortified complex (fortress-residence) built by the Brancaleone family and located along the Metano River. After throwing away the Brancaleone family, Federico da Montefeltro undertook restoration work of the entire building, changing it into a Ducal Palace by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Later, the building was restored many times by Gerolamo Genga and it was the favourite seat of the last Duke of Urbino Francesco Maria II Della Rovere. Nowadays, the two rooms and the hall host the art and book collection of the Municipal Library and the Civic Art Gallery and Museum, the Municipal Archive and the history of agriculture and craft Museum.  

The Cagli Fortress was built by Francesco di Giorgio in 1481 at the behest of Federico II of Urbino and destroyed in 1502 by his son Guidobaldo so that the Duke of Valentinois Cesare Borgia, could not take possession of the fortress. Originally, it has a diamond shape with circular towers along the perimeter and a high keep; nowadays the Fortress has an elliptic shape with tower, trapdoors. In the past, the fortress was located on the Cappuccini Hill in order to protect the town, also thanks to an underground tunnel “Soccorso coverto”, recently restored whick linked the buildings. The Keep is the only building still intact and it is the seat of the contemporary sculpture Centre by Eliseo Mattiacci.

The Fossombrone Fortress is located on the St. Aldebrando Hill and it was one of the buildings of the Duchy of Urbino to protect the Metauro Valley and Flaminia Way. In 1444, the fortress was under Federico da Montefeltro. In order to meet the new military needs, the fortress was changed into a complex structure by Francesco di Giorgio. Nowadays, there are only the outer walls, the three towers and the keep. The fortress was destroyed in 1502 during the war against the Valentinois, and then the St. Aldebrando Church was built in the same place.

The Fortress is located in Frontone, just a few kilometres from Cagli. The building reminds of a vessel; the structure has changed several times over the centuries. The particular aspect is its triangular strut, which reminds of San Leo Fortress. The Fortress hosts the Collection of religious art from the Madonna del Soccorso Church.

Mondavio is a beautifully preserved, red-brick medieval hill town. It belongs to the association of  The most beautiful villages in Italy and boasts the Orange and Green Flag. 
The imposing fortress that stands out from afar was built by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, one of Italy's most celebrated Renaissance military architects; it now houses an entertaining 'living museum' portraying life when the fortress was built at the close of the 15th century for Giovanni della Rovere, son-in-law of Duke Federico da Montefeltro. 
The most remarkable monuments in the historic centre are: Palazzo dei Malatesta, the church of San Francesco, the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Paterniano and Eleuterio, the fourteenth-century Palazzo della Comunanza and the Teatro Apollo, built in the mid-eighteenth century on the ruins of a fifteenth century church.
Every year in mid-August you can't miss the "Caccia al Cinghiale" (Hunt to the Wild Boar); the festival commemorates the arrival of Giovanni della Rovere in Mondavio for taking possession of the Vicariate, a gift from Pope Sixtus IV on the occasion of his marriage to Giovanna, Federico da Montefeltro's daughter. It was an important event, which influenced the entire Cesano Valley in terms of economy, culture, social organization. The re-enactment begins on 13th August with a sumptuous banquet and end on 15th August with parades, games, Renaissance life experiences and fireworks from the Roveresca Fortress. 

Commissioned at the end of the V century by Giovanni Delle Rovere with the plans by famous architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini from Siena. it is considered a master piece of renaissance military architecture. The Fortress dominates the well-preserved historic centr, Mondavio is one of the best preseved medieval villages in Marche.

Jesi is one of the most beguiling towns in Ancona’s inland and boasts a sophisticated old centre and lively cultural life. As you arrive you must look at its most striking feature - a belt of massive 14thC walls, built on Roman foundations and later strengthened with buttresses and impregnable towers, and topped by houses.
Piazza Federico II lies at the north-eastern end of the town where the Roman forum of Aesis once lay. Its name recalls the birth here of the fabled Medieval Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II in a tent on 26 December 1194. In Piazza Ghislieri is the Federico II Museum, a large multimedia museum dedicated to the emperor, documenting Federico's life and his stirring deeds. A few steps down Via Pergolesi and you will be in Piazza Colocci and in front of Jesi's most remarkable building, Palazzo della Signoria. This Renaissance palace was built at the end of the 15thC; the large rampant lion above the entrance is the symbol of the power the city once held. Piazza della Repubblica, Jesi's largest square, is dominated by the town's 18thC theatre, Teatro Pergolesi, home to a prestigious autumn opera season and named after the composer Pergolesi, who was born here in 1710.
On Via XV Settembre stands Jesi's most flamboyant building, Palazzo Pianetti. Apart from its hundred windows, the bland facade little prepares you for the over-the-top Rococo flourishes inside. The most extravagant part is the sugar-candy stucco work in the long galleria. The over-blown decoration alone would merit a visit; the added bonus of the civic art gallery makes it obligatory as here is kept a small group of some of Lorenzo Lotto’s finest works: the Judgement of Santa Lucia, a Visitation, an Annunciation and a restless Deposition.
To find an exhaustive selection of Marche wines you can’t miss the regional “enoteca”, in the city historical centre, where you get to know the delicious Verdicchio, a white wine proudly produced in this area.
Among the main events, to be mentioned is the Palio of San Floriano and historical re-enactment: during the first week of May the town fully plunges into a medieval atmosphere. 

Palazzo della Signoria of Jesi (AN) is an impressive example of civil architecture built by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, between 1486 and 1498. The Renaissance-style building has a quadrangular plan and three levels, and guelph windows. The tower and the courtyard were modified after the construction. The palace is the seat of the municipal library and Planettiana Library, donated by the Pianetti family to the Municipality in the 20^th century. The library preserves more than 400 manuscripts, 138 incunabula and 2.600 sixteen-century editions, 2 globes dating back to the end of the 17^th century by Vincenzo Coronelli.