The Marche region is mainly made of hills, the west is more mountainous, whereas east is mainly a balneal coast on the Adriatic Sea.
It is the Italian region which has the most important density of religious buildings: churches, abbeys, monasteries? heritage of a long story as a pontifical state.
In the north, the Republic of San Marino and few dozens of kilometers far, Urbino, one of the most beautiful cities in the Marche with Ascoli Piceno.
Sights and cities in Marche