Social Events
Open to registered participants and accompanying persons.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception |
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
Introduction to the Photographic Show |
Saturday September 26, 2009 |
Social Dinner |
CORINALDO and RIPE – Half day
CORINALDO (20 km from Senigallia)
The medieval town of Corinaldo surrounded by its well-preserved 14th century walls, dominates from up its hills a breath taking view. The Civic Museum counts several paintings and sculptures (works by Ramazzani, Bastioni, Ridolfi and Peruzzini), original garments from the years of the Renaissance and traditional tools for weaving and spinning. It is also noted for having given birth to Saint Maria Goretti, whose house attracts devout visitors from all over the world.
RIPE (15 km from Senigallia)
Half day
Small medieval village dominated by the Civic Tower and with the beautiful Fiorenza Palace and the church of Saint Pellegrino (with remarkable paintings such as San Rocco and Vergine del Rosario and the 18th century organ made by Callido) overlooking the main square. It is called the village of the arts, since it allows its visitors to get to know the different crafts that made it a unique place.
MONDAVIO and CORINALDO – Half day
MONDAVIO (30 km from Senigallia)
Small village famous for the medieval castle, commissioned by Giovanni della Rovere, designed by Francesco Giorgio di Martini and built between 1482 and 1492. The design is unusual and the castle is remarkable for the fact that it is largely intact. It hosts a historical museum of wax dummies.
CORINALDO (20 km from Senigallia)
(same as above)
URBINO - Half day (67 km from Senigallia)
Walled city remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482. The town, nestled on a high sloping hillside, retains much of its picturesque medieval aspect. Its best-known architectural piece is the Palazzo Ducale, rebuilt by Luciano Laurana with works by famous painters such as Paolo Uccello, Piero della Francesca, Raffaello and Tiziano. Urbino gave birth to the famous painter Raffaello Sanzio.
GROTTE DI FRASASSI - Half day (50 km from Senigallia)
The caves of Frasassi are one of the most spectacular Karst complexes in the world, created through the erosion of the calcareous rocks by the flowing of the sulphurous waters.
Visitors can experience the thrill of a hidden and beautiful upside down world, made of breath-taking scenery, rich in extraordinary concretions, where the silence is broken only by the dripping of the drops of water that bring the constantly changing complex to life.
LORETO - Half day (50 km from Senigallia)
Hill town with a massive line of walls designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, which were erected from 1518 and reinforced in the 17th century is mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.