At 30 km from Cesena is Sarsina, one of the richest cities of art, culture and religion in Romagna. It is the city of Tito Maccio Plauto, the father of western comedy and one of the most important and long-lived theater festivals in Europe, the Plautus Festival, is dedicated to him.
In spite of the merciless wear and tear of the centuries and the recent disfigurements of men, the village of Calbano - closed as a fortress in the Middle Ages - can offer the visitor images and sensations of times long gone.
Castle of Alfero, is now abandoned but is a well-preserved example of a village derived from a medieval structure.
At an altitude of 333 meters, there is Ranchio whose name derives from "roncare" and "roncola" with reference to a deforested place and therefore "cultivated land" or even "pasture".
A project that seeks to witness and spread with simplicity the encounter and the loving and balanced contact with the Earth and its creatures.
The "house of Plauto", the National Archaeological Museum, the Museum of Sacred Art, make Sarsina one of the most interesting villages of Romagna: a treasure chest of art and culture.
The Museum has eight rooms, most of which are thematic and contain a significant collection of sacred vestments, liturgical objects and paintings.
It is undoubtedly one of the most important Archaeological Museums in Northern Italy for the richness and variety of the finds it contains.
The Cathedral of Sarsina, built in Romanesque style, immediately attracts visitors for its considerable size.
The site includes a typical sub-mountainous area of the Cesena Apennines, located between Borello and Savio near Sarsina, from which it is possible to see magnificent landscapes.
Montalto (Municipality of Sarsina) and Careste (Municipality of Bagno di Romagna)
segrprn@regione.emilia-romagna.it
051 527 6080
The basin of the Quarto Lake represents one of the most interesting naturalistic environments of the whole Savio Valley, the only humid area of a certain extension present in this territory.
The austerity of its brick interior, the atmosphere conferred by the light that enters through the small windows and the silence that pervades make this temple a privileged place for meditation and prayer.
Upon reservation, it is possible to enter the Laboratory and assist and be guided to the various phases of guitar making.