Top 20 Natural Monuments around Urbania

What can be said that hasn't already been said? It's beautiful to climb up, reach the summit and enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view, from the Adriatic to the Sibillini, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria and Emilia Romagna. It's beautiful to descend, the road is in good condition and doesn't require particular acrobatic "skills". Not to be missed

It is definitely worth a visit, you will also find a large space where you can stop.

The ruins of the Mondelacasa Castle (or Monte della Casa), called the Muracci, are located on the northern slopes of Mount Nerone, on the left bank of Val d'Abisso, at 707 m above sea level, about 1 km south of the historic center of Piobbico. (from COMUNE PIOBBICO 1999): Close to Mount Nerone stands a massive buttress whose base widens between the Biscubio torrent and the Petrello stream (Fosso di S. Maria) and carries the ruins of an ancient artifact on the summit. It was a castle, a primitive dwelling that the Brancaleoni, who arrived around the year 1000 in the Biscubio District, built and lived in until the mid-1300s. This is how our Costanzo Felici (1) describes it in a document from 1582:... climbing up to Monte Nerone a mile away on a rough and terrible hill and rock, there are vestiges of a superb, large and beautiful palace or fortress now in ruins, of which those (Brancaleoni) of Piobico were the owners. Built by Gentile Brancaleoni in the first half of the 13th century, it took the name of Mons Casa or Mondelacasa, today Muracci because of the ruins visible on the summit. Towards the middle of the 14th century, both because of the harshness of the place, difficult to reach when ... winter almost buried the tower under the snow, locked it under the grip of the ice, tormented it with the blizzard, confining it for months in isolation, and because of the need for other and more comfortable comforts, the two brothers Pazzo and Federico Brancaleoni decided to settle in the house that they had begun to build "in castro Plobici", on the hill to the right of the confluence of the Biscubio with the Candigliano, where there were already small houses piled up, that is, equipped with a watchtower with a Gothic arch portal to the north and a castle to the south-east. It is the place where the Brancaleoni Castle-Palazzo will develop and take shape over time. NOTE: (1) Costanzo Felici was born in the second decade of the 16th century in Casteldurante (now Urbania). However, he preferred to define himself as a native of Piobbico, where his ancestors had moved around 1330. He practiced medicine in Piobbico, Sant'Angelo in Vado, Pesaro, Rimini and Urbania. At the same time, he cultivated naturalistic and historical studies with notable results. He died in Pesaro on February 5, 1585. taken from: https://www.lavalledelmetauro.it/contenuti/beni-storici-artistici/scheda/11123.html

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June 24, 2023: from the end of the pastures, the road leading down to the valley is closed. The views up there are breathtaking, but the trek is not trivial. There are various exposed points where I got scared. I saw that the path that would have led down to the valley was also a narrow road with a precipice on the left. It's not for everyone, go on if you're self-confident of your abilities. I underestimated him and in the end I found myself crawling back in places. But I'm quite scared of heights so if you're more adventurous than me go!

Mountain of the Umbria-Marche Apennines of 1525m in height. The origin of the name has two hypotheses, the first, more suggestive, is the one that wants the origin of the name linked to the Roman consul Claudius Nero who would have gathered his legions here before the famous Battle of Metauro (year 207 BC) in which defeated the Carthaginians. A more likely hypothesis links the name of this mountain to the discovery of a statuette of the god Mars, which occurred during the construction works of the RAI broadcasting center on the summit.

Coming from Cagli towards Secchiano in the Mulino area, there is this beautiful waterfall to see. After the bridge after the restaurant on the left "never on Mondays", take the paved road on the right that goes down near a house. At a sharp bend there are cai signs indicating “cagli”, follow the path; shortly after there are two steep and poorly maintained descents on the right that lead to the waterfall, I advise you to continue up to a gate that must remain closed after your passage. After the gate, go right following the sound of the water that will take you to the waterfall.

Another fantastic panorama, in spring autumn with green grass and perennial wind even better, be careful from the end of the pastures you descend into the valley, very difficult, heavy and very long slope.