My Own Italy: The Marche: Corinaldo, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy

martedì 2 ottobre 2012

The Marche: Corinaldo, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy

The Walls of Corinaldo (Ancona, Italy)

Hello, my friends!

Welcome in My Own Italy to discover one of the most beautiful villages in Italy!

Corinaldo is a small town near Ancona in the Marche region, situated inland of Senigallia.

Here there is the wine production of the famous Verdicchio. It has a charateristic well maintained city walls dating back to the fourteenth century.

Carlotta @ Corinaldo Walls (Ancona, Italy)

The walls of Corinaldo are recognized as the most intact and impressive fortified and long (912 meters uninterrupted) of the Marche Region and the best preserved in all of central Italy!

They constitutes a monument of the village of Corinaldo and one of the most visited historical-architectural Marche.

Corinaldo (Ancona, Italy)

Corinaldo was totally rebuilt in 1367, with the current city walls; details of strengthening elements are attributed to the genius of the famous military architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini of Siena.

Pozzo della Polenta, Corinaldo

Corinaldo is also known for a legend: it is said that a farmer, going up the steep ascent leading from the village to the ancient historical center, dropped a lot of corn flour into the well to which he tried to drink to fight the scorching summer heat.

From the well began to go out, miraculously, so much polenta that it could feed the Corinaldesi besieged (the reference is to the historical siege of 1517)!!

Btw, if now you nedd to have a break, I suggest you to make a stop at the tavern Osteria de Scuretto, at the very top of the stairs in the center and enjoy a small snack of The Marche :-)