Mondaino - Italy

Mondaino (RN)

Emilia Romagna (Italy)

On a high hill average Valconca, where once the deer grazing and there was a temple dedicated to Diana, the great goddess of the hunt and protector of the woods, was born a country.
The mountain deer became a fortified village, a stronghold of Malatesta border with the lands of their rivals Montefeltro, duke of Urbino.
Walls and fortified gates, a powerful fortress and the whole structure of the country speak to us this past year that lives in one of the pageants and treated more engaging for any lady.
But the story got in Mondaino beautiful things in the following centuries, its singular circular plaza, its palaces and churches.
Green made campaigns and spots is still so ready to be crossed and appreciated in all seasons.
The name already tells us a little Mondaino its history: the temple of Diana stood in these parts had to be particularly important in Roman times is a Vicus Dianensis recalled, that the settlement which took home the country. The advent of Christianity changed its name Mons Damarum, the "mountain of the deer" which becomes Mondaino, the castle where civil and military importance grew considerably at the time of Signoria Malatesta.
The 1289 already sees the government of Malatesta, who always regarded the country as a favorite place (not only for its border location but also probably because sure enough and representative of its power) to sign treaties with their enemies, Montefeltro lords of the beautiful city of Urbino (only 25 km away from here.) and all high Valconca suburbs.
The walls of Mondaino attended fights and battles, but have seen thus also acts and political meetings at the highest level. Before Charles Malatesta with Antonio da Montefeltro - we are in 1393 - then Sigismondo Pandolfo Frederick, Duke of Urbino - is 1459 - to meet Mondaino for peace treaties, however, intended to endure recently, as evidenced by the fact that in 1462 Frederick wins the castle and gives to the Church. In the following centuries Mondaino remains one of the major countries of the valley, and its beautiful square semicircular nineteenth century some noble palace, its architecture and also balance the city's fabric that still maintains, demonstrates the vitality of an old town and an area still much appreciated.