Mondavio
Military practice and cult of beauty
Province
Province of Pesaro-Urbino
Altitude
280 m a.s.l.
Inhabitants
3.800
Village dominated by the imposing Rocca Roveresca designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, a masterpiece of Renaissance military architecture.
📜 History
Strategic center of the Duchy of Urbino, Mondavio was fortified by the Della Rovere who commissioned Francesco di Giorgio Martini to build the famous Rocca, a masterpiece of military engineering never used in battle.
✨ Genius Loci
The Rocca di Mondavio is the paradox of useless perfection: designed as a perfect war machine, it was never besieged. Today it is a museum that tells the art of Renaissance warfare, while the village below lives in peace and beauty.
To See
- Rocca Roveresca by Francesco di Giorgio Martini
- Museum of Historical Reenactment
- Piazza della Rovere
- Teatro Apollo
- Convent of San Sebastiano
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