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Antiques National Fair - Pennabilli
National Antiques Market Exhibition is an important sector event held annually in July
Salita Valentini, 1, 47864 Pennabilli RN Pennabilli - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: For tourists interested in antiques, the National Antiques Market Exhibition is an opportunity not to be missed.
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Experience duration: Half Day
Opening: The event takes place every July throughout the month.
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: The event is fully accessible also to people with limited mobility
Tourist contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Cultural immaterial heritage: Local events (theatre, music, dance, exhibitions)
Local contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Bascio Tower and Castel
Ancient village belonging to Pennabilli municipality. The tower and the castle presided over the ancient road that led from the Adriatic to Rome. Due to its position, it had an important control task, so much so that pilgrims traveling to Rome used to say: "We will go to Rome if God wills and those of Bascio"
Tourist experience: An additional point of view of Alta Marecchia Valley and its relevant role during the Middle Age and the Renaissance as road from North and Center of Italy
Spoken languages: Italian
Experience duration: Half day
Opening: No limit to the visit
Booking: Booking is not required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: People with limited mobility can meet some problems
Cultural material heritage: Historical centre, Historical palace/castle
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Garden of Forgotten Fruits
The garden, defined by Tonino Guerra as a museum of flavors, contains fruit plants belonging to the Apennine spontaneous flora gathered here to be preserved from oblivion and extinction.
Via San Filippo, 1, Pennabilli - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: Discovery of fruits that are no longer of interest to the modern market and that instead were very important in the ancient peasant civilization
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: People with limited mobility can meet some issues
Tourist contact: Antonio Santini
Natural heritage: Forgotten fruits collection
Hidden intangible patrimony: Forgotten fruits collection
Local contact: Antonio Santini
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Lacrimation of the Madonna delle Grazie
The event celebrates the tearing of the painting of the Madonna delle Grazie which took place in March 1489. It is held every third Friday in March
Piazza S. Agostino, 6, 47864 Pennabilli RN Pennabilli - provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: Taking part in this event allows the tourist to get to know one of the most important moments of the religious life of Pennabilli
Spoken languages: Italian
Experience duration: One day
Opening: Check the program.
Booking: No booking is requested
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: The event is fully accessible
Tourist contact: del Montefeltro Diocesi
Cultural immaterial heritage: Religious cult, Local traditions or legend
Local contact: del Montefeltro Diocesi
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Lhasa Bells
Current signs of a religious and cultural exchange between a friar from Pennabilli and the Dalal Lama that took place over 3 centuries ago.
Pennabili - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: The tourist can understand how in Italy even the great history passes through small towns and gives rise to beautiful stories
Spoken languages: Italian
Booking: No booking is requested
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: The bells location isn't accessible for people with limited mobility
Cultural material heritage: Religious building
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Madonna of the Snow Rectangle
Inside a small stone chapel was placed a tile by the ceramist Muky depicting the Madonna of the snow. On the entrance door, designed by Tonino Guerra, a large leaf is reproduced, one of its recurring symbolic elements.
Ca' Romano - Pennabilli - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: The installation is another example of Tonino Guerra's ability to involve other artists in his poetic world.
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Opening: The installation is always open
Booking: No booking is needed
20-40 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: People with limited mobility can meet issues
Tourist contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Cultural material heritage: artistic installation
Local contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Mateureka - Museo del Calcolo e della matematica
On the four floors of the ancient town hall, the museum offers an engaging journey through this fascinating adventure of the mind: important archaeological finds, ancient calculation tools and mathematical texts.
Piazza Garibaldi, 47864 Pennabilli (Rimini) Pennabilli - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: It's the museum you don't expect in a mountain town. It deserves to be visited not only because it is unexpected but also because it offers information on mathematics at an extremely qualified level.
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Opening: During the winter the museum is open only in the week end.
From June to August is open every day from 9.30 to 18.30
Booking: Booking is not required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: No problem for people with mobility issues
Tourist contact: Prof. Renzo Baldoni
Cultural material heritage: Museum
Local contact: Prof. Renzo Baldoni
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Naturalistic Museum Sasso Simone e Simoncello
The museum presents large animals and the most important habitats that can be encountered in the park area.
Viale dei Tigli, 5A, 47864 Pennabilli RN Pennabilli - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: Visiting the museum, the tourist can quickly understand the main characteristics of the park as regards flora, fauna and geology.
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Opening: Fall, Spring and Winter only during the week end.
Summer everyday.
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: No limitations for people with limited mobility.
Tourist contact: Irene Valenti
Cultural material heritage: Museum
Natural heritage: Natural museum
Local contact: Irene Valenti
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Sant'Agostino Church - Madonna delle Grazie Sanctuary
It is certainly the most important church of Pennabilli linked to numerous miraculous events, including the tearing of the Madonna which gives rise to the religious feast of the third Friday of March, called the "Beautiful Friday"
Piazza S. Agostino, 6, 47864 Pennabilli RN Pennabilli - provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: The church is strictly connected to history of Pennabilli and the tourist must visit this religious building
Spoken languages: Italian
Experience duration: The church is closely linked to the history of Pennabilli and tourists must visit this religious building if they want to get an idea of the role of religion in this part of the Apennines.
Booking: Booking is not requested.
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: No limitations for people with mobility issues
Tourist contact: del Montefeltro Diocesi
Cultural material heritage: Church
Local contact: del Montefeltro Diocesi
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
The angel with the mustache
"The angel with the mustache" is a work by the painter Luigi Poiaghi inspired by a short story by Tonino Guerra transcribed on the walls of the small chapel that houses the painting.
Chiesetta dei caduti, Via delle Confraternite, 47864 Pennabilli RN Pennabilli - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: Tonino Guerra in his existence has crossed and given impetus to the inspiration of other artists giving rise to large and small pieces of art
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: No problems for people with limited mobility
Tourist contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Cultural material heritage: artistic installation
Local contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
The petrified garden
At the foot of a thousand-year-old tower, seven ceramic carpets are laid out dedicated to as many characters from the past who lived or passed through this place.
Bascio - Pennabilli - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: Before visiting this installation it is advisable for the tourist to inquire about the meaning of the seven ceramic carpets that compose it. The works refer to precise moments in the history of Pennabilli.
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Booking: It's not needed to book the visit
20-40 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: People with limited mobility can meet some issues
Tourist contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Cultural material heritage: artistic installation
Local contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
The refuge of the abandoned madonnas
The abandoned Madonnas are located inside the Garden of Forgotten Fruits. The "Refuge of the abandoned Madonnas" is a collection of Madonnas in terracotta and ceramic painted by artists of various origins.
Via San Filippo, 1 Pennabilli - Provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: Another step towards understanding Tonino Guerra's poetic conception
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Booking: Booking is not needed.
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: People with mobility issues can meet some problems
Tourist contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Cultural material heritage: artistic installation
Local contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
The road of sundials
Along the Strada delle Meridiane there are six sundials that mark the time according to methods that belonged to different historical periods.
Several streets in Pennabilli center Pennabili - province of Rimini
Tourist experience: Discover Pennabilli and the different ways of calculating time in different places and at different times
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Booking: No booking is requested
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: people with limited mobility can meet some problems
Tourist contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Cultural material heritage: artistic installation
Local contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
The sanctuary of thoughts
The "Sanctuary of thoughts" is bordered by the perimeter walls of a room in an ancient Malatesta residence. It houses seven stone sculptures, defined by the master as “seven opaque mirrors for the mind”. Each of the seven stems invites meditation and an introspective journey favored, in this, by the silence and intimacy of the place.
Via San Rocco, 47864 Pennabilli RN Pennabilli - provincia di Rimini
Tourist experience: Tourists are invited to use the seven sculptures as an opportunity and tools for introspection and meditation. “Seven opaque mirrors for the mind” as Tonino Guerra defined them.
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Experience duration: Impossible to define a time limit.
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: People with limited mobility can meet some issues
Tourist contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Cultural material heritage: artistic installation
Local contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari
Widespread museum I Luoghi dell'Anima
More than an ordinary museum is a group of 7 installations spread in the territory of Pennabilli.
1. Garden of forgotten fruits: a museum of flavors, from fruit plants collected here to be preserved from oblivion and extinction 2.The Road of Sundials:along its route there are six sundials that mark the time according to methods of different historical periods 3. The Refuge of the Abandoned Madonnas: a collection of terracotta and ceramic Madonnas painted by artists of various origins 4.The Angel with the Mustache:The work, inspired by a story by Tonino Guerra, is the work of the Milanese painter Luigi Poiaghi 5.Sanctuary of Thoughts:It houses seven stone sculptures, defined by the master as "seven opaque mirrors for the mind" 6. The Petrified Garden: At the foot of a thousand-year-old tower, seven ceramic carpets are laid out dedicated to as many characters from the past who lived or passed through this place 7:Madonna of the Snow Rectangle:small stone chapel, built in 1754 in the middle of a wood. Inside there is a tile by the ceramist Muky. On the entrance door,designed by the master, a large leaf is reproduced, one of his recurring symbolic elements
Piazza Montefeltro, 1, 47864 Pennabilli RN Pennabilli and surroundings - Province of Rimini
Tourist experience: By visiting the widespread museum, the tourist can discover a great artist (Tonino Guerra) of whom the public only knows the scripts of Federico Fellini's films and at the same time a town in the Alta Val Marecchia (Pennabilli) rich in history and culture and its territory surrounding.
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Experience duration: One day
Opening: The museum is always open
Booking: No booking is required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: The visit can be problematic for people with mobility problems
Tourist contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Cultural material heritage: Historical centre, Museum, Sculpture park
Local contact: Mostra Mercato Nazionale d’Antiquariato di Pennabilli Associazione
Form filler: Gilberto Zangari