Cantiano is a village certified by the Italian Touring Club with the Orange Flag. A small town of medieval origin, it is rich in history and natural environments of remarkable beauty. The historic center and Via Fiorucci, an evocative fragment of the ancient medieval world in the district known as the “ghetto,” are worth seeing. The church of St. Augustine of very ancient origins and Romanesque structure, the collegiate church of St. John the Baptist and the church of St. Nicholas. The Archaeological and Via Flaminia Museum with numerous artifacts related to the ancient consular road and a wing dedicated to geo-territorial reality with Ugo, a prehistoric dinosaur that lived in the area reconstructed thanks to the discovery and study of its fossil footprints. The Turba Museum that traces the history of a community that, since the century of San Fran cesco, has handed down the Good Friday tradition in Cantiano. The naturalistic context with the Bosco di Tecchie Nature Park and the Monte Catria massif, which offer endless possibilities for excursions on foot, with the “Catria Horse” and by bicycle. There are numerous typical products: the Bread of Chiaserna, made from sourdough wheat. The sour cherry and the a marena of Cantiano. The Catria trout, which the Dukes of Urbino wanted to protect as far back as the 1500s, the renowned locally sourced horse meat and the prized white truffle of the Balbano Valley. Recent is the development of craft beer known as “del Catria.”
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