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 →Two capitals share this province, which is unusual in Italy: the plates have read PU only since 1999, when Urbino won equal billing with Pesaro. Its 53 municipalities cover most of what used to be the Duchy of Urbino, reaching from the Adriatic to the borders of San Marino, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria and Tuscany. Hills fill nearly all of it, which is why the area calls itself the riviera of hills.
Urbino is the reason most people come: the Palazzo Ducale, home to the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, makes the Italian Renaissance legible inside one building. Pesaro has its ceramics museum and the Biblioteca Oliveriana, and just outside town lies the Lucus Pisaurensis, the sacred grove of Roman Pisaurum. Fano and Gradara round out the trip, between beaches and hill country.
Towns in the province of Pesaro and Urbino
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53 towns
Acqualagna Apecchio Belforte all'Isauro Borgo Pace Cagli Cantiano Carpegna Cartoceto Colli al Metauro Fano Fermignano Fossombrone Fratte Rosa Frontino Frontone Gabicce Mare Gradara Isola del Piano Lunano Macerata Feltria Mercatello sul Metauro Mercatino Conca Mombaroccio Mondavio Mondolfo Monte Cerignone Monte Grimano Terme Monte Porzio Montecalvo in Foglia Monteciccardo Montecopiolo Montefelcino Montelabbate Peglio Pergola Pesaro Capital Petriano Piandimeleto Pietrarubbia Piobbico San Costanzo San Lorenzo in Campo Sant'Angelo in Vado Sant'Ippolito Sassocorvaro Auditore Sassofeltrio Serra Sant'Abbondio Tavoleto Tavullia Terre Roveresche Urbania Urbino Capital Vallefoglia
The best of Province of Pesaro and Urbino
The top 14 places in Pesaro and Urbino
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 🏰 Castles & palaces Palazzo Ducale e Galleria Nazionale delle Marche 📍 Urbino Federico's studiolo, 3.60 by 3.35 metres of inlay, and Piero della Francesca's Flagellation. 
2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Duomo di Urbino 📍 Urbino The cathedral rebuilt by Valadier after the earthquakes, beside Federico da Montefeltro's Ducal Palace. 
3 🖼️ Museums Casa Santi 📍 Urbino The house where Raphael was born in 1483, his father's workshop on the ground floor. - 4 Casa Rossini Pesaro · 🖼️ Museums
- 5 Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta Pesaro · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 6 Chiesa di San Pietro in Valle Fano · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 7 Chiesa di Sant'Agostino Fano · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 8 Chiesa di Santa Maria del Gonfalone Fano · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 9 Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova Fano · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 10 Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista e Sant'Antonio abate Urbino · 🖼️ Museums
- 11 Porta della Mandria Fano · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 12 Teatro della Fortuna Fano · 🖼️ Museums
- 13 Villa Caprile Pesaro · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 14 Villa Imperiale Pesaro · 🏰 Castles & palaces
Pesaro and Urbino and around, on the map
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🏖️ Seaside 3 🏘️ Villages 3 🍷 Food & wine 1 🏛️ UNESCO heritage 1
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Feast of Saint Fortunatus
📅 Every year, on 14 October
On 14 October Peglio celebrates its patron Saint Fortunatus; with just 735 residents, the territory also preserves several natural caves.
Feast of Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Apecchio celebrates its patron Saint Martin; the town is also home to the Palazzo Ubaldini, in the historic centre.
Feast of Saint Martin of Tours
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Petriano celebrates its patron Saint Martin of Tours, to whom a church in the municipal territory is dedicated.
Saint Nicholas, patron of Montecalvo in Foglia
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Montecalvo in Foglia celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December.