Explore the Fortress of San Leo in the heart of Romagna is at the top of a village with less than 3,000 inhabitants, which absolutely deserves to be visited!

The impregnable stronghold hosts and collects various exhibitions related to its great and important history: from the collection of weapons dating back to the 1500s to those of the First and Second World War; from instruments of torture to the replica of Vasari's fresco representing the taking of San Leo by the Medici family up to exhibitions of contemporary works.

Today the Fortress has returned to its architectural splendor which makes it one of the most celebrated examples of military art, in one of the most beautiful historical and artistic settings in Italy.

-Visit to one of the most famous fortresses in Italy. -Visit the famous cell of the alchemist magician Count Cagliostro. -Explore the virtual ecomuseum of San Leo. -Visit all the rooms of the fortress, you can find several exhibits of ancient weapons and modern an exhibition of torture instruments in addition to the towers and fortifications. -Book shop available.

Visit the archaeological museum of Verucchio where Preserving, Knowing, Communicating are the three key words on which the mission of the Museum is based.

Conservation is a daily commitment to allow future generations to discover this heritage as well.

The study and increasingly in-depth knowledge of the Villanovan necropolises, still in progress, constitute the solid foundation on which not only the visit itinerary is based, but also all the enhancement activities that the Museum offers to the public, with the ambition and the effort to speak to everyone.

The Rocca di Gradara and its fortified village represent one of the best preserved structures in Italy with the two walls that protect the fortress, the outermost of which extends for almost 800 metres.

And it is precisely on the external walls of the fourteenth century, restored by the Pro Loco in the 1950s, that you can walk 700 meters along the ancient walkways of the Ronda.

From here you can enjoy the splendid panorama of the rolling hills of the Marches on one side, and on the other the gaze extends along the Romagna coast, until it gets lost beyond the horizon of the Adriatic Sea.

3 hours

Cà Merlucci, Italy