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Typical medieval village, located 309 meters above sea level in the hinterland of the Riviera del Conero and only a km. 6 from the motorway exit Ancona South 'reach by car in just 20 minutes from the seaside resorts of Sirolo, Numana and Ancona. Characterize this lovely medieval village: the Rocca (1454-56), the Church of Sacramento Opera designed by Vici (1780), the Institute S. Zita, a place of meditation and relaxation with a roof garden made particularly welcoming by the Oblate Sisters who take care it. The Paolucci Museum built with the intention of saving the immense collection of specimens of flora and fauna carried out diligently in the early 1900 by the scholar and naturalist Luigi Paolucci and found in the Conero area.
Besides its architectural beauty, Offagna is known for its Medieval Festival every year, between the penultimate and last Saturday of July, offering visitors a range of performances that for their special features are like a time machine. In fact the viewer past the front door is surrounded by a background of car-free streets, lit only by torches, and then theater shows, games weapons, tasting of typical dishes such as the "crescia con le foglie" typical medieval costumes, acrobats and fire eaters.
La Rocca, a typical military base, has retained his mighty. This year will be on display inside two collections: one weapon (1400-1750) and a collection of ceramics (1200-1500).
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For a week, the country is transformed into the streets and squares, go back to relive the atmosphere of the past; the exhibitions, the taverns, the old medieval market and the alley of fortune tellers, are the backdrop to shows, festivals and historical memories. You may encounter minstrels and soldiers, commoners and nobles; you find yourself siding with a neighborhood in the historic duel in arms and you forget the present in the sound of a hurdy-gurdy or a bagpipe. You dream and have fun, maybe rediscovering the naive charm of minstrels, storytellers and theater in the streets. There will be performances drawn from the classical repertoire medieval, street theater and sacred drama, triumph carnival, minstrels, puppeteers, musicians, storytellers, dancers, fire-eaters, acrobats .. In Offagna is impossible that the visitor does not get involved completely from the climate of the medieval festival. |
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For reservations and guided tours of the fortress and the Museum Paolucci:
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Rocca visits and Museum Opening:
October to May on Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9.00-12.00
Sundays and holidays 10.00-12.00 and 16.00-19.00.
Summer hours:
June, weekdays, 16.30-19.30 hours
July-August, weekdays, 10.00-12.00 and 16.30-19.30
September, weekdays, hours 16.30-19.30
Sunday and holidays 10.00-12.00 and 16.30-19.30,
closed Monday.
City Hall: Tel 071/7107005
Food specialties: Crescia, the Countess sweet, wine Rosso Conero.
Events:
Medieval Festival (last week of July)
Feast of Our Lady of the Rock (last Sunday in April)
Dove Fair (last Sunday in September) |
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Offagna
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