Filottrano, a medieval town is the ideal to relax, discover the history and taste typical of the Marche in its restaurants and country houses in the area. E 'a strategic starting point for excursions to the center of the Marche, it is only 30 min. from the center of the provincial capital of Ancona, chamber, from seaside resorts such as Portonovo Sirolo, Numana, Porto Recanati, and the mountain resorts like tracks "the balcony of the Marches, and just over an hour from the mysterious and fascinating Monti Sibillini; is 15 min. from Osimo, where you'll find the magic of the underground caves, monuments of Roman and medieval, and then move at a time of Offagna famous for its castle and medieval feasts. Also
Filottrano is central to the way food and wine "wine routes" of the road Conero (DOC wine Rosso Conero) and along the road dei Castelli di Jesi, Verdicchio and the home of Lacrima di Morro d'Alba.
Filottrano But above all: the City of Fashion, for numerous manufacturers of clothing for men with its own brands (Channels, Lardini, Tamantini) and on behalf of leading Italian designers like D & G, Gucci, Armani, and others
country "adopted" by Giacomo Constantino Beltrami, the explorer who first ascended the Mississippi to its source, and hometown of John Carestini (1700-1760) called "the Cusanino", the most famous white voice eighteenth century.
Historical
The founding date is unknown, although the area was inhabited since the fifth-fourth millennium BC by Neolithic peoples.
Over the centuries there have alter the population of Piceni, the Gauls, the Romans who founded the colony of Venagra, near the present location Fratte, which was burned and sacked by Alaric, king of the Goths.
was occupied by the Lombards, under the dominion of which there was a period of peace that allowed the construction of castles and churches, which is thought to derive from the name of the city: Mons Filiorum Optrani , Mount of the Sons of Ottrano, leader Lombard .
medieval era Filottrano its territory was annexed to the nearby hills, and increasing its influence were not missing conflicts, such as with the nearby Osimo recalled the first Sunday of August in the "Contention of the boot." WHAT TO SEE
Museum Beltrami : Belton Lane 2
Visit by appointment Tel 071/201084 - 071/33037
You can see objects and artifacts of the peoples of North and Central America. The findings were collected from Beltrami during his travels in America, which led him to discover the source of the Mississippi.
artifacts of indigenous peoples: the objects of the tribes of the Great Plains (painted skin, bow and arrow, calumet sheaths for daggers, belts with bells) to move to Aztec and Mexican pottery, the carved coconuts, with stone axes, shells to work, pumpkins painted from Meso America and Haiti.
In rooms adjacent to the reception hall are on display: a Mexican herbarium, a collection Malacology, minerals and stones from the Mexican mines, weapons and personal items of GC Beltrami and the manuscript of the book "Le Mexique" more and Beltrami.
Among these objects, unique, one can find a medicine drum belonged to a sorcerer. This drum is decorated on both sides with a figure of a demon and a solar disc, it was considered so special to be chosen as a symbol for the Winter Olympics in Calgary in Canada conducted in 1988 .
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CULTURAL ASSOCIATION "DRAGONFLY"
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