'Mercatello sul Metauro' in Good Things From Italy - Le Cose Buone d'Italia

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From communities.washingtontimes.com - October 7, 2013 4:43 AM

Mercatello sul Meautro - If you are ready to make arrangements to tour Le Marche and the Tuscan-Umbrian Apennine Mountain region, make your arrangements with a “local” to insure a perfect, worry free vacation that will have you truly living as an Italian.

The following is a typical tour with an accent on regional food, wine and culture

Welcome to Italy! Our private driver will welcome you at Rome or Bologna airport where we will transfer by private van to Mercatello...
Take a stroll around the village. Dinner will be in a typical local restaurant.

2° Day, Sunday : Mercatello sul Metauro - Urbino
After breakfast we will meet with our guide for an official visit of the historical center of Mercatello…. “little but full of art, tradition and surprises”. Free time and lunch at your pleasure.
We will depart for the beautiful town of Urbino, about 40 minutes away, and our local guide will escort us around town...
Back to Mercatello. Pizza in a typical local restaurant....
3° Day, Monday: shopping in Italian and Cooking Lesson at Palazzo with local lady.
Today we will stay in Mercatello and first thing in the morning we will go and visit Maria’s farm, learning how to make local traditional cow milk cheese. After saying goodbye to Maria and all her animals farm, we will go shopping for our dinner with Luisa and Nicoletta .
The shopping will have to be done in Italian!!!! And Nicoletta and Luisa will teach you “Italian Express,” a shopping language that will allow you interact in Italian with locals.
Dinner at Palazzo Donati after the coking lesson. Overnight at Palazzo Donati
4° Day, Tuesday: Carpegna traditional fabric printing – visit La Rocca di san Leo...
5° Day, Wednesday: Fabriano – learn the art of paper making...

6° Day: Thursday: Urbania - cooking with flowers...

7° Day, Friday: Sant’Angelo in Vado and local artisans...

8° Day, Saturday, April 20: DEPARTURE...

Via Mariano Pallottini

The New Contemporary Art Museum of Le Marche | Good Things From Italy - Le Cose Buone d'Italia | Scoop.it

From robertoalborghetti.wordpress.com - March 6, 2012 5:42 AM

There will be also an artwork created by Roberto Alborghetti for his “Lacer/actions” art project among the pieces that will be in permanent exhibition at the “St. Francis Contemporary Art Museum” which is being born in Mercatello sul Metauro, a picturesque and fascinating medieval town in the centre of Italy (Marche region, in Pesaro Urbino territory).

This beautiful and praiseworthy initiative is carried out with enthusiasm by the local City Council and by Mayor Giovanni Pistola, by Pro Loco (tourism promotion association), by artist sculptor Pasquale Martini (curator of the Museum) and with the collaboration of the whole community, from families to schools, involved also in a particular campaign called “Adoption of an artwork.”

This extraordinary modern art collection (more than 150 pieces) will be kept in the ancient and medieval “St.Francis” convent now transformated in a beautiful museum centre and a reference point for art and culture. The opening of “St. Francis Contemporary Art Museum”is scheduled for September 2012.

Via Mariano Pallottini

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The New Contemporary Art Museum of Le Marche