antarcangelo:
Santarcangelo is a magic village with its noble and mysterious atmosphere, its centuries-old history, its millenary places like the Pieve (parish church), the tangle of tunnels that pierce its hill, its being the capital of dialect poetry and old traditions, its events and old fairs, like that of San Michele (September) and San Martino (November). A lot of places deserve a visit: its elegant churches the beautiful Ganganelli square, the tiny lanes of the old village, the Malatesta Castle, the Grottoes, the Armband Ball and Tamburello Games Museum, and the Ethnographic Museum of the People and Customs of Romagna.

an Marino:
According to tradition, the Republic of San Marino was founded in 301 A.D. and is now about 1700 years old. The Republic is small, its territory is partly hilly and generally poor. So too have its people always been small in number and poor. San Marino is organised with its own norms and unusual institutions that regulate and supervise the democratic functioning of all aspects of city life and international concerns. In these trying times of great changes and uncertainties, what is more unusual than a small country that has been able to remain viable, healthy and free against the domination of the strong and violations of rights?

San Leo:
A sharp rock surrounded by perpendicular cliffs, the landscape descending gradually from the Appennines to the sea; old houses superimposed between a magnificent castle and an eyefilling bell tower; a weaving of history and legend, the sacred and the profane, between horrible prisons and quiet parishes: all this is San Leo. Sacred high grounds to the gods, Saint Leo arrived here in the 3rd Century, and he chose it as the ideal place to spread Christianity in the surrounding area (later it became the diocese of Montefeltro, the ancient name of the city). In times of wars between the GOTI and the Byzantines, the LONGOBARDI and the Franks, San Leo saw its fame grow as an unconquerable fortress. In 963, Berengario II nominated it the capital of the Italic Kingdom, and for many months the small but strong town resisted the siege of Ottone I, Emperor of Germany.

ontegridolfo:
Montegridolfo can be reached from Cattolica (A14 Highway exit) or from Pesaro by following the directions, and by Bus lines 175 and 180. At the border between Romagna and Marche, on the ridge dividing the Conca Valley and the Foglia valley lies one of the best preserved medieval villages in the province of Rimini: Montegridolfo. Of uncertain origin, its former name Monte Lauro may have come from the laurel that grew abundantly in its woods. Instead, the present name Montegridolfo dates back to the 13th century. Castrum Gredulphus owes its name to Rimini’s Gridolfi family, who settled here at the time of the dispute against the Ghibellines. In 1233 Montegridolfo swore allegiance in the fight against Urbino.