Casciotta d'Urbino soft cheese of sheep's and cow's milk, delicate flavour
Sheep's and cow's milk, aged twenty to thirty days: casciotta d'Urbino, Michelangelo's favourite cheese, has been DOP since 1996.
Read more →Macerata is the only province in the Marche that borders three others of its own region, and since 2009 the largest of the five by area — also the thinnest on people, its 55 municipalities scattered across wide hill country. The capital sits on a ridge between the Potenza and the Chienti, two rivers that rise inside the province and run down to the Adriatic. The popes governed all of it from 1445 until Italian unification.
Recanati is where Giacomo Leopardi was born, and the Colle dell'Infinito still looks out over the countryside behind his most famous poem. Cingoli earned the nickname balcony of the Marche for its view; Tolentino was Roman Tolentinum; Civitanova Marche ends the run at the sea. The university in Macerata dates to 1260, and Camerino has one nearly as old.
Towns in the province of Macerata
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55 towns
Apiro Appignano Belforte del Chienti Bolognola Caldarola Camerino Camporotondo di Fiastrone Castelraimondo Castelsantangelo sul Nera Cessapalombo Cingoli Civitanova Marche Colmurano Corridonia Esanatoglia Fiastra Fiuminata Gagliole Gualdo Loro Piceno Macerata Capital Matelica Mogliano Monte Cavallo Monte San Giusto Monte San Martino Montecassiano Montecosaro Montefano Montelupone Morrovalle Muccia Penna San Giovanni Petriolo Pieve Torina Pioraco Poggio San Vicino Pollenza Porto Recanati Potenza Picena Recanati Ripe San Ginesio San Ginesio San Severino Marche Sant'Angelo in Pontano Sarnano Sefro Serrapetrona Serravalle di Chienti Tolentino Treia Urbisaglia Ussita Valfornace Visso
The top 2 places in Macerata
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
Macerata and around, on the map
Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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🏖️ Seaside 3 🏘️ Villages 3 🍷 Food & wine 1 🏛️ UNESCO heritage 1
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Feast of Saint Catervus
📅 Every year, on 17 October
On 17 October Tolentino celebrates its patron Saint Catervus; the town hosts the International Museum of Humour in Art, founded in 1970, with its international biennial.
Feast of Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Caldarola celebrates its patron Saint Martin, to whom the Collegiata di San Martino is dedicated.
Feast of Saint Martin of Tours
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Monte San Martino celebrates its patron Saint Martin of Tours, after whom the town is named.
Feast of Saint Clement of Metz
📅 Every year, on 23 November
On 23 November Serrapetrona celebrates its patron Clement of Metz; the town preserves the Castello di Serrapetrona.