The old village stands on a steep hill of Pliocene sand, and underneath it is riddled: a dense network of tunnels and galleries dug in the tufa, still largely unexplored. Above there remain the fifteenth-century tower, a gate with its hinges, and a stretch of wall. Of the name there are four explanations, but the one that holds is castrum rosarii, the castle of the rosary.
The arms, a crowned lion, were given to Rosora by Jesi to reward its loyalty. Between 1928 and 1946 Rosora was not even itself: it was joined to Mergo in a comune called Rosora Mergo. Today it is one of the castles of the Verdicchio, and in autumn it holds the feast of the sapa, with the sixteenth-century wedding of Clementia played out again.
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📅 Every year, on 29 September
On 29 September Rosora celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; in October the village holds the Festa della Sapa, with a 16th-century costumed historical re-enactment.
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